It’s a New Year and time for many of us to take stock in our businesses, make plans for the coming year and clear out the rubbish from last year. In my case that has included my email inbox and trying to get to grips with the Email Overload that seems to afflict most of us these days. So when Gavin Mountford offered me the opportunity to check out his ‘Empty Email Inbox Formula‘ for free, I jumped at the chance to finally get to grips with my Email Overload. And I’m really glad I did….
So, let me ask you this….How many emails land in your email inbox on a daily basis? 50, 100, 300 or even more? If you’ve been online for a while, chances are that you have signed up to endless email lists and you are struggling with email overload. But how many of these emails are you actually reading? How many are still relevant to your business or are you deleting them without so much as a glance? And, most importantly, how much time are you wasting every day, sifting through all these emails to find the ones that are actually relevant to you?
Although I consider myself fairly well organised, I was still suffering from email overload, so I was curious to find out what Gavin’s ‘Empty Email Inbox Formula‘ would teach me. I spent about an hour reading through his free pdf report and watching the 5 short video tutorials and then I set to work….
Within a short space of time I had a fully re-organised email inbox and the number of messages in my inbox were vastly reduced from over 4000 to around 1500. I’ve been implementing Gavin’s system for about a week now and manage to empty my inbox on a daily basis. I’m still working on ‘filing’ or deleting the remaining 1500 odd old messages in my inbox, doing a few a day and I can’t wait for my completely empty email inbox, which I expect to reach before the end of next week 
What impressed me the most was how big an impact just a few small adjustments could make.
Tackling Email Overload With The Empty Email Inbox Formula
Some Key Points
Gavin’s system operates around a few key points….
- Empty your email inbox on a daily basis
- Only check your email twice a day
- Unsubscribe from emails you are not reading on a regular basis. You can always re-subscribe at a later date
- File or label all emails into categories, such as Action, Read later, Waiting for Reply, Keep for Reference and so on and then set aside certain times of the day to deal with each category.
- Filter all email accounts into one email address, so you only have one email address to check.
- Deal with any email that will take less than 2 minutes there and then.
I have been amazed at what a difference it makes implementing these simple techniques in terms of the time it now takes me to deal with my inbox and my email overload. Instead of getting hung up reading stuff in the mornings….my most productive time of day….I now file these emails somewhere where I can easily find them at a specific time I have allocated for reading essential information. I no longer feel overwhelmed by my email inbox; instead I know I can plough through it in 10 minutes max every morning and get on with my day…and my email overload has vanished!
Get Your Complimentary Copy Of The ‘Free Email Inbox Formula‘ – For a Limited Time Only
For a limited time, Gavin Mountford is giving away free copies of his ‘Empty Email Inbox Formula‘, which gives access to a 26 page pdf report and 5 video tutorials of about 10 minutes each. Just click on one of the links below to be taken straight to the report or to the video tutorials…and the best part? No sign up required
‘Empty Email Inbox Formula’ – Click on this link to get access to 5 video tutorials and a link to the pdf report – no sign up required – just click on “Get Instant Access”
‘Empty Email Inbox Formula‘ – Click here for Direct Access to the PDF Report and a link to the training videos – no sign up required
Feel free to share the report with as many people as you wish….and please remember to share this post with your friends on your favourite social media sites if you found it useful. I always appreciate your comments and would love to hear how you get on with your ‘Empty Email Inbox Formula‘.
Let’s all start the New Year without Email Overload, and an email inbox that no longer fills us with a feeling of dread
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Twitter: gavinmountford
January 14, 2012 at 5:30 pm
Hi Louise, excellent review of The Empty Email Inbox Formula. So many people struggle with email overload on a daily basis and it is definitely a source of distraction and time wasting…
I noticed this in myself several years ago and then saw how many other people had the exact same problem, so the empty email inbox formula is the solution I created to help overloaded Internet business owners get to grips with their email management.
Thanks for sharing and it’s great to hear how you’ve managed to implement it.
Gavin
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Thanks for stopping by Gavin and thank you for creating such an awesome product. Apart from the fact that it has transformed my email inbox, what I love most about it is the simplicity of the system, and the fact that it really did not take long to implement. And of course I now save tons of time on a daily basis, just by being a little more disciplined.
Louise
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January 16, 2012 at 11:54 am
Hi Louise
Sounds like this has really helped you. I have recently unsubscribed to a heap of stuff and feel pretty much on top of my emails. I never let it build up too much but I still get some emails I never even look at but just trash.
Putting thinks in read later files does not work for me as I never do read later. I guess that is a discipline too.
I am amazed how I even got on some lists but I am sure we all have that happen.
Sue
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Hi Sue and thanks for your comment. Congratulations on taking the time to unsubscribe from all your unwanted email. I also thought I would also never get around to a ‘read-later’ file, but I now set aside some time at the end of the day to do just that. What it does is stop me from getting distracted into other things first thing in the morning, so I can get on with what I need to do. I also have a webinar replay file which does the same thing for me.
Louise
If in online business then email overloading is the usual scenario. I have tried so many solutions to get away with the unwanted emails, but they tend to come again and again. It never stops! Getting formula to stop this is always welcomed. After reading your post I am satisfied to some extent to get rid of this problem.
Can i make a suggestion?
I have been hearing about people having their Gmail accounts shut down for no apparent reason, and having a heck of a time getting them reinstated. Once you make an external email client your main connection for receiving your emails, you have essentially given away your control.
Personally, I use Gmail for my “spy and research” address, but for anything important I use my dedicated address connected to my website URL. Even if something goes wonky with my web host, I can always move hosts and not worry too much about losing any email.
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Thanks Mika…you make some valid points. I too have heard of people losing their google email accounts. I believe there are ways to back up your google email and I need to look into that in more detail.
Louise
Hello Lousie! Thanks for the reply. I hope i helped you in some ways. Can’t wait to see your next post.
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I was looking for help on email overload and 1 tool helped me a lot – sanebox. If you are going to register then go through this link to get premium for 1 month – https://www.sanebox.com/signup/8ebcbf517a
Hope it helps.
Thanks John…I’ll take a look.
Louise
Email overload is a problem that in my view happens primarily due to the social network sites and all of the places that you visit asking for an email id. An email id is more like a phone number now. Just as you get calls on your phone asking if you are interested in some promotion a similar thing happens with emails. These steps you have suggested will definitely be helpful to many people if not all.
yes, we are always giving our email address away, but failing to unsubscribe when that information is no longer relevant to us. I have a special email address I use for subscriptions only and that at least keeps that type of mail separate from my personal and business email.
Louise
Getting subscription for the newsletters is always connected with email overloading issue. Getting rid of it is not so easy for anyone. Even I am one of them. I found many ways to get away with it but they come again and again. But after coming across your post I found these tips might prove beneficial for me. And the Empty Email Inbox Formula worked! Thanks for your wonderful suggestions!
Glad you found the empty email inbox formula helpful….I did too. Louise
Unsubscribing the newsletters whose emails are not read regularly is the best solution for getting rid of the overloading issue. I have observed this usually that some of the newsletters initially send the mails which contain useful information. But after some time they just send the mails which are not useful at all. And we end up unsubscribing them.
Yes I agree….regularly unsubscribing from emails we no longer read is one of the best ways to keep on top of your email.
Louise
Seems like you are treating our comments like email spam. Very few comments have been accepted, a few of my friends sent me the link to this post and it was a great read and handy too, but sadly our vital contribution and comments have not been accepted. Louise for the per page clicks and the SEO ranking that our visits contribute to your site, please accept our comments. Cheers and best always. If you are trying out the empty email inbox formula can see it works but would appreciate my comments getting accepted.
Sorry Alex….I’ve been a little slack approving comments at the moment for reasons I won’t bore you with. But I do appreciate you taking the time to comment. I will be back at my desk full time in early February and things will run more smoothly then.
Louise
Louise, people very often face full inboxes and are not sure what exactly they need to do in moments like that. But I liked the write up you have posted here. I am going to be using this soon to put an end to all my problems that are caused by bad inbox management that my email site does due to this spam overload.
Hi Jordan…I am glad you like Gavin’s system. I have found it immensely helpful in managing my own email, and I always thought I was relatively organised. Hope you get the same benefits.
Louise
Email overloading is the most frustrating issue with the bloggers like me. It makes the inbox really messy. But I think by reading your post I have found the tips to get rid of this issue. The key points from Gavin’s systems seems effective to deal with this problem efficiently. Looking forward to use Email Empty Inbox Formula. Thanks for sharing this.
It was so easy to follow the format to gain your new email program. I will give it a test for this quarter. I know that our teams productivity will increase with less focus on junk mail. This is a blessing for all levels of operation in business. Gavin, thanks for sharing usable information and we will be returning the favor with generating some leads for your program. The affiliate part of this will help our newer members see the power in leverage as I am teaching.
Hi Louise,
This is a great news for me. Every time I open my email, I was surprised having these notifications from Facebook. I don’t know how to prevent it. Can you please help me? I really don’t have any idea about it. Thanks in advance.
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Hi Javen….you will need to go to your account settings in Facebook and under ‘notifications’ you can edit what type of email notifications you receive. Hope that helps
Louise
Getting away from the email overloading problem is not so easy. As I have subscribed to many newsletters, my inbox gets overloaded for thousands of time. And then I start deleting many mails from inbox randomly. But this process is really frustrating as I have to waste lot of time in it. Thanks for sharing Gavin’s Empty Email Inbox Formula with us! Hope this will solve my problem.
Thanks Paul…I am certain Gavin’s formula will help you. Let me know how it goes.
Louise
Thanks for sharing this great report I just download it, reading hundreds emails each day each really time consuming and it certainly reduce your productivity. The problem is that if you don’t read all that emails you feel that you might lose something important and on the other hand if you just let them without reading them there are more and more emails everyday and becomes impossible to read all of them.
Hi Mark
Yes, sometimes we just have to let go of our emails without reading them to avoid overload. Unsubscribing from emails we no longer need is a good place to start.
Louise
Junk mail and spam are really the main problem causers when it comes to inboxes being overfull. I am really happy that you have shown a great way of dealing with it. I must say that your post was very nice and helpful. Thanks for it. Take care and cheers to all the interesting posts that you put up.
There is never enough to say on this great topic. Our email is the life source of the business. This is a key area that must be organized at all cost. So much time is used to read each one that has found it’s way in that box. Just for starters this system Gavin is introducing is priceless. If you have no system in place to keep up with this area in you business. This is the one to get. Just remember to unsubscribe to all the emails that you did not remember to have issued on a daily and weekly bases. This will also reduce the amount of junk you get. Thanks again Gavin for supplying another useful tool to help our growth in business.
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Hi David…yes I agree, unsubscribing to emails you no longer need is a great way to get started with reducing the email overload. Gavin’s other tips on how to stay organised will complete the process.
Louise
Great post! It’s glad to hear that you are up to new and great things. As someone who gets buried with e-mail even if I’m out of town for one or two days and can’t get to my computer, this sounds like something that will be of great benefit to me. It has been discouraging for me to visit my mail especially knowing how crowded and disorganize it is. This is just what I need. Finally, I found something that can help me proceed with my plan of organizing my mails.