Dealing With Email Overload && Prettier Setups

Wes details "Breakout" — his email management strategy for overwhelmed creatives and Scott and Wes chat about how they have their prettier setup. Freshbooks — Sponsor If you are a small business or freelancer check out Freshbooks.com Cloud Accountingand get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. The Show Notes! 01:00 Wes' notes on the Breakout Email Management System 02:00 Do you like minisode or snackisode? Any other ideas for names for these short episodes? 04:00 Email is often busywork 04:30 You likely have a decision problem 06:00 Kill it at the source! How do you stop email from getting to you in the first place? 08:00 Your inbox is not the world's TODO list Process it when you get it Getting Things Done 09:30 Filter! Filter! Filter! 10:30 Germans sure do get a lot of vacation time! 13:00 Expansions Using Robots for empathy Text Expander aText 15:30 Dictation is great! 17:30 Video responses 18:30 Defer 19:19 Batch Processing Email Send + Archive 20:31 Stop emailing yourself 24:00 Listener Question: How do you use Prettier? Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott's Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes' Instagram Wes' Twitter Wes' Facebook Scott's Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets