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Virtual Assistants: Adventures in Delegation

We all have limited time in each day. Looking to increase my productivity and free myself from mundane tasks I decided to try a Virtual Assistant service called AskSunday. With AskSunday you can delegate tasks like ordering food, flower delivery, purchasing event tickets, booking travel plans and many others. My experience with AskSunday was not good. Here's a breakdown. Inputting Service Requests. To start a new request you can send an email, login via the AskSunday website or call. Since...

Setting up Email Filters will reign in an unruly Inbox

One of the most powerful ways to get control of your incoming email is to use filters. I'm not talking about filtering SPAM because Postini already does that for us. We're talking about automatically filtering email that you want to receive to a folder other than your Inbox. Automatically filtering your incoming mail ensures that less important email does not get in the way of messages that matter or are time sensitive. My current filters automatically divert ~20 messages per day to a folder ...

Make the most of Google Apps

Google Apps is a powerful platform, but to make it even more powerful these simple Mail settings will turn your email into a dashboard of information. We recommend giving these settings a try, we've found them to make a difference for our users: Via the Settings Menu, click on Web Clips and click disable. Via the Settings Menus, click on General and Enable Keyboard shortcuts. Via Settings, the Labs tab enable Labs (if necessary). From the Labs settings area click enable on the following: ...

How do you get to Inbox Zero?

Ever hear the term Inbox Zero? How about Getting Things Done, or simply GTD? Both GTD and Inbox Zero are popular time, task and email management methodologies. Inbox Zero focuses on the challenges of managing an unmanageable amount of email. Getting Things Done is broader based, focusing on simple next step actions: Collect, Process, Organize, Review and Do. We encourage you to take a few minutes to review the website for Inbox Zero and the Amazon reviews for Getting Things Done. Us...