Master Gmail To Increase Productivity

Learn over 20 different strategies and tools to cut your time spent on email in half and massively increase productivity

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.3

- By the end of this course
- you will spend dramatically less time in email
- receive less mail
- understand tools to have more effective conversations
- and increase the speed at which you get through your email.
- In this course you will learn how to manage your email more efficiently to increase your productivity and output

What you'll learn

By the end of this course

you will spend dramatically less time in email

receive less mail

understand tools to have more effective conversations

and increase the speed at which you get through your email.

In this course you will learn how to manage your email more efficiently to increase your productivity and output

* Requirements

* People who use gmail will get the most out of this class. However
* all people who spend a lot of time in email will get value out of this class.

Description

**UPDATED OCTOBER 2017** Called "the best course on email productivity + Gmail on Udemy"

Do you ever feel like EMAIL CONTROLS YOUR LIFE?

You know...like there's those days where literally all you do is spend time in your inbox reading and respond to emails.

It's like you're a little email salmon swimming trying to fight the upstream inbox current.

I've got some amazing news for you....

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.

This Gmail course has taught over 6000 people how to effectively manage their email to increase productivity and GET HOURS OF YOUR LIFE BACK EACH WEEK.

So wait...does that mean I can spend more time in the kiddie pool on the weekends and less time in my inbox!!!??? You betcha!

Skeptical?

Just look at what all the incredibly good-looking people on the right who've reviewed this course and gave it 5 STARS have said....

By the end of this course you'll learn the deepest, darkest secrets of Gmail that only the greatest email ninjas know, like:

Specific tactics to spend dramatically less time in your inbox (and why that's actually more productive!)
The best way to empty that inbox to zero like Speedy Gonzalez fast - BTW its super important to do that
Strategies to decrease the amount of mail you get. Yep, it's possible
Tools to not only manage all your contacts and connections, but ones that will also help you write emails that are a like...A ZILLION TIMES more effective
20 different strategies and tools to be more productive with email

So if you want to reclaim your SANITY, LIFE, OR TIME or just send emails to ANYONE.....or just want to be more productive...hear me out:

THIS----COURSE-----IS------4-------YOU

You will learn how to become an email PRO and save hours a week over 43 short videos created by yours truly.

If 43 vids sounds like a lot, don't worry - you can totally go buffet style to pick and choose exactly what you want to learn...man I love buffets.

So this sounds pretty darn good right?

Then here's whatchya need to do to start taking this Gmail Productivity course right now:

Scroll back up to the top and click the “Take This Course" Button
If you're already a member of Udemy, this will take you to the payment page - IF YOU'RE NOT, you will be prompted to sign up for Udemy (it's really good and will never spam you so YOU SHOULD SIGN UP)
Enter in your credit card or Paypal details and press “Complete Purchase" (then do a little dance because you just made a great decision)
Udemy will confirm your purchase for $49.00
You will immediately get access to the course and subsequently learn how to dominate email.
You'll have to figure what to do with all this new time you have because you've GOTTEN SO GOOOOD AT MANAGING EMAIL

I will personally respond to any questions you may have as you go through the course so there's no worry if you're not sure how to take all of the information and apply it to your life...

What are you waiting for? Sign up now!

Sincerely,

Scott Britton - Productive Gmailer

P.S. The $49 price is an initial offering to build the students and positive reviews. I believe getting days of your life back and dramatically increasing your output is WORTH FAR MORE THAN THIS, so I plan on raising the price in the near future. If you want to take advantage of the initial price, I'd sign up sooner than later (Like now!)

Who this course is for:

This course is for people who want to increase their productivity and spend less time on email. Everyone from the email novice to expert will find value in this class.

Course content

9 sections • 51 lectures

An Introduction to Increasing Your Productivity in Gmail 3 lectures

Class Introduction Preview 01:08

An introduction to the class including some personal results

Understanding the Purpose of Email (And Why That's Important) Preview 01:28

This lecture describes the purpose of email which is important to understand so we can distinguish between output and business.

The Four Frameworks to Improve Our Email Productivity Preview 01:03

This lecture discusses the 4 most powerful frameworks to maximize our productivity in Gmail (and all email!)

Decreasing The Frequency of Checking and Processing Email 10 lectures

Understanding the High Costs of Interruption Preview 02:49

One of the most disruptive things to productivity is interruption. This module outlines the high costs of interruption as it relates to email.

Introducing the Concept of Batch Processing Preview 04:02

Batch Processing is the most efficient way to deal with you email. This lecture outlines the concept in detail.

Creating An Environment Conducive to Batch Process Successfully Preview 02:25

[Demo] Adding Browser Bookmarks to Ancillary Services Preview 01:12

This is a demo of how to add bookmarks to ancillary services we often use in tandem with Gmail to create an environment where we can successfully execute batch processing.

BatchedInbox Preview 03:40

BatchedInbox is an excellent tool that allows us to specify the times at which email is visible. This lecture provides a broad overview of that as well as a live demo.

Inbox Pause Preview 01:23

This lecture describes the tool inbox pause which has similar functionality to BatchedInbox with a tad more control.

Using Filters + Labels to Selectively Process Certain Messages Preview 04:07

[Demo] of Filter + Label Creation Preview 02:57

This is a live demo of how to create filters + labels to selectively process certain emails.

How to Handle Time Sensitive Emails While Still Batch Processing Preview 02:45

This lecture describes how we can leverage multiple inboxes with filters and labels to handle time sensitive mail from select senders while still executing batch processing.

The Alias Trick to Pre-empt Batching Marketing Communication Preview 01:59

This lecture outlines how to take advantage of gmail aliases in order to avoid unwanted marketing communication.

The Most Effective Way to Process Your Email 5 lectures

Introduction to Processing Your Email Effectively Preview 01:56

This introduces why its important to have a clean inbox and introduces the Reply, Archive, Delete, Defer framework.

The Difference Between Archive / Delete Preview 01:58

This describes the difference between archiving and deleting a message. It's important to understand this as we strive to have a clean inbox.

[Demo] of the Reply, Archive, Delete, Defer Approach Preview 02:55

This is a live demo of me taking the reply, archive, delete, approach, defer to my inbox.

Deferring Execution with Boomerang Preview 02:24

This lecture dives deeper into "deferring" emails and introduces the tool I use to do that Boomerang.

An Alternate Method to Defer Execution Preview 00:56

This lecture shows how you can use multiple inboxes in conjunction with the "star" action to defer execution.

Decreasing the Amount of Mail You Receive 4 lectures

Introducing "Pruning" Preview 02:36

This lecture outlines why you should always be pruning your inbox and how exactly to do it.

Unroll.me Preview 00:31

This lecture describes how you can use unroll.me to mass unsubscribe for unwanted marketing emails.

Identifying Pruning Opportunities with the "Optional" Label Preview 00:39

This lecture introduces one way to identify any email you can unsubscribe from as you process your email.

Understanding the Email Ecosystem To Receive Less Mail Preview 01:37

We cover the dynamics of email communication so that we can send and receive less messages.

Contact Management 4 lectures

The Goal of Contact Management Preview 01:19

This introduces effective concept management and what we should strive for.

The Most Important Gmail Contacts Setting Preview 02:15

This lecture outlines the auto-complete contact management setting in gmail as well as the general contact manager.

Making Contact Data Actionable With Brewster Preview 01:35

This lecture describes an iphone app called Brewster which helps organize our contacts across multiple commonly used services including gmail.

Using Contactually to Stay in Touch with Important Contacts Preview 02:08

This lecture outlines Contactually which is a great tool to stay in touch with our networks.

Tools to Have More Effective Email Conversations 5 lectures

Newsle and Job Change Alerts Preview 03:32

This lecture describes two excellent tools to that help you write better email content and stay abreast of your network: Newsle and Job Change Alerts

Undo Send Preview 00:54

This lecture describes UndoSend, a powerful feature in Gmail Labs.

Rapportive Preview 01:56

This lecture describes Rapportive, which is a powerful tool to write better emails.

[Demo] of Rapportive and How to Find Someone's Email Address Preview 02:22

This is a live demo of rapportive. It covers how you can use it to write more effective emails and find most people's email address.

Boomerang to Automate the FollowUp Preview 03:01

This lecture outlines how you can use boomerang to automate the process of having to remember to followup with someone.

Increase the Speed At Which You Process Your Email 4 lectures

The Magic of Canned Responses Preview 01:20

This lecture outlines gmail labs feature canned responses.

Using Streak Snippets in Tandem With Canned Responses Preview 00:52

This lecture outlines an alternative to canned responses called Streak.

[Demo] of Canned Responses and Streak Preview 01:17

This is a live demo of canned responses and streak in action.

Searching For Messages Efficiently Preview 02:16

This lecture outlines how to use search filters to rapidly decrease the time you spend looking for a message.

Course Summary and Putting This Knowledge into Practice 8 lectures

Review of Decreasing the Frequency We Check Email Preview 02:50

This is a review of the concepts in Section 2.

Review of How to Process Your Mail Efficiently Preview 01:10

This is a review of the concepts covered in Section 3.

Review of How to Decrease Email Volume Preview 01:31

This is a review of the concepts covered in Section 4.

Review of Effective Contact Management Preview 00:55

This is a review of the concepts covered in Section 5.

Review of How to Have More Effective Conversations Preview 01:56

This is a review of the concepts covered in Section 6.

Review of How to Increase Our Speed in Gmail Preview 01:01

This is a review of the concepts covered in Section 7.

Next Steps: How to Build these Practices into Your Workflow Preview 03:10

This outlines the most effective next steps to add these practices into your workflow.

Gmail Productivity Worksheet Preview 1 page

Fill out this worksheet to put all the concepts touched upon in action!

PDFs of All Lectures 8 lectures

PDF Copy of Lecture 1 Preview 9 pages

This is a PDF copy of Lecture 1

PDF Copy of Lecture 2 Preview 41 pages

This is a PDF copy of Lecture 2

PDF Copy of Lecture 3 Preview 11 pages

This is a PDF copy of Lecture 3

PDF Copy of Lecture 4 Preview 9 pages

This is a PDF copy of Lecture 4

PDF Copy of Lecture 5 Preview 12 pages

This is a PDF copy of Lecture 5

PDF Copy of Lecture 6 Preview 8 pages

This is a PDF copy of Lecture 6

PDF Copy of Lecture 7 Preview 7 pages

This is a PDF copy of Lecture 7