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Email is one of the primary forms of communication for todayโs active businessperson, but there are certainly some challenges when youโre on the go. Itโs not unusual to start an email on one device and save it as a draft to finish up later from your desktop. This productivity hack allows you to quickly jot down ideas on your mobile phone and save the email for further refinement when youโre back in the office. See some additional best practices for keeping your email synced across devices.
The Rise of Mobile Email
The share of global web pages served to mobile phones has changed dramatically over the past 10 years, from less thanย 3% in 2010 to over 52.2%ย (and climbing!) in 2018 according to Statista. This doesnโt even include tablet traffic, which accounts for approximately another 10% of traffic in the United States. The same shift can also be seen in email, with the percentage of emails being opened on mobile devices growing to 55% or greater. Return Path, an email data aggregator, shared that the converse is true for emails opened within an internet browser; this number has dropped fromย 37% in 2012 to 28% in 2017.ย These dramatic shifts are representative of the way we create emails, too.
The End of Poorly-Worded Mobile Messages?
While it would be great to note that the increased ability to work cross-platform would mean that youโre less likely to receive poorly-worded, autocorrected emails that originated on a mobile phone, but thatโs probably too much to ask. However, the ease with which you can save messages for later editing and sending may reduce the possibility that itโs obvious your email was jotted down on a mobile phone. Business professionals are more likely to take the time to create a well-written message that covers the necessary points when theyโre able to re-read the note on their laptop. Few people are able to flawlessly compose a thoughtful email message on a 4โณ mobile screen.
Taking Control of Your Inbox
Itโs all too easy to allow your inbox to control your life and make you extremely reactive, especially when your emails are close to hand at all times on your mobile devices. Itโs essential to stay organized to reduce the possibility that youโll miss replying to an important message when youโre on the go. Try using labels for โNeed to Replyโ or โRespond Tomorrowโ that will prompt you to draft a reply the next time youโre in the office.
Donโt lose productivity when youโre out of the office โ simply jot notes to yourself for later refinement! Youโll love this time-saving trick, and your email recipients will appreciate that your emails have had a few minutes of review and editing before theyโre fired out of your Sent mailbox.
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