Email Anxiety? Hand Over That Inbox!

And instantly eliminate your biggest daily stressor

Overflowing email inbox got you down? You're not alone. Keeping your email at ZERO is an admirable quality, but not easily attained. Who has time to sort through junk mail, find old conversations and keep up with all those incoming requests and invoices?

Your new VA, that's who!

If you haven't heard me say it before, I'll say it again. Hiring a part-time VA is one of the smartest steps you can make for your business because they lighten the mental load of business owners in profound ways. If you have someone working for you already and email is still a stressor for you, let me give you three simple steps you need to take TODAY to utilize their skills and propel yourself into your next phase of business growth. Start by giving your VA full access to your inbox. DO NOT BE ASHAMED OR TRY TO CLEAN IT UP BEFORE THEY SEE IT. You need to give your VA a true look into your world. Do this:

1. Make a list of people or companies you always want to see in your inbox. Let your VA know to bring emails from those people to your attention.

2. Make a list of companies you wish you never saw in your inbox and would like unsubscribed to or tagged as junk mail. Have your VA do this for you and watch as your inbox magically transforms.

3. Make a list of things you need to see, but not all the time. For instance, you might want to see the sales that come through, but if you get a notification from Shopify with every sale, it clutters things up. Ask your VA to set a filter for those emails to go to a folder you can check occasionally, but not have to see every day.

Your VA will be able to sort and organize your inbox in no time, immediately relieving your stress. *Pro tip: If your inbox is extremely full, ask your VA to move everything to a folder marked, To Go Through, and have them slowly work through old emails so you can start fresh with a new inbox right away.

Added Bonus! In no time, your VA will be able to respond to emails in your voice and tone, if you set them up for success at the start. I suggest asking your VA to read through your common responses and make their own cheat sheet of ways you typically respond. You can review it and make necessary changes. Then your VA will have confidence that they can actually jump in and respond on your behalf, creating more space for you to work on higher level tasks.

Have your VA create response templates! While they're at it, have your VA go through your sent mail and find the most common things you always respond to and create simple email templates that either of you can use with a few clicks!

There's no need to labor under the mental stress of email clutter! Utilize your VA to lift that mental load! Ready to hire your first VA? CLICK HERE to access my free VA job description download. Join the Ask Angie newsletter to get all the good stuff, delivered right to your inbox!