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Today I’m starting a new habit….unsubscribing from at least one “list” per day that just isn’t working for me.

If you own a small business like I do, you are probably subscribed to dozens of lists from marketers, products you’ve purchased, free seminars you’ve attended….you get the idea. I did an informal count a few days ago and I am subscribed to……97 LISTS! Yikes! And that’s after doing a similar unsubscribe session a few months ago where I dropped over 20 lists in one day!

So starting today, instead of just deleting emails without looking at them or letting them just sit in my in-box, I’m going to sort by list name and actually (gasp!) read some of these emails coming in and evaluate who gets to stay and who’s getting voted off the island.

There are some lists that I would NEVER unsubscribe from, so they are safe from elimination. Four of those lists owners are Perry Marshall, Yaro Starak, Rosalind Gardner and Jimmy D. Brown. What I like about all four of these list owners is that they send emails very infrequently, but they are quality emails. They are usually full of information rather than primarily a sales message. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that they are selling something and need to occasionally promote themselves, but they do it in such a subtle and relevant way that I find myself RUSHING to open their emails and even archive them in separate folders so I can refer back to them later.

So this week, my organization project is my email. I’ll be unsubscribing from lists, setting up filters, experimenting with spam prevention tools and more! Join me in this week-long project! Let’s share tips and techniques!

How do you keep spam under control? How do you keep your email organized so you can actually take action on your emails?

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