Google Reinvents Email – Introducing GMail Motion
Just in time for April Fools Day.
Just in time for April Fools Day.
By Chris Bucchere, Chief Executive Officer, Mojo Lately I’ve been really overwhelmed by my email inbox. This is not a new problem, but in the past I’ve been able to keep it at under a hundred emails; recently it has grown to nearly 300 and it has really begun to interfere with my getting things done. So, last night, I took a good, hard look at what was really IN my inbox. About 40% of the notes consisted of links sent to me by well-meaning people who thought I should …
A study of 150 business-to-business marketing professionals reveals that marketers are spending considerable time, effort and money to market the content they produce. And, they’re allocating almost 30% of their marketing budgets toward the creation and execution of customized content.The study, conducted by Junta42 and BtoB Magazine, highlights marketers reliance on email newsletters (68.7%), white papers (50%), and case studies (47.5) to market their content far more often than blogs (28%), social networks (14%), and podcasts (12%). Webinars (30.7%) continue to be a prime vehicle used by nearly one-third of …
In I Need a Virtual Break. No, Really., Mark Bittman of The New York Times writes about his need for an escape from digital overload: “My name is Mark, and I’m a techno-addict…I decided to do something about it. Thus began my “secular Sabbath” — a term I found floating around on blogs — a day a week where I would be free of screens, bells and beeps. An old-fashioned day not only of rest but of relief.”
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When a company that has more than 350,000 employees worldwide who collectively send and receive more than eight billion e-mails every year sets out to invent a ‘smart’ email search solution, it’s serious business. That’s precisely what IBM Research has done—an e-mail search that can figure out what you are trying to find, even when you aren’t so sure yourself. And now, IBM is letting the rest of the world in on the secret sauce by making IBM OmniFind Personal Email Search (IOPES) for Lotus Notes and Microsoft Outlook available …
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Getting more organized is a good thing and I’ve been working on this for myself. No matter how organized I get, and how much faster I get things done, it seems though that the to-do list manages to grow longer. One of the main things that I have discovered takes up my time these days is email. I respond to questions in email. I send out files that are requested via email. I have long volleys of conversation with friends, clients, and peers. Clients and I exchange files and commentary, …
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