{"id":1362,"date":"2011-04-15T07:25:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T11:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2011-04-15T07:25:23","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T11:25:23","slug":"folders-or-labels-how-to-organize-your-gmail-inbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/folders-or-labels-how-to-organize-your-gmail-inbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Folders or labels? How to organize your Gmail inbox"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If you\u2019re used to organizing your email into folders in Outlook Express, Windows Mail, or Outlook, and you have a Gmail account, you\u2019re probably wondering how you can organize your mail into folders. There doesn\u2019t seem to be a way to create new folders. But there is. Gmail uses something they call labels. Think of labels as folders. Instead of creating folders, you create labels. Labels do the same thing as folders do \u2013 help you keep your email organized. And even better, you can color your labels to even better help you in sorting email, and quickly find important emails which require prompt action.<\/p>\n

Colored labels make it easier to keep track of emails, and by using them with filters, they can provide an almost entirely new way of visualizing your inbox based on context rather than date or sender order. By setting up filters so emails from certain senders (or on certain topics) automatically appear with colored labels, you can scan my inbox and find what you want more quickly.<\/p>\n

For example, we have filters that apply a red \u201cImportant!\u201d label to emails which need prompt attention, a purple \u201cInteresting\u201d label to emails that have some interesting content we want to be sure to read, and a green \u201cNewsletters\u201d label to emails that come from newsletters that we subscribe<\/a> to. Now, when we open our email and see a lot of red labeled messages, we know we need to get in gear and start filling orders or answering all that important email right away.<\/p>\n

To set up a filter with a colored label, simply click the \u201cCreate a filter\u201d link next to the search box. Add senders or certain words you want to keep a look out for then click next, and assign a label by checking \u201capply the label\u201d and choosing an appropriate one. Now all you have to do is pick a label color by clicking the color swatch next to the label title in the left-hand navigation menu. Give colored labels with filters a try \u2013 and see if it changes the way you look at your Gmail inbox too. Getting organized and staying organized just got a lot easier with the help of colored labels.<\/p>\n

If you have not yet tried Gmail and you\u2019d like to get started, visit www.gmail.com<\/a> and set up an account today. It\u2019s completely free. We\u2019re pretty sure, after you used your Gmail account for a while, you\u2019re going to love it as much as we do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re used to organizing your email into folders in Outlook Express, Windows Mail, or Outlook, and you have a Gmail account, you\u2019re probably wondering how you can organize your mail into folders. There doesn\u2019t seem to be a way to create new folders. But there is. Gmail uses something they call labels. Think of labels as folders.\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[927,363,926,336],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1365,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362\/revisions\/1365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}