Use This Gmail Trick to Organize Your Inbox

The Gmail + Trick

Email is at the center of small business operations—It is how you keep in contact with your connections, clients, employees, and so many others to discuss projects, partnerships, scheduling, etc. 

Let’s face it: your inbox is where you do all your juggling. Filtering your inbox can be a hefty task, so we would like to share one of Gmail’s tricks to give you a helping hand—the Gmail “+” trick.

With this useful trick you can create differentiated emails to help organize your inbox without having to manage multiple accounts. You won’t need a wand to make this magic happen—just the Gmail address you already use.

The Magic of the Gmail + Trick

Looking for support for organizing your inbox? Then this trick is for you! 

The method used here is called “plus addressing,” which is used to create a unique email address that is a variation of your pre-existing email address. This way, you can have one email address (i.e. heydirigible@gmail.com) and create variations to funnel your communications (i.e. heydirigible+clients@gmail.com for existing clients, or heydirigible+sales@gmail.com to track your business sales). 

You can use this trick for testing performance, to separate campaigns, or further personalize client interactions. To create Gmail variations, just add “+” and any word or string of characters between your username and the “@”. The possibilities are endless and completely customizable to how you want your inbox organized.

Plus, A Few More Benefits

The pluses don’t end there! You can take things a step further using Gmail filters to automatically sort your aliases into respective folders. This way you can streamline your work and better prioritize your time!

The Gmail “+” trick is also a tool to proactively combat spam and the selling of your data to third-parties. You can use aliases to see who may be sharing your data. If you use an exclusively specified alias to sign up for an enewsletter, and later start receiving spam to that same email variation, you’ll easily identify the culprit. 

Harness the power of the Gmail “+” tool however you see fit!