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How I Email: Josh Spector, Creator, For The Interested This week we’re spotlighting this interview with Josh, the curator of a weekly newsletter to help makers better produce, promote, and profit from creations. In his Q&A, he breaks down his 7-step plan for dealing with email overwhelm.   How I Email: Gretchen Rubin, Author, The Happiness

How I Email: Ashley Guttuso, Director of Marketing, Simple Focus Software Ashley Guttuso leads marketing for Simple Focus Software, a usability and design company that has created several digital products, including the newsletter platform Curated. She shares the habits of successful newsletter creators (hint: the intro is key). How I Email: Hugues Bugilimfura, Founder, Email at

What’s your daily approach to email? My background is in journalism, partly because I love research and partly because I love storytelling. I was that student who checked out 30 library books on one topic when I had a research project. I enjoy the process of immersing myself in something and finding what I think

What’s your daily approach to email?  Parkinson’s law suggests that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” So I only check my email once a day. That is the single most important routine I have developed for myself. I know many people are fans of the “deal with it or

How I Email: Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Founder, Ness Labs Former Googler Anne-Laure Le Cunff studies neuroscience and uses her insights to help people with creativity and productivity. When it comes to email, she says “focused inbox sessions” are a must. How I Email: JR Raphael, Tech Writer JR Raphael is the writer and productivity master

Our most popular Q&As of the year (so far)… How I Email: Harry Dry of Marketing Examples The brains behind the popular Marketing Examples newsletter doesn’t check his emails until he has five hours of creative work “in the bank.” How I Email: Ben Collins, Google Sheets Developer Ben is a certified Google Developer Expert

How I Email: Dorie Clark, Marketing and Branding Strategist The well-known speaker/author thinks you should check email first thing in the morning. How I Email: Yarty Kim, Co-Founder, A4E Yarty, who co-founded a bookkeeping service with his wife, offers tips for using email to track expenses. He also explains why he sends emails to his

What’s your daily approach to email?  In my previous life in corporate finance, I used to be obsessive with emails, responding to 100s of emails every day so that I could make my business partners happy. It was exhausting, and I would spend upwards of 2-3 hours per day just responding. It felt endless. After

How I Email: Sam Parr, Co-Founder and CEO, The Hustle The brains behind The Hustle newsletter describes his approach to cold email (which he credits with accelerating his network). How I Email: Elise Gelwicks, Founder, Eleview Consulting How do you write an email that elevates your reputation? Elise shares best practices from her professional correspondence

What’s your daily approach to email? I’m an obsessive email checker. My Gmail inbox is always open in my browser and I tend to check my inbox every time I see a new message come through. After reading “Deep Work” by Cal Newport, I’ve started signing out of my email when I need to focus.