28Hands Blog | Email Management (2024)

How email helps businesses access their most critical information

byMail Manager

• 17 Mar, 2020

As volumes of data spiral to unparalleled, unmanageable levels, it becomes increasingly important for businesses to have access to the information they need, when they need it. Failure to do so can...

Remote working and sickness: The importance of information visibility

byMail Manager

• 16 Mar, 2020

Although there are many new methods of communication, it would be incorrect to say that email technology is not an essential part of the operations of project-based organisations. In fact, for some,...

The Importance of Implementation and User Training

byMail Manager

• 27 Feb, 2020

If you were given a choice between two different boat drivers (helmsmen) to take you on a cruise, one with a license, one without, who will you choose? Even with no upfront cost, you will choose the...

Infographic: 5 steps to ensure contract success

byMail Manager

• 11 Feb, 2020

It's pretty damning that a third of construction projects start without a contract in place. That's leaving businesses open to risk, but there are some quick wins that can help. For instance, did you...

Why file emails by project?

byMail Manager

• 10 Feb, 2020

Do you spend hours each week filing emails? And is the filing of emails key to project information management? We believe this process shouldn’t be time-consuming and definitely shouldn’t be...

Webinar: The role of email in preventing disputes

byMail Manager

• 30 Jan, 2020

If you haven’t heard yet, we are hosting a webinar on the 19th of February to help you and your company prevent and win disputes, with valuables tips from our experts. In the meantime, we've gathered...

Remove administrative tasks to unlock business efficiency

byMail Manager

• 15 Jan, 2020

Administrative tasks routinely rank among the most disliked jobs that people do in both their working and personal lives. Furthermore, some of the most routine parts of any job also rank among the...

Why email is silently killing your business

byMail Manager

• 2 Jan, 2020

Way back in 2007, a guest blog in the July/August issue of Fast Company proclaimed “Email is dead” and even proclaimed RSS feeds would come to businesses’ rescue. It wasn’t the first to predict...

Smarter, faster, better: How email can revolutionise your business

byMail Manager

• 17 Dec, 2019

Back in 2014, businesses’ poor communication levels led a Forbes contributor to suggest such drastic measures as slashing emails by 90% and banning email and social media for one day per week. Yet...

How email empowers the deliverability of projects

byMail Manager

• 26 Nov, 2019

History has repeatedly proven that necessity will drive changes that swiftly become the accepted norm. Twenty years ago, for example, most homes didn’t have fast-speed internet, early mobile phones...

Reaching ‘Inbox Zero’ in Outlook

byMail Manager

• 11 Nov, 2019

We all know that person who has 45,000+ unread emails. Or, maybe it’s you.

Email management 101

byMail Manager

• 6 Nov, 2019

Over 269 billion emailswere sent and received each day in 2017 alone. This figure is expected to increase to over 333 billion daily emails by 2022. Additionally, in 2018 the number of global email ...

Mail Manager stories: 5 real-world use cases

byMail Manager

• 30 Sep, 2019

As with every technology solution, our customers want to know how they can actually use the solution to address their challenges and pain points. We love to address how businesses and users actually...

Fed up of Outlook’s Public Folders?

byMail Manager

• 11 Sep, 2019

Frustrated by Public Folders? You aren’t alone. We hear this all the time. Yes, Outlook is the go-to email platform for most businesses, however, it was never designed to file and share the volume of...

The 7 deadly sins of email management

byMail Manager

• 9 Sep, 2019

When it comes to email management, your challenges can be addressed with just a few small tweaks that result in big gains. The question is - what small tweaks and where to get started? Here are our 7...

How to set up a perfect software trial and measure its success

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• 2 Sep, 2019

We hear it all the time - why should I bother doing a free software trial and how can I measure its success? It’s a good question. Too often, businesses sign up to try something and then never...

The productivity headache facing the Oil and Gas Industry

byMail Manager

• 29 Aug, 2019

Three of the main problems faced by businesses in the Oil & Gas industry are improving collaboration, developing a high performing culture and reducing costs to remain competitive. These problems are...

Four actionable email management tips for Outlook

byMail Manager

• 12 Aug, 2019

If you are a project-based business, email is probably a critical part of how you operate

Construction’s Joint Regulatory Group pushing ‘Digital by Default’

byMail Manager

• 8 Aug, 2019

Following the Grenfell disaster, there has been a push for a “golden thread” of information about building design and maintenance to improve safety. Historically, the emphasis has been on BIM &...

Email management: The importance of knowing where your email data is

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• 6 Aug, 2019

After the British ambassador to the US, Kim Darroch, lost his job as a result of information leaks, the emphasis on email management is back on the agenda.