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How to Assign Tasks in Emails + Templates

Many business owners, managers, teachers and department heads will find that they have to send emails to ask someone to do a task. While it's easy to just fire off a quick email to get a task off your plate, many times this can backfire. (Many of you may have experienced that!)

It's important to think through what you need to include in an email that is giving someone a task before sending it.

Before we give you a few tips about how to send a task over email, let's look at a couple of what not to do!

What NOT to Do Example 1

Drop whatever you are doing. We have a new priority, start working on the new presentation. We need it asap.

Thanks, Betty"

What NOT to Do Example 2

I require the new prototype within the next few weeks.

How to Correctly Email to Assign a Task

Now, let's go over why these are not the type of emails you want to send to your team to assign a task.

While both of the emails above are short, they dramatically fail to provide any specific instructions that would be required to carry out the task. They also fail to provide a clear due date for the task or project.

In the second email, you will notice that it is addressing an entire team, without specific instructions to any specific team members, so it's unclear who is responsible for doing what.

Writing an email to assign tasks can be a bit tricky because it is easy to forget critical information or not clearly communicate expectations.

Below, we will go over some best practices for writing emails that assign tasks so that you can be clear and effective. T

Here are some basic guidelines to follow when writing emails to assign tasks:

1. Be Concise

The reason you're delegating a task is to save time. While you will want to include all the information needed to complete the task, you don't need to give irrelevant details. (We've all gotten those emails that are 12 paragraphs too long! Don't send one of those!) Simply explain what the task is, how it needs to be done, when it needs to be complete, and how.

2. Specify Who is Responsible

When addressing a group of people in an email, be specific about who's responsible for which task and which other team members are expected to contribute. If you leave it up to the whole group to get the job done, you may trigger the "bystander effect", where everyone assumes someone else is going to do it, and the task goes unfinished.

3. Give Clear & Specific Instructions

Set clear expectations. Don’t leave it up to the other person to decide what you are asking them to do.

One way to ensure you've given all the information they may need is to ask yourself, (if you didn't know what the task was) would you have all the information you needed to do an excellent and complete job. Once you can say yes, you've given thorough instructions.

4. Set a Clear Deadline

Always provide a due date for when the task should be complete. If you don’t, you run the risk of missing important deadlines or having to repeatedly follow up on a task that you needed to be done by a certain date.

General Email Template to Assign a Task

Hi {formtext: name=first name},

Please prepare GIFs for the first three social media posts on next month's calendar.

This is a {formmenu: name=priority; cols=20; top priority; default=standard priority; low priority} task{if: priority=="top priority"} and should take precedence over other tasks.

Timeframe: {formtext: name=timeframe; default=5; cols=3} business days. Deadline: {time: LL; shift={=timeframe}D(skip=SAT, SUN)}. {else}, so consider working on it once higher priority tasks are complete. Try to aim for completion by {time: LL; shift=+2W}. {endif}

Email Template to Delegate Tasks While You are Out of the Office

Hi {formtext: name=first name; cols=8}, I’ll be out of office between {formdate: LL; name=date1} and {formdate: LL; name=date2}, so I’ll need you to cover some things for me while I am away. I need your assistance in: {formparagraph: name=task instructions; default= Communicating with the freelance writers, following up on content deadlines, and submitting the invoices to accounts ; cols=40; rows=5}

Please schedule a meeting for the two of us in the {formmenu: name=time; afternoon; default=morning; evening} of {formdate: LL; name=date3} and we can discuss this in more details before I leave? Much appreciated, Giovanni

Email Template to Assign a Specific Type of Task

Email template to help create a presentation, email template for a task with a deadline.

Hi {formtext: name=first name; cols=8},

I would like to ask you to work on something. Can you please {formtext: name=task name; cols=12} by {formdate: LL}.

The task is {formmenu: name=task1; a bit complicated; default=very simple to do}. Here’s what you need to do: {formparagraph: name=task instructions; default=; cols=30; rows=4}

I hope these instructions are sufficient. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best Regards, Robert

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How to Quickly Turn Emails Into Tasks

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If you’re using OHIO (Only Handle It Once) to triage your email , you probably want to turn some of your emails into tasks. Here’s how to do that quickly and efficiently so you can get on with handling your other emails.

Make It Quick and Easy

Your inbox is not a to-do list; it’s an inbox. It’s tempting to leave emails in your inbox because it’s easier, but then tasks you need to accomplish are buried in the incoming deluge of email.

Here’s why people run into trouble. The manual process for turning an email into a task often goes something like this:

That’s six steps, just to add something to a to-do list. No wonder you end up with emails cluttering your inbox. What if you could cut those six steps down to four? Or three?

Well, you can! And we’re going to show you how.

Some Email Clients Are Better for Task Creation Than Others

There are many clients available for managing your email and, as you might expect, some are better than others for creating tasks.

For web clients, Gmail does the job very well. The Tasks application is built-in, and it’s easy to turn a mail into a task. There’s even a keyboard shortcut to create a task straight from a mail—no mousing required. If you don’t want a desktop client, Gmail’s probably your best bet.

For Windows desktop clients, Outlook wins hands down. Thunderbird does have some built-in task management features, and they’re not bad, but Outlook is much slicker and allows you to connect to myriad third-party apps. If you can’t use Outlook for some reason, Thunderbird is a good alternative. If you already use a third-party to-do list manager, though, Thunderbird won’t cut the mustard.

On a Mac, the picture is a bit less positive. Apple Mail does task management poorly compared to Gmail and Outlook. If you want to manage tasks on a desktop client, your best option is probably Thunderbird for Mac . Or you can send email to your third-party to-do list manager and manage them there.

When it comes to mobile apps, both Gmail and Outlook work pretty much the same. Neither has the task creation tools of the web or client versions, but they both automatically carry over the add-ins to third-party apps. So, if you manage your tasks in Trello and install the add-in to the Gmail or Outlook client, it’s automatically available when you open the corresponding mobile app, as well. In addition, when you install an add-in to Outlook, it automatically installs on the desktop client, and the mobile and web apps.

The same as on a Mac, people who have an iPhone and want to use Apple Mail are not going to get much from the mobile app. You can use Gmail or Outlook clients, but they’re not much use if you want to synchronize your tasks from your phone to your Mac.

Because Gmail and Outlook are the cream of this particular crop, we’ll focus on those. If you’ve got a favorite client that handles task creation really well, let us know in the comments, and we’ll take a look.

Creating Tasks From Gmail

Google provides an application called Tasks, which is built-in to Gmail. It’s a simple to-do list manager with pretty minimal options, although there’s a mobile app which gives you a few more customization options. If you need something simple that works tightly with your Gmail inbox, Tasks is a solid choice. Converting an email into a task is super-simple: With the email open, click the “More” button in the taskbar and select “Add to Tasks.”

If you’re a shortcut person, Shift+T does the same thing. The Tasks app opens in the sidebar showing your new task.

If you need to edit the task to add a due date, additional details, or subtasks, click the Edit icon.

There’s no need to save the changes, as it’s done automatically. When you’re finished, click the Archive button in your Inbox (or use the keyboard shortcut “e”) to move the email to your Archive.

That’s three simple steps:

As a bonus, you can set Chrome to show your Tasks when you open a new tab . There’s an iOS and Android app for Tasks . It’s just as easy to create a task in the mobile app as it is in the web app. Click the three dots at the top of the mail and select “Add to Tasks.”

This immediately creates a new task.

If Google Tasks doesn’t have everything you need, or if you’re already comfortable with another to-do manager, there’s probably a Gmail add-in for it. Currently, there are add-ins for popular to-do apps, like Any.do, Asana, Jira, Evernote, Todoist, and Trello, and others (although, not Microsoft To-Do or Apple Reminders).

We’ve previously covered installing Gmail add-ins generally, and the Trello add-in specifically . Different add-ins give you different options, but all to-do list add-ins generally allow you to add a task directly from a selected email. To-do list add-ins are also available as web and mobile apps which automatically sync with each other. And just like Tasks, you can access your add-ins when you’re in the Gmail mobile app.

Creating Tasks From Outlook

Outlook has a built-in app called Tasks, which is also available as a web app in Office 365. Things get a bit more complicated here because back in 2015 Microsoft bought Wunderlist , the popular to-do manager. It’s spent the last four years turning it into a new Office 365 web-only app called (perhaps a little unimaginatively) Microsoft To-Do. It’s eventually going to replace the built-in Tasks functionality in Outlook.

However, right now, Tasks is still the Outlook to-do manager, and there isn’t a defined date or Outlook version when this will change. We’re only mentioning this because if you use O365, you’ll find that any tasks you add to Outlook Tasks also appear in Microsoft To-Do. To-Do doesn’t yet display all the data you can add to a Task but, at some point, it will.

For now, Microsoft Tasks is the built-in Outlook task manager, so we’ll focus on that.

Using the Outlook Desktop Client

This is where Microsoft traditionally excels, and they don’t let you down here, either. There are multiple methods for creating a task from an email to cater to all tastes. You can:

We’re going to focus on using a Quick Step because this offers the most bang for our buck, and you can assign a keyboard shortcut to a Quick Step for good measure.

If you’ve never used Outlook Tasks before, check out our guide to the To-Do pane so you can see your tasks next to your mail.

Once you’ve opened the To-Do pane, we’re going to create a Quick Step that marks the email as read, creates a task, and moves the email to your archive. We’re also going to add a keyboard shortcut, so you never have to use your mouse to create a task from an email.

Quick Steps allow you to define multiple actions for a single button click (or keyboard shortcut). They’re simple to create and even simpler to use, but if you’ve not checked them out before, we’ve got a definitive guide on them . Once you’ve read that guide, create a new Quick Step, and then add the following actions:

Choose a keyboard shortcut for it and give it a name (like, “Create task and Archive”), and then click “Save.” It’s now visible in the Home > Quick Steps section.

Now, whenever you want to turn an email into a task, just click the Quick Step (or use the keyboard shortcut), and it creates a new task. It takes the title from the subject line of the email, and the body of the email becomes the content.

Edit any details you want (there are a lot more customization options in Outlook Tasks than there are in Gmail Tasks) and click “Save & Close.”

Unlike Gmail, you do need to save the new task but, also unlike Gmail, the Quick Step archives the email for you.

So that’s three simple steps for Outlook as well:

Using the Outlook Web App

At this point, you might be expecting us to show you how to create a task using the Outlook web app (Outlook.com). We’re not going to because there’s no native way to turn an email into a task in the Outlook web app. You can flag a mail, which means it will show up in the Tasks list, but that’s it.

This is a surprising oversight from Microsoft. We can’t help but feel that, at some point, there will be a switchover to Microsoft To-Do which will include a tight Outlook > To-Do integration.

Things are a bit better when it comes to third-party app integration, though. Currently, there are add-ins for popular to-do apps, like Asana, Jira, Evernote, and Trello, as well as others (although not Gmail Tasks or Apple Reminders). Different add-ins give you different options, but, as with Gmail, all to-do list add-ins generally allow you to add a task directly from a selected email, and have both the web and mobile apps automatically sync.

Using the Outlook Mobile App

Just like the Outlook web app, there’s no native way of converting a mail into a task from the Outlook mobile app, although there is a Microsoft To-Do app available for both iOS and Android . It tracks emails you’ve flagged in any of the Outlook apps, but that’s not really the same as task integration. If you want to convert Outlook emails into Outlook Tasks, you really need to use the Outlook client.

If you’re using a third-party to-do list manager, you can access your add-ins when you’re in the Outlook mobile app.

Creating Tasks from Apple Mail

If you’re using Apple Mail, your only real options are to forward your mail to a third-party app (such as Any.do or Todoist) and manage your tasks there, or drag and drop emails into Reminders. So, for Apple, the manual process is:

Forward the email to a third-party app or drop it into Reminders.

There’s not much you can do to improve that process because Apple hasn’t coupled Mail and Reminders very tightly. The company also doesn’t allow much integration with third-party apps. Until this changes (and we’re doubtful that will happen any time soon), your best option is to forward your mail to a third-party to-do list manager.

If you prefer to handle your emails only once, task creation should be as quick and easy as possible. Otherwise, your inbox will continue to be a to-do list.

With their to-do list managers and third-party add-ins, Gmail and Outlook give you the tools you need to create tasks from emails quickly, easily, and efficiently.

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Curious about email task management ?

Imagine this:

You’re searching for an old email your colleague sent you a few months ago. 10 minutes go by, then 20, then 30…

Now it just feels like an eternity, so you drift away into the endless ocean of lost emails .

The last time we checked, that’s no way to get tasks done !

But don’t worry, we’ve found a solution to this dilemma.

In this article, we’ll take a look at what email task management is, its key features, benefits, and the best tool you can use to manage tasks from your inbox.

What Is Email Task Management?

Features your email task management tool should have, the best email task management tool: clickup, why you need email task management tools.

Ready to sail away from endless email chains?

Great, let’s start!

Email task management involves using your inbox to sort, organize, and create tasks. This includes assigning tasks to people, setting deadlines, and managing projects all through your email.

But of course, emails are systematically organized by the sender, subject, and date, and not by task, priority, and deadline. Emails are also filled with conversations that aren’t relevant to task delegation.

So why even use them?

Don’t get us wrong, email isn’t dead, especially because full-time employees spend up to 2.5 hours working through a day’s worth of emails.

Suddenly those 30 minutes you lost doesn’t seem so bad, huh? 😉

But, there is a way for emails to become efficient task management tools ; all you need is an email-based project management software.

With an email task management tool, you can schedule and plan multiple projects, assign tasks, and track progress.

Click here for more tips on task scheduling!

We know you want your team to be stronger than the Titanic so that they don’t fall apart like this:

To help you out, here’s a list of essential features your email task management tool should have:

1. Email integration

Email integration is a must-have feature, especially because you quite literally can’t have an email task management tool without emails.

With email integration, your team can manage documents in and out of their inbox. They can also store and share emails and create tasks with automatic notifications.

No more running back and forth between apps like this:

2. Task creation and delegation

Task creation is a key feature that lets you plan and send out tasks to your project team using your email. Tasks are sent out with a due date, task description, and attachments.

Effective task delegation will also help you with capacity planning . This way, you can make the most of what’s available.

After all, we all know Jack and Rose didn’t use that floating door to its maximum capacity! 🙄

3. Task scheduling

It’s one thing to send out tasks; it’s another to manage a team.

Your project management tool should have team management features that ensure that every team member has daily tasks.

If a task is delayed, then your task manager should be able to automatically reschedule dependent tasks. In addition, there should be a built-in calendar, time estimates, and task tracking tools.

4. Task mentions

Use the all-powerful @ symbol to mention a user, team, task, or document to tag members in your workspace. Task mentions are always visible and sent via email as well.

This means your team members won’t ever miss a task, but what they will miss is the “I didn’t see the task ” excuse!

5. Streamlined communication

The task manager you choose should have a central instant messaging platform where team members can communicate.

This way, your team can still have all the perks that come with emails, but no longer have to rely on it for (slow) communication.

Email occupies 23% of the average employee’s workday , and on average, employees check their emails 36 times a day. I mean, we’ve all been there… refreshing our emails…36 times.⌚

So, it’s no surprise that project managers are looking for task management tools to boost productivity at work. And it’s also no surprise that adhering to email marketing and cold email best practices drives real results.

Luckily, that’s what ClickUp was built for.

What’s ClickUp?

ClickUp is the world’s leading project management tool.

From helping you manage your remote team to improving team collaboration, ClickUp provides teams with everything they need to work productively.

Speaking of which, here’s an article on some tips to stay productive at work!

Now, back to email task management…

Here’s how ClickUp’s email task management can help:

ClickUp’s email task management system encourages teams to take a more holistic approach to their tasks so they can plan accordingly.

We wouldn’t want a situation like the Titanic where they didn’t plan to have enough lifeboats!

Let’s take a look at how ClickUp can guarantee smooth-sailing for your team:

1. Send and receive emails directly from tasks

How much time would you save if you could instantly send or reply to emails right alongside relevant work — without ever having to change tabs? With Email in ClickUp , you can do exactly that!

For example, you could assign emails to team members, collaborate on sends and replies, and trigger automations based on Custom Fields, customer events, and even bug tracking. The possibilities are almost limitless!

Integrating your emails with ClickUp helps you:

For this feature, ClickUp currently supports Outlook, IMAP, Office 365, and Gmail. All emails you send from ClickUp will look as if it was sent directly from your email — no weird forwarding addresses!

2. Create tasks via email

ClickUp’s email task management tool has an Assign Task feature that lets you create tasks by sending or forwarding emails to ClickUp.

Here’s what task details you can include:

3. Add comments

You can send emails to ClickUp tasks, and it will appear as a new Comment for that task, including all attachments.

Wondering about the layout?

Don’t worry, ClickUp captures the HTML email in its entirety, so your images and designs will look as spectacular as Jack’s drawing of Rose.

If a team member is delayed (we all know how life can get sometimes), ClickUp automatically changes the due dates for all dependent tasks.

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7. Gmail and Microsoft Outlook integration

ClickUp lets you connect Gmail and Outlook with your ClickUp tasks. This way, any task you add in ClickUp will sync in your Gmail tasks or Outlook tasks.

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You can also sync your ClickUp tasks with Google Calendar .

Now, if you update a task in ClickUp, you’ll see the change in the Google app.

Talk about convenience!

But these aren’t all that ClickUp has in store for you! 🎁

This awesome project management software also offers other features like:

Email task management tools help project managers and teams increase their productivity at work.

With a task manager app, your team can reach inbox zero with ease and have more time to focus on individual tasks.

Here’s how a task management software does this:

1. Turns emails into to-dos

By using a tool that integrates with your email client, you can turn your inbox into a giant to-do list .

So forget about downloading a separate note-taking app or a to-do app!

With email task management, you can create tasks and add task details straight from your email.

Wave goodbye to duplicating tasks and switching between apps and pages!

2. To send fewer emails and save time

With a task manager, your team members, project-related documents, and conversations are all stored in one central area.

This means that you no longer have to email a question to a team member only to receive a cryptic answer that requires you to send another email.

Keep this up long enough and suddenly…

However, when you use a tasks app, your emails contain every detail about the task along with the due date. And if someone has a question, they can just send a message in the built-in chatroom.

Voilà!

Answers within seconds.

3. Increases team efficiency

Email task management tools provide project teams with detailed task descriptions so teams won’t be confused about their responsibilities. In addition, you can simply share a task with a team member by mentioning them.

Project management apps also help teams work collaboratively. By using task tracking features and instant messaging, teams and project managers have a better view of everyone’s project progress.

4. Centralizes your workflow

What’s worse than managing multiple tasks at once?

Managing multiple tasks on multiple platforms!

While we all like to think of ourselves as great multi-taskers, the truth is, we’re far better suited to working on centralized, unified platforms.

It keeps things ordered, organized, and helps you make sense of things with just a glance.

And that’s exactly what an email task management platform will help you with. As you can handle workload allocations, team communications and task scheduling from the same interface, you won’t be jumping from platform to platform, trying to make sense of things!

Email task management lets teams use their inbox as their main project management platform. While you could stick with your regular inbox, it doesn’t provide you with a workspace that has collaborative capabilities, built-in chat rooms, and task automation.

ClickUp offers teams a wide variety of effective task management and email workflow features to help them be as productive as possible.

With features ranging from task scheduling to email task delegation , ClickUp has all you need to manage tasks from your email inbox.

Get ClickUp today and watch your inbox transform into an efficient task management tool, because remember, life’s too short to waste it on endless, annoying email chains.

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We are using Project web for over 6 months and recently got an error on email delivery when assign a task to a guest user. I did some digging and it looks like the Guest User from Office 365 has 2 fields. Email and Email Address. The Email Address field has correct email of the guest user while the Email field was generated from the system with the "#EXT#" added to the middle. The notification email is generated using the Email field which contains the invalid email address so we got Office 365 error: "Your message to xxxx#EXT#xxxxxx.com couldn't be delivered". I tried to delete and re add the guest user but the system keeps generate this wrong email. This email notification has been working fine for several months until the last 3 weeks. We rely heavy on this feature to assign tasks to our guest users. Please help!

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Assign and track tasks in Teams

You can use the Tasks app in Teams to manage your team's work, either creating task lists yourself in Shared lists, or using task lists published to you by upper management to pass on to your frontline workers.

You can assign all these tasks in Teams, and people who are assigned tasks can indicate in the Tasks app when they start and complete a task. The whole team can view team progress on completing the list of tasks, and managers who send you published task lists can track progress of those tasks—both whether they've been assigned and how close to complete they are.

For an overview of the full task list publishing process, see Publish task lists to create and track work in your organization .

For help creating plans, see Create a plan in Microsoft Planner and Add tasks to a plan .

When you sign in to Teams and select the Tasks app, you'll get notification if your team received a new task list, in your Activity feed.

Assign tasks to people

On the All your lists page, select Tasks under Shared plans on the left.

Note: Tasks that are part of shared plans, not published lists, aren't listed in the general Tasks list. Instead, each plan is listed under Shared plans—just select a plan to see its tasks, assign them, and so on.

You can assign up to 11 people to a task. They will all see the task in their Assigned to you list when they open Tasks.

When any team member marks a task “Complete”, it is marked complete for all team members.

Track your team’s progress

In addition to the list, your team’s tasks can be viewed as a board, chart, or schedule on a calendar. All these views include all of your team’s tasks, whether published or not.

The Board shows your team’s task by bucket.

The Charts provide a visual summary of the plan and its progress.

The Schedule presents the tasks by due date, in a weekly or monthly view.

Select List , Board , Charts , or Schedule at the top of the Planner window to switch between them.

Customize your views in a flash

Do you want to see only the tasks due next week on the schedule calendar? Or just menswear and womenswear department tasks on the board? Or tasks with the word “Inventory” in the title? Filters offer a handy way to see exactly what you want to, on any of the available views.

Select Filter in the top right of the page and select as many options as you need. Or type a keyword. Or do both!

The options remain selected when you switch from List to Charts to Board and back again.

To de-select a filter, select the option again. Or select Clear to start over.

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12 Shared Mailbox Tools for Team Email Management

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15 Shared Mailbox Tools for Team Email Management

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Email is the most popular and (arguably) most functional form of professional communication. But sometimes, individual email addresses and one-on-one conversations aren’t the best way to handle communications; for example, in a customer service team with a shared mailbox, it’s important for multiple customer service agents to be able to reply to emails.

That’s where shared inboxes come into play. With a shared mailbox, you can have multiple team members collaborating on the same group of inbound email messages.

But how exactly do shared inboxes work, and how can you set one up for your team?

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1. High volume message distribution.

2. delegation and specialization., 3. elimination of duplicated effort., 4. consolidation and analytics., how to share an inbox without third-party tools, how to set up a gmail delegate, what features should shared inbox software have, 1. hubspot crm, 6. intercom, 7. acquire.io, 9. clientflow, 11. happyfox, 12. missive, related posts:, the 4 main benefits of a shared mailbox.

Let’s start by listing some of the most important benefits of a shared mailbox. Why would a shared inbox be superior to an individualize one?

For starters, high-volume email streams are often untenable for an individual to handle. For example, if you have 5,000 customer service messages coming in per day, no single person can feasibly handle them alone. A shared inbox allows many people to share the burden from a single, centralized inbox.

Shared inboxes also make it easier for a team to convert messages into tasks, then assign those tasks to the most relevant parties. This prevents messages from being overlooked or forgotten, and ultimately leads to higher customer satisfaction.

Shared inboxes prevent the possibility of excessive duplicated effort, which can happen if you have two or more people responding to the same messages. Hypothetically, task assignment and tracking should make this impossible.

Finally, shared inboxes allow you to collect all your communications in the same place for further analysis. Many shared inboxes go beyond email, incorporating other forms of communication like social media messages, SMS text messages, and even live chats. If you’re interested in gathering and analyzing more data on your customers, this is valuable information.

There are some built-in features in popular email platforms that allow some ways to share an inbox. For the purposes of this article, we’ll be focusing on Gmail, though Outlook has similar features.

If you want to create a shared Gmail account, the easiest way is to create a Gmail group email and/or additional Gmail group email aliases.

These are collective email addresses, like [email protected]______.com, which are distributed to a predefined list of users on your team. Aliases are alternative names for your group email addresses; for example, [email protected]______.com should go to the same place as [email protected]______.com.

To create a shared Gmail mailbox, which you can use as a Google Workspace shared mailbox , you’ll need to be a G Suite administrator . Sign into your Google Admin console , then go to Groups.

To add aliases, click on the name of a group, and in the Group information section, click Aliases. Here, you’ll be able to edit each Group Alias (up to 30 for each Group).

The big downside of this approach is the difficulty in collaborating efficiently; you may end up with multiple people responding to the same message inadvertently, and some messages may go without responses at all.

You can also set up mail delegation in Gmail . If you do this, you’ll be able to add one or more “delegates” to your account; these are people who can read, send, and delete messages on your behalf. However, they can’t chat with anyone on your behalf, and they won’t be able to change your Gmail password.

To add a Gmail delegate, open the Gmail desktop version, click Settings, then head to the Accounts and Import tab. From there, head to the “Grant access to your account” section, and click Add another account. You’ll be able to enter the email address of the person you want to add. This person will receive an email when you finalize this process, which will grant them access to your account.

Note that any account can have up to 10 delegates. In some situations, you can add 25 delegates (like if you’re using Gmail through work, school, or another organization).

At any time, you can remove delegates using a similar process, after accessing the Accounts and Import tab of the Settings menu.

If you don’t want to rely on the built-in features of Gmail (or your email platform of choice), you’ll need the help of a shared inbox tool for team email management. Shared inbox software typically comes with some, if not all, of the following features:

The Best Shared Inbox Tools for Team Email Management

Let’s take a look at some of the best team email management and shared inbox platforms on the market:

HubSpot CRM is a customer relationship management platform that also connects your team via shared inbox. Utilizing HubSpot conversations, you can unify your sales, marketing, and customer service teams and centralize all their communications. There are also a ton of additional productivity tools available to streamline the emailing process, including templates, canned responses, and help content. Be sure to see our complete list of CRM software tools !

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Drag is an app designed to make it easier to manage messages and tasks in Gmail. With it, you’ll gain access to a Kanban-style layout. And as the name suggests, its primary mode of interaction is dragging and dropping. It doesn’t take long to learn, and it features an internal team chat to clarify miscommunications and allow for easier collaboration.

Front is a shared mailbox tool meant to consolidate your customer communications across a variety of different channels, including email, social media, SMS text messages, and more. Within the same collected app, your team members will be able to create tickets, send automatic responses, and even edit emails as a team.

Hiver is a great tool if you’re interested in a minimalistic shared mailbox solution for Gmail. It functions as a simple Chrome extension, so it doesn’t take long to install or start using. Once active, you can use it to manage incoming emails as a team, automate outgoing emails, tag messages to organize them, and even host internal communications.

Gmelius is a tool we’ve mentioned before, since it has so many cool features for Gmail. With it, you’ll be able to organize and distribute your message using Trello-like project management boards. You can also create templates and canned responses to make your customer service team more efficient, and integrate Gmelius with practically any CRM.

Intercom is what we use here at EmailAnalytics for our shared mailbox tool (among many other uses). It’s an excellent CRM and helpdesk that enables us to manage customer support inquiries, sales inquiries, and more. I particularly love how it gives me all of a customer’s information at my fingertips, making it easy for me to get context when helping a customer. It enables teams to delegate conversations to individual service agents, and offer a slick, user-friendly UI.

Acquire.io is another great option. It has robust features, allowing sales and support staff to work together from a single dashboard. It enables you to route, tag, add notes, itemize emails across Gmail, Outlook, and more easily.

With Loop , you can automatically turn any email into a chat-like discussion with your other team members. From there, you can turn emails into tasks, and assign them to individuals for responses and follow-ups. No registration is initially required for this one, so you can download it for free and see how it works right away.

You might mistake ClientFlow for a traditional email client, but it’s functionality is much more robust. In addition to basic email management features, it has project management software functionality, allowing you to create, assign, and track the progress of tasks related to customer communications.

Kayako is primarily a help desk tool, but it also doubles as a shared mailbox. With it, you’ll be able to track customer interactions across a variety of channels, including Facebook, Twitter, and live chat—not just email. It also has built-in support for measuring and reporting on customer satisfaction.

HappyFox is another help desk tool, with ample support for a shared inbox dynamic within your team. With it, you can streamline all your incoming customer communications, and convert messages into easily assigned and easily managed tickets. There’s also voice integration and the ability to convert certain social media messages into tickets automatically.

With Missive , you’ll gain access to a full email client, designed with collaboration in mind. With it, you’ll be able to get details on all your individual email accounts, work together on new messages and tasks, and even manage communications on multiple different platforms.

How to Get Analytics for Your Shared Inbox

Many of the independent shared mailbox tools on this list will have built-in features for analytics and reporting. With them, you’ll be able to see who’s been assigned various tickets, how many emails have come in, and more.

However, if you’re working with a shared inbox within Gmail, or if you’re handling customer service exclusively with a shared Gmail account, you’ll need a separate tool for team email management.

EmailAnalytics is the ideal tool for the job. With it, you’ll be able to integrate any Gmail or G Suite account and track metrics like how many emails are being sent and received, your busiest times and days of the week, and even your average email response time .

Jayson is a long-time columnist for Forbes, Entrepreneur, BusinessInsider, Inc.com, and various other major media publications, where he has authored over 1,000 articles since 2012, covering technology, marketing, and entrepreneurship. He keynoted the 2013 MarketingProfs University, and won the “Entrepreneur Blogger of the Year” award in 2015 from the Oxford Center for Entrepreneurs. In 2010, he founded a marketing agency that appeared on the Inc. 5000 before selling it in January of 2019, and he is now the CEO of EmailAnalytics.

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Assignment email to candidates template

Assignment email to candidate template is for you to use if taking assignments is part of your hiring process. some positions require some specific skills, particularly technical roles. testing those skills with appropriate assignments and evaluation tests is necessary for finding the best candidates and hiring the best employees..

How to send assignment email to candidates?

Informing candidates about all the specifics of the test or assignment increases the chances of good performance, and it also enhances a better candidate experience. Make sure to have a very clear subject line that also includes the time frame and deadline for taking the assignment.

In addition, make sure that the link to the assignment, an attachment or any other form of the test is included in the email. Give a few instructions on how to take the test, and make it clear about what is expected from them to do.

After you have received their assignment, make sure that you send a short thank you email just so that they know that you have received it. You can also tell them about what to expect next.

Template for assignment email to candidates

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The due date to return the assignment is {X date}.

If you have any other questions about the assignment, please don't hesitate to ask!

Good luck with the assignment, and I am looking forward to reading your answers,

{Your name}

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Enjoy the rest of your day, and please don't hesitate to ask any questions you may have!

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