Handling email can be a very stressful task for many people. And, receiving multiple emails a day makes it difficult at best to manage your inbox and respond to people in a timely manner. Have no, fear, we are here to help!

5 Tips for Dealing with Your Email

1. Filter incoming emails: If there are emails you don’t need to read right away, set-up an automatic filing system. You can do this in most major email programs such as Outlook, Gmail, etc.This allows those emails to go to designated folders you can check at a time that is convenient for you.
   
2. Unsubscribe to emails you do not read.We all think we're going to be good and keep on the latest news when we subscribe for an e-newsletter but if you're not reading them when they come, they're really just cluttering up your inbox.
   
3. Add links to social media in your signature including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs, etc.Doing so will help you stay connected and may encourage people to send you a quick note on those platforms vs. email.
   
4. Set aside a certain time each day to check your email and respond to others. We understand that you need to check your email for replies more often, but use this chunk of time to really go through every email in the inbox and do something with it.
5. Utilize the "touch it once" rule. Getting emails on our smartphones can be so tempting but if you're going to re-read the same email when you get back to your office, what's the point? Utilize the "touch it once" rule and only open email when you can really deal with it, the first time.
   

We hope this helps you!

Cheers,
The Ruby Porter Team

Congrats to Jill Dose of Cheeky Monkey Love! We were won over with your post (who could resist the mention of PEZ???)!

Now, make sure you wear comfortable shoes and arrive hungry/thirsty. There will be lots of great eats and yummy treats!

Enjoy!

We have an extra ticket to Chefs' Night Out on Tuesday, April 5th.

If you're interested, the ticket could be yours. The person who writes the most creative response as to why he/she deserves the ticket will win.

Deadline is this Thursday by 5:00 p.m. Winner will be notified on Friday, April 1st.

Tonight Ruby Porter Marketing + Design will be co-sponsoring Extravaganza at the Valley River Inn from 5-8pm. Stop on by to network, meet new friends and have an all-around good time. Ruby Porter designed this year's birthday bash invites and handouts for the event. Stop by our table for savings on your next project. Questions? visit: www.EugeneExtravaganza.com

It's always interesting when you make a big move with your company. Will things go smoothly? Will there be bumps along the way? This past month was a big one for us with the move to our new office location. For the most part things went smoothly, but even with a ton of planning, there were still some hiccups. But now the furniture is all in place and we're back online, up and running at full speed.

So, what's the big deal about our move??? A lot! Now we are in a location nearly four times as large as our previous location which allows us more room for meeting with clients, and for breaking out into team work. Our space is cool and funky, too, which makes our creative work that much more fun. And, our space gives us more room to add staff as we continue to grow. So exciting!

If you're in the neighborhood, drop on by. We'd love to see you!

Today we launched our new website. We will continue to add content but some new features include a client of the month being highlighted right up on the front page, a blog (which you're reading now *grin*), a more interactive portfolio, and a soon to be growing list of resources for our clients. We hope you enjoy the changes and find our site to be a useful tool.

Come check us out along with nine other local businesses at the Springfield Chamber of Commerce's Business After Hours monthly networking event. Ruby Porter Marketing + Design is a co-sponsor of the event, which will be happening January 12th at Eugene Crossfit (499 Valley River Center Drive in Eugene) from 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. You can register online here. And, we'll be giving away an iPod Touch...you don't want to miss this!!

If you haven't been by our office lately, a lot has been changing. We have grown in size and so our office at the Fifth Street Market is no longer big enough. After searching high and low we found a very cool space at the corner of 14th Avenue and Oak Street in Eugene. Our official move dates are January 20-24, 2011. Please come by and see us at our new digs.