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Posted by Christin on April 10, 2019

When you talk to people all over the world about how they stay productive, the number 1 culprit of productivity issues is with their email. That is why Mailbird is building the most productive email client ever! I have had the pleasure of meeting many inspiring entrepreneurs who are so kind to willingly share their productivity hacks. A good friend of ours Tobias Schelle, Founder of 24slides shares a post about his toolbox for optimal productivity, read the post on Medium. Elaine Heney, CEO of Chocolate Lab Apps is another power house on productivity. She is also the best kind of work-a-holic you’ll ever meet. Below, Elaine shares with us her take on email and productivity. I’ve spent the last month in Bali, co-working with an inspiring group of 25 successful entrepreneurs at Project Getaway. Our businesses are diverse – from cloud hosting solutions, to industrial manufacturing and mobile apps. Regardless of the business type, working in Bali focused our collective minds on one major challenge – how to become more productive while having more free time to enjoy this beautiful island. Here are the top 6 ways I’ve increased my productivity as CEO of my mobile games company. Rescue time Install StayFocusd on your web browser and block the top three non-work related websites you spend the most time. My biggest time waster was facebook. While I was on some work related groups there, it was just eating into my time. Installing the StayFocusd plugin on my PC means that Facebook automatically closes after I…

Posted by Christin on January 20, 2019

For the first few minutes after an interview, you feel relieved and proud all at once. The hard part is over–the actual interview–but now comes the dreaded wait. Did you nail it, and get the job? Or did they hire someone else? Don’t let this anxiety over the response stop you from positioning yourself as a better candidate. An interview follow up message is key to that venture, so make sure a thank you email after the interview is on your to-do list! Here is a comprehensive list of interview thank you emails. Feel free to use them word-for-word, or just the general feel of the wording. Either way, they will provide a great idea of how to write a great follow up email! 10 Sample Thank You Emails After Interview General Follow Up Email After Interview Dear Mrs. Carlisle, It was a pleasure meeting you today. Thank you so much for taking the time to interview me! I truly believe my background as an app developer, and the prosperity of the app I personally developed, ThymeCrunch, really set me up for success at The Develapp company. Looking forward to hearing from you. I hope you have a wonderful day! Cheers, Alan Cho Share a Mutual Interest Dear Ms. Lee, It was wonderful meeting you today, and I really appreciate you setting aside time to interview me. I’m very excited to be considered for the junior actuarial position, in addition to all of the potential opportunities the company presents! It was lovely…

Posted by Christin on February 16, 2017

Are you tired of managing multiple accounts across different email platforms?  The average person has at least two email inboxes: one for personal use and one for work. It isn’t terribly difficult to manage a pair of email addresses, but what if you have more? What if you have a personal account and multiple work accounts for different jobs? What if you have a current personal account and multiple other personal accounts from your past? Such as college email addresses or email addresses you made in your teenage years? Handling Multiple Email Accounts At some point, you will probably find that disabling your older and less-used email accounts makes the most sense. In some cases, you might not even have a choice in the matter. Your college may disable accounts of former students. Former employers will probably shut down your old accounts, too. In other words, there’s something to be said for consolidating your email as much as you can. As long as you give friends, family, colleagues, and other contacts your most current email address, consolidation shouldn’t put you at risk for missing many important emails. However, if you do have three or four current email accounts, it can be a real blow to your productivity to have to check and manage all of them on a continuous basis. This statement is especially true if your emails are scattered across multiple email platforms. You have one Hotmail address, a Gmail address or two, and an old Yahoo account that…

Posted by Christin on January 7, 2017

Why POP3? IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) support was launched in October 2013. Since then we received an overwhelming response for POP3 (Post Office Protocol) support too. This was much to our surprise considering many new email providers are moving away from POP3, and onto IMAP, due to the performance benefits and because it’s a better fit with the way email is accessed today on multiple devices. But….that’s not all! Read through to the bottom to see what folder manipulation is all about. What the heck is POP3? POP3 is an abbreviation for Post Office Protocol 3. It’s the third version of a widespread method of receiving email, dating back to the 1980s. Much like the physical version of a post office clerk, POP3 receives and holds email for an individual until they pick it up. And, much as the post office does not make copies of the mail it receives, when an individual downloads email from the server into their email program, their copy of the email on the server is removed. Most clients however, including Mailbird, have an option to leave the message on the server, either temporarily or permanently.   Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail.com) supports POP3, but recently introduced IMAP support. “One of the major issues with Microsoft’s Hotmail replacement, Outlook.com, is you could only access it on the web or, with email clients, through the POP3 or Microsoft’s EAS protocol.” – Lifehacker. A lot more devices and services use IMAP, and now so does Outlook.com. Even Windows 8 Mail no longer…

Posted by Christin on April 25, 2016

Suntech City Singapore was once again swarmed by International startups exhibiting to more than 5000 attendees with 4 Stages hosting inspiring and talented speakers from all over the world. This years Tech in Asia conference was the best one yet. We wanted to share some of the highlights from our experiences at this TechInAsia sponsored event. We hope you will join us next year in Singapore to make it even better. Direct User Feedback The absolute BEST part for the Mailbird team about this conference was the immediate and direct feedback from existing and potential users. It’s true that we get feedback on a daily basis ( especially on our social channels ), but being there right next to a user and watching them falling in love with your app is a whole different story. The on-site feedback was not only a great source of compliments – it also really helped us in creating effective marketing messages. Thanks to this over-the-shoulder experience with so many amazing tech influencers, we found out what exactly it is that amazes most of Mailbird’s users, what triggered most of their questions, and what they felt needed improvement or clarification. One unintended side effect of our participation at Tech in Asia was the increased motivation that our entire team received thanks to so much one-on-one interaction with our users. Witnessing over and over again how people enjoyed their experiences with Mailbird at the conference, and being there to discuss with them exactly how well it helps…

Posted by Jason Ephraim on February 12, 2016

We’ve got a special Valentines gift just for you: That’s right. For just $19.99 you get access to all the best Mailbird has to offer. This is the best sale we’ve ever offered, and it’s only for a limited time. So, don’t miss out. $19.99?! That’s only two months of Outlook access, and less than half the cost of emClient. What is Mailbird? Mailbird is a Windows email client, and it’s quickly growing in popularity as the best way to manage multiple email accounts. It boasts the most customization options of any email client, so you can adjust Mailbird to match your style. Colors, layout, font, and a ton of other options ensures it looks awesome on your device. Mailbird is also easy to use. Everything is right where you need it, in a way that is easy to use and understand. Unlike other clients, we don’t clutter up your client with too many useless and unnecessary features. Even it’s integrations are completely optional, and you can activate them, or leave them be. What is Mailbird Pro? The Pro version of Mailbird includes the ability to add and manage unlimited email accounts. Gmail, Windows Live, Yahoo Mail, you name it. Best of all, it’s unified inbox makes it easier than ever to stay on top of your inbox by bringing all your email into one view. Pro also comes with some amazing features like email speedreader, and other cool tools you get access to by upgrading. Why is this such…

Posted by Christin on October 23, 2015

    Eric Ebert, Marketing and Communications Manager at Lookeen, created a list of the best Productivity Apps, that will help you rule your office. He names Mailbird as one those awesome Apps in his compilation on TechCrunch. What Apps would add to this list? Let us know in the comment section below.      

Posted by Andrea Loubier on October 5, 2015

Given active trending discussions on email, communication and productivity becoming more and more convoluted with each new app that pops up…we are beginning to see a new shift in information overload. So here are a series of blog shorts on how to pacify our need for control with information and productivity. Welcome to the Mailbird blog series “From Productivity Hole to Productivity Hub”. In the series of blog shorts we’ll be covering: 1) The problem with email 2) Data on people + email + productivity and email usage 3) What it means to be productive when email is a major part of your job: Get more with less work philosophy 4) Best email practices 5) Why choose an email client?   Let’s start at the beginning with #1 of 5 in this important blog short series.   The Problem with Email Email is literally the greatest technological advancement made to human communication in the 20th century, and…it still is. However what we see these days are a lot of people complaining about email that it’s too slow, it’s not secure enough, it’s ugly, it doesn’t work for how my team communicates in the work place, it kills my productivity, it’s very distracting, I have too much email, I wish I could check all my email from different accounts in one place, it’s boring and the list goes on. We are almost certain that you have one of the aforementioned email complaints, and if not, your own unique complaints. For something that…

Posted by Christin on April 27, 2015

One very exciting integration that came with Mailbird 2.0 is Veeting Rooms! Veeting Rooms is a virtual meeting environment that enables you to have a professional (virtual) business meeting right from within Mailbird. And of course, just like a “real-life” business meeting, no unauthorised person will be able to listen to your important business topics. All audio and video communication is end-to-end encrypted between the Veeting participants. Special Promotion for Mailbird users In order to celebrate our great partnership, Veeting Rooms is giving a free 180 Day Trial to all Mailbird users! Yes, that means you get access to all the awesome Features for 180 Days for FREE. Activate the Veeting Rooms App in your Mailbird Appstore and register for Veeting Rooms from within your Mailbird App. Simply click the little “V” icon in the left menu panel and go to “Create Account” here: (Secret hint: there may be a very good chance to get another 180 Days for Free once the Trial is over. Just simply send an Email to the Veeting Rooms team and kindly ask them to extend the Trial…) Getting Started You can find Veeting Rooms in the Mailbird App Store and activate it with one single click. Veeting Rooms will then appear as an icon in the menu panel on the left. You can also simply access it from the Mailbird sidebar on the right. Schedule your meeting right from within Mailbird You can easily schedule your next Veeting Room meeting, by either using Veeting Rooms…

Posted by Christin on April 7, 2015

Moo.do was one of the first deep integrations that came with the launch of Mailbird 2.0. Thanks to this awesome partnership and the great support of the Moo.do team you can turn your Email into a real To-Do list that you can organize, prioritize and schedule right alongside all your projects and tasks.   Getting organized can be that simple 1. Simply activate the Moo.do App in your Mailbird App Store. It will then appear in the menu panel on the left of the Mailbird window.     You will also be able to access it from your Mailbird sidebar and have your To-Do list open right next to your Inbox.     2. Sign up for Moo.do using your Gmail account. Moo.do uses your Google Drive to store and synchronize your data. Moo.do has only access to the folder created by Moo.do. No other folders can be accessed and your data will not be sent to any other server.     3. Once you have signed in, Moo.do will take you through the first steps to get started. You will also have the option to import data from your other To-Do list Apps and keep working on these within Moo.do.     4. After setting up your To-Do lists and agendas, you can simply drag and drop Emails related to your set tasks in to your Moo.do list. When clicking the Email in your Moo.do list it will open the Email in Mailbird. The Email dragged in to your…