Girl walks into Gmail…. with OIB Organizer!

April 1 2011, 4:50pm

  Hi there email fans!  I’m Ally, OtherInbox’s newest marketing intern with an inside look at how I got to have such an organized Gmail inbox! Even in the midst of a crazy event like SXSW, I was able to get my sacred Gmail account in tip top shape. For those of you who have never experienced Austin during SXSW, peeps from all corners of the world come to experience the free food, free beverages, free music, and all kinds of characters on every corner!

Every year I go gaga for the Music part of the festival, trying to catch as many acts as possible. Recently, I started working for the Film Festival (I met Billy Bob Thornton!) but this was my first experience with Interactive…. And what an intro! OtherInbox was involved with two fantabulous Interactive parties – The ATX Startup Crawl, a perfect way for me to become acquainted with other local startups.  Then there was Ignite SXSW, with speakers like Guy Kawasaki and attendees like Michael Dell (who I convinced to take a photo with us and he was super nice about it!).

SXSW! There’s a party every minute. It’s a wonderful time and easily my favorite time of the year.  So, how’s a girl to keep organized with so many rockin’ events going on? With texts, tweets and emails flooding in to give me the who, what and where on parties, films and bands almost nonstop, what was I supposed to do? Lucky me, I found the answer right here in the office! Organizer for Gmail! In past years I used my “junk” hotmail address for these types of things. I used to sort through newsletters, correspondences and Facebook notifications just to find what I needed. Now, thanks to Organizer getting my Gmail inbox straight, all my party RSVPs went into a folder (OIB/SXSW!).  Plus, during SX all the badges I unlocked and new friend notifications went into my Social Networking folder. I didn’t have to search!

Actually, the only thing in my main inbox was the stuff I wanted there – real correspondence from people…. mostly asking me where the party was at! It’s only been 3 weeks and while I was never into organizing I can’t live without Organizer doing all the dirty work!Hmmm. Now that all the fun of SXSW is over, the Unsubscribe Folder is looking totally enticing. More soon- ttyl.