There are many ways of achieving this, but most of the methods centre around creating different labels and filters that prioritise your emails, and therefore, your replies.
In this post, I'll share with you how you can effectively manage your email inbox so you can spend more time on work and less on composing emails.
What's inbox zero all about?
It's an email management approach that aims to keep your inbox level at empty, or near empty, at all times. The concept was developed by productivity expert Merlin Mann, who said that the number zero is a reference to "the amount of time an employee's brain is in his inbox".
Unsubscribe from social media updates and irrelevant newsletters. For long-form articles that you want to read on your commute to and from work or on your lunch break, download apps like Instapaper or Flipboard to keep your inbox clutter-free.
Of course, if you're really pressed for time and would like someone to do all the sorting, labelling and filtering for you, then I suggest you try SaneBox. It's key feature is its ability to prioritise all of your important emails and summarise the rest in a daily digest. You can move your emails from your inbox to your filtered list (and vice versa) to train SaneBox into recognising which emails are important to you.
Attaining inbox zero can be a process to begin with, but it's certainly worth the initial effort. In my experience, I've significantly cut down my email time while increasing my productivity and regulating my stress levels.