Here are some best practices on how to use cloudHQ Label and Email Sharing.
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Introduction
If you are working on projects, we suggest to organize your emails into two email labels:
- ACTIVE PROJECTS
- ARCHIVED PROJECTS
In real estate, you might have labels like this:
- ACTIVE PROPERTIES
- CLOSED PROPERTIES
Or in legal, you might have labels like this:
- ACTIVE CASES
- ARCHIVED CASES
Optionally, you can have ASSIGNED label like this:
|-- ASSIGNED | | | |-- bob@ | |-- naomi@ | |-- jesica@ | |-- | |-- unassigned
Setup of ACTIVE PROJECTS and ARCHIVED PROJECTS labels
As the first setup, admin (or owner of shares) should create ACTIVE PROJECTS and ARCHIVED PROJECTS in their Gmail account.
Then you should create sub-labels under ACTIVE PROJECTS and ARCHIVED PROJECTS. So your label structure will look like this:
|-- ACTIVE PROJECTS | | | |-- Project 2108959 | |-- Project 2108310 | |-- Project 2338310 | |-- | |-- ARCHIVED PROJECTS | | | |-- Project 2123434 | |-- Project 2108410 | |-- Project 2333320 | |-- ...
Now, you need just share labels ACTIVE PROJECTS and ARCHIVED PROJECTS with your team and viola: everyone has access to the same information and of all the conversations taking place on the email threads.
Once the project is finished the sub-label belonging to the case can be shifted under label ARCHIVED PROJECTS and then you have a history you can refer back to you, but at the same time does not clutter up your inbox and can be shared with anyone else in future in case it needs to be referred back to.
And when you get a new case just create a sub-label under ACTIVE PROJECTS and all members of your team will see that new sub-label.
Setup of ASSIGNED label and sublabels (optional)
The ASSIGNED label is optional.
The ASSIGNED label provides a clear way to manage task delegation within your team. This label signifies which team member is currently overseeing a specific case. Under the “ASSIGNED” label, there will be sub-labels that list each team member, creating a structured system as illustrated below:
|-- ASSIGNED | | | |-- bob@ | |-- naomi@ | |-- jesica@ | |-- | |-- unassigned
For instance, when Bob begins to address a specific email, it will be labeled as ‘ASSIGNED/bob@’. This is complementary to the PROJECT label it may already have, such as ACTIVE PROJECTS/Project 2108959. Thus, a particular email might have dual labels as:
ASSIGNED/bob@ ACTIVE PROJECTS/Project 2108959
The above means:
- the email is related to project Project 2108959
- the email is assigned to Bob
To reassign an email from ‘bob@’ to ‘naomi@’, simply remove the ‘ASSIGNED/bob@’ label and apply the ‘ASSIGNED/naomi@’ label instead.
For configuring sharing within your team, please follow the instructions provided here.