Most of us look for ways on how to be productive. Everyone has so much on their plates—work, home, volunteering, church, family, etc. One part of our lives that can quickly get out of hand is emails.

According to The Radicati Group, last year workers worldwide collectively sent and received about 112.5 billion emails each day. The average user sent and received 122 work messages daily. Now, this study doesn’t take into account the personal emails we receive from family, friends, organizations we volunteer at, vendors, etc. Holy moly! No wonder we feel electronically overwhelmed.

Tips On How To Be Productive

The team at FastCompany.com consulted productivity guru, Chris Bailey, to collect advice on how to send emails that will get read. Emma Miller at FastCompany.com in “Six Ways the Most Productive People Send Emails” presents six ways to make us more productive with our e-communications.

Six Ways The Most Productive People Send Emails

There’s nothing like an overcrowded inbox to make you long for the days of smoke signals and carrier pigeons. Email is so prevalent that last year, workers worldwide collectively sent and received about 112.5 billion business emails each day, according to The Radicati Group, a technology market research firm. The average user sent and received 122 work messages daily. Read more.

Here’s a summary of Emma’s tips:

1. Keep it short and sweet
2. Making timing important
3. Press pause before replying
4. Express yourself
5. Create a “Waiting For” folder
6. Know when an email isn’t the right response
7. Eliminate useless phrases

Most of these tips are small things that you can implement today. But, these modest steps can make your emails more likely to get a response.