Automatic Follow-ups for Your Email

Email-Reminders

Have you ever sent an email to someone asking them to complete a task or do you a favor?  What usually happens after that email has been sent?  For me it's usually one of the following;

1- I keep the original email in my inbox as a reminder to eventually follow up with them

2- I set a reminder on my Google Calendar to follow up

3- I totally forget about the matter and hope that they follow through with my email request

What if there was a better, easier way to follow up with friends, contacts and teammates?  A nifty new service called Follow Up Then may be just what you are looking for.  

There is no sign up, no software to download and it works with any email program.


To use the service, write your email and use the address To: box as usual. Then all you have to do is use the CC: box and type in: TimeInterval@followupthen.com

An example would be oneweek@followupthen.com

Follow Up Then

What happens next is the email will be sent as usual and in one week's time both you and the original email recipient will get a follow up email reminding everyone of the original email.  The date and subject of the original email is also included.

Here are a few examples of time intervals you can use when using this follow-up service:

 

Time Interval

1minute@followupthen.com
2hours@followupthen.com
3days@followupthen.com
4weeks@followupthen.com
5months@followupthen.com
6years@followupthen.com

Day of Week

tuesday@followupthen.com
tues@followupthen.com

Common Scheduling Terms

tomorrow@followupthen.com
nextweek@followupthen.com
nextmonth@followupthen.com

Specific Date

mar30@followupthen.com
2010-05-30@followupthen.com

Specific Time

11am@followupthen.com — will sent the next occurrence of 11 a.m. your time (yes, we magically know your time zone). Only supports whole hour increments.

Specific Date and Time

tomorrow9am@followupthen.com
aug2512pm@followupthen.com

Recurring Reminders

everyweds@followupthen.com
everymar30@followupthen.com

If you are currently using this service leave a comment below on how you like it.  If not, try it out today.

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Gary Shouldis is the founder of 3Bug Media, a web marketing company that helps businesses create 360 Marketing Strategies to dominate their market. His blog is read by over 20 thousand small business owners a month and has been featured in the N.Y. Times Small Business, Business Insider and Yahoo Small Business.
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