How many email accounts do you have?
Do you have an email account for your kids or husband?
The number of emails is different for everyone. So this is a difficult question to answer, and as years go by, this may change too. So let’s jump into why you need more than one email account.
At a minimum, have two accounts – one for essential emails and one for junk.
You can read more about Junk Emails here.
I’ve told you I have six email accounts, all Gmail accounts. Why do I have six? Because it depends on whom I want to access those accounts. To me, it’s all about access.
Work Email
First, I have my work account and all my work emails and additional client email addresses set up and forwarded to that account. This way, I’m not hunting through multiple email accounts for emails from a specific client.
I also have a thetechyva@gmail.com so that I would have it and no one else would register it. I recommend tying all your social media to this account. For example, your YouTube Channel if you connected it to your main account, if you have a social media manager, they would need to access your main account to update your YouTube Channel.
NOTE: If you are running a business, you should have an email account at your company domain – amy@thetechyva.com. It makes you look professional, and you can forward it to your Gmail, and no one will know the difference.
Financial Email
Secondly, I have a financial email account. What do I mean by financial? I set up a Gmail account to only receive my bills, alerts, banking information, etc. I did this so my husband would have access and if I ever needed an accountant or something along those lines.
Family Email
Next, I have a family email account. I know what you think; WTF? Why? So my husband could have access and the kids when they get bigger.
This email account has all the school newsletters, sports, dance classes, programs, and so on that the kids are a part of. I know where to go if I want to learn about a sports schedule.
Junk Email
The job search account is more of a junk account now. I couldn’t get amyedwards@gmail.com. There are a lot of Amy Edwards out there. So when I was job hunting back in 2013, I created an account just for this. I check it, and this account still gets emails from Monster and CareerBuilder occasionally, but it is only a junk account I keep around.
So yes, I have six accounts, but 3 are just junk, and a couple I don’t even check anymore! Here are some questions to ask yourself if you want to organize your email accounts, as I have.
- Who needs access to what emails/details?
- Do I care if they see other vital emails?
- Do you have a separate account just for junk?
- What categories do you have? I have a work, junk, finances, and family.
(Updated February 2023)
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