Productivity. Ease. Connectivity. The new LinkedIn inbox is promising to deliver. LinkedIn has began to roll out the revamped the inbox with improved functionality to manage your messages directly from your inbox. Previoulsy, the inbox on LinkedIn was quite a jumbled mess at times with new invitations, requests for you to reach out to connect, inquiries and the sales pitch immediately after you connect. While LinkedIn cannot cure the sales pitches, they have separated the invitations from the emails. This has so far proven to really be productive, easy and efficient as if you are just looking to accept (or not) invites, you simply click on that tab or if you are wanting to reply back to someone, it a simple click of the reply button.
LinkedIn Inbox Enhancements
The new inbox is designed with the user in mind as it addresses the key components of how we manage our inbox and also remain connected. The newly added features set the stage to be able to use the email component in a time efficient way. We are always looking to save time and the inbox enhancements definitely allow for users to read, connect and also engage easily.
1. Invites and Messages. The invitations and messages each have their own tab. This provides for a quick scan of what messages you have received or if you are just looking to see who is trying to connect. This is a great addition as the inbox did get a bit crowded with emails and invites.
2. Inbox Response. Take action on your messages or invites directly from your inbox. This is similar to the previous inbox however there are quick tabs to be able to reply, respond or delete contained within the message preview so that you do not have to go into the message to have to take action.
3. Bulk Actions. Delete or archive messages in bulk. This inbox enhancement is probably the best of them all. Simple click of the box and in bulk all the messages disapear. Gone are the days of deleting or achiving each message one by one.
4. Inbox filtering. This compliments the bulk action as once you categorize the items in your inbox (flag, archive, recommendations, etc) you can search for them with the filter tab.
5. Inbox Sorting. There are emails that we archive or keep in the inbox to refer back to. Sometimes trying to find them is a challenge within itself but with the sorting tab, you can search for mail by date, name or subject.