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
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.
Gary Shouldis
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I just tried it out, pretty cool service. I'm also waiting for Boomerang to come out of beta, I heard that one was pretty good too
This sounds very interesting-I'm going to try this. Thanks for the tip
Nice! I always end up forgetting things that I need to follow up. Thanks for sharing this new service.
No problem JP, thanks for stopping by
This service sounds very promising! I don’t need to setup any reminder on my calendar anymore. I will try it now. Thanks!
Great Vicky, Gmail has lots of great add on services that make emailing a great tool to stay organized
This is the best thing that ever created to help you follow up an email. I am using this now and I never had any problems with it. It’s very real and convenient.
Glad it helped! I also use an app called Boomerang to schedule emails, both work great