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We have compiled a few ideas about our users’ IQ or Inbox Quotient! It’s not a number and it’s not scientific but it is an interesting way to think about your email habits and how you might improve them.. with Organizer! =)

See below to see if you have any of the Hoarder characteristics. Then enter our 1 Million Signups iPad 2 giveaway, running all through the month of June!

How many emails are in your inbox? How old is the oldest one? While aimlessly moving an email from one folder to another, have you ever thought to yourself?

“I just know I am going to need this email someday!”

Oops! You might be a Hoarder!

Talk about email overload! Newsletters, receipts, even past delivery notices… Hoarders just KNOW they are going to need some information in their email so they are unable to delete or archive anything and end up with a huge amount of mail in their inboxes.

The thing is, WE don’t think it’s a problem!

At least, not with Organizer! Organizer helps make sense of the melee, placing things right where they need to be. It’s the email you want, when you need it!

Our Organizer is perfect for a hoarder since it automatically organizes incoming marketing messages. Think of Organizer as a curator of sorts–Placing things in nice little folders for you and giving you a daily inventory via the Daily Digest!

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So if you’re a Hoarder, stand up tall and don’t let people bring you down. It’s your email, do what you want with it! We can help you reduce the clutter and keep your emails from real people in a cozy little spot, your inbox!

So what is the oldest email you have? What kind of Hoarding tales have you got? Chime in on Twitter or Facebook! Play along and you’ll be automatically entered to win an iPad 2! Good luck.

First off, the ATX Startup Crawl on Thursday, March 10th then Ignite SXSW on Friday, March 11th.

But two back to back events were not enough for us to be involved in though!

Our own Joshua Baer also had a solo panel on Saturday, the 12th. Joshua’s “5 Secrets to a Killer Elevator Speech” was, again, a huge hit.

Finally, later in the week, Joshua goes on to win the 2011 Das Iron Geek Award!? Believe it, we completely crushed it during SX!

THE ATX STARTUP CRAWL

We hit the ground running with the ATX Startup Crawl on Thursday the 10th, the day before SXSW actually started. With the Startup Crawl, we participated in a technology open house of sorts where ourselves and more than twenty other local Austin Technology Startups opened our office doors and invited folks in to have a beer, talk to recruiters and just get to know us.

Overall, Startup Crawl was all about selling Austin Technology to both locals and the people coming to SXSW. Working as a cohesive community, we were able to present a really strong presence for all of us by opening up our own creative spaces and smartly utilizing our existing resources.

Startup Crawl was a blast and even garnered some national and international press mentions and backlinks.

The very next night OtherInbox was proud to be a major sponsor of Ignite SXSW, an official SXSW event. We paired with Dorkbot and put on an amazing show that included both the Ignite format mini-presentations from such speakers as Guy Kawasaki and Bob Metcalfe PLUS the maker faire type science displays of Dorkbot!

We brought the brains, they brought the bots and we ended it with a great performance by Arc Attack’s singing Tesla Coils!

FIVE SECRETS TO A KILLER ELEVATOR PITCH

The very next day, our dude Joshua Baer took a packed house at SXSW Interactive, walked them through his 5 secrets of a killer elevator pitch and then had them come up and take a turn. The response was pretty great!

Here’s the deck from Joshua’s presentation. Elevate your elevator pitch to “killer!”

5 Secrets to a Killer Elevator Pitch – SXSW 2011

See more examples at http://killerelevator.com

Das Iron Geek

On paper, the 2nd annual Das Iron Geek competition might look like an aborted scene from an aborted “Revenge of the Nerds” sequel but it is actually a series of fun and geeky challenges by keyboard manufacturer Das Keyboard to find and crown the “geekiest influencer at SXSW.”

Well, wouldn’t you know it, the geekiest influencer is our very own Joshua Baer! The above “Office” inspired trophy can now be found in our office and is a source of great pride to us all! I am unable to disclose the horrible things my boss had to do to be crowned with such a geektastic honor, so instead I will direct you to this amazing video.

Note- It is long but pretty awesome.

Check out J. Baer’s touching acceptance speech at the 08:38 mark!

The aftermath of our SXSW Interactive 2011? A bunch of business cards, a natural aversion to free beer and BBQ, a slight suntan, a pair of bulked up calves from biking around town and a huge appreciation for our hometown, Austin Texas. Were you here? Tell us about it!

Twitter – Facebook- Email – We are so connected it hurts!

File messages from new senders

Automatic Organizer is already set up to file messages from hundreds of different stores, social networks, and websites automatically without changing a single setting. However, if there’s a message from another sender that Organizer doesn’t pick up, it’s easy to change this. Simply drag-and-drop the message into the appropriate OIB folder.

Create your own OIB folders

In order to create your own folders for Automatic Organizer to use, simply add a new Yahoo! Mail folder and name it anything you like with the letters “OIB” in front of it, such as OIB Family, OIB Work, or OIB Restaurants. Then, drag-and-drop a message into this new OIB folder, and Automatic Organizer will file messages the same way from this sender in the future.

Change where your messages are filed

Within Yahoo! Mail, simply drag-and-drop a message from that sender from its current OIB folder to a new one. Or, you can open Automatic Organizer and choose a new folder or category next to the sender name.

Edit sender names

When a custom sender is created, sometimes the name of the sender is a bit long or awkward. Open Automatic Organizer, click the sender name, type in a new name, and click OK.

Need help?

• Post a Question: Post a question, problem, suggestion (or even a praise!) on our support site, powered by Get Satisfaction.
• Tutorials: View a few short tutorial videos that demonstrate how to use Automatic Organizer.
• Twitter: Follow us on Twitter @OtherInbox
• FAQ: Have questions? We have answers.

Although we have undergone many improvements, we never stop discovering new ways to make Automatic Organizer work better for you. We are continuously rolling out new features with the help of our users. If you have any suggestions, please let us know. Thank you for your support!   

The crowd was very lively and included several people who had already tried the service and liked it. Everyone seemed excited about Gmail and calendar integration. The TECHcocktail team also interviewed me live on Ustream which was fun. Thanks to Jimmy Gardner, Eric Olson, and Frank Gruber for putting on the event and inviting us to participate! –Mike