When you receive a large amount of emails each day, it can be difficult to sort and organize them efficiently. Fortunately, Gmail offers a tagging feature that allows you to categorize your emails based on custom criteria and organize them into dedicated folders.

In this article, we'll look at how to use labels to better organize your emails in Gmail.

What are the labels for?

Labels in Gmail are similar to categories in Outlook. They allow you to sort and categorize your emails based on custom criteria. For example, you can create a label for work emails, another for personal emails, and a third for emails related to a specific project.

The advantages of labels are numerous. They allow you to sort your emails based on different criteria, such as email content, sender, recipient, or any other criteria that suits you. Labels also allow you to quickly find relevant emails based on the search criteria you set.

How to use the labels

To create a label in Gmail, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your Gmail account and select an email.
2. Click on the "Labels" icon at the top of the window.
3. Click on "Create a label".
4. Give your label a name and click on "Create".

You can also create a label by clicking the "More" button in the left-hand menu of Gmail and selecting "Create Label".

To apply a label to an email, follow these steps:

1. Select the email you want to label.
2. Click on the "Labels" icon at the top of the window.
3. Select the label you want to apply to the email.

You can also apply multiple labels to the same email.

How to create a rule to automatically assign a label for a customer

To create a rule in Gmail to automatically assign a label for a customer, follow these steps:

1. Selects the email you want to automatically label.
2. Click on the "More" icon at the top of the window.
3. Click on "Filter messages like these".
4. Specify the filtering criteria you want to use to determine which email will be tagged, such as the customer's email address, the subject of the email or other relevant criteria.
5. Click on "Create a filter".
   
6. Select the label you want to automatically apply to emails that meet your rule criteria.

You can create as many rules as needed to cover different clients or situations.

It is important to note that filtering rules in Gmail can also be used to perform other actions, such as archiving, deleting or highlighting certain emails.

In summary, using labels in Gmail is a convenient and efficient way to sort and organize your emails according to custom criteria. By using filtering rules to automatically assign labels to specific emails, you can further improve your productivity and save time in your email management.

Try using labels and filtering rules in Gmail to better organize your inbox today!