• Emails received for all DIYBride accounts in the month of September: 2,038 (3rd highest email volume month ever)
• Number of spam emails (not included in the count above): 1,012
• # of spam emails that didn’t get caught: 422
• # of emails that were marketing/pr/sales pitches from other companies: 919
• # of emails that should’ve been directed to other sites/companies instead of me: 5

Most common email topics:

• Where can I find xyz? (22% of total emails rec’d)
• Please send me xyz file. (8%)
• Can you help me with xyz project? (8%)
• Will you donate <a product, your book, some projects> to my wedding/blog/event? (5%)

If I devoted 1 minute per non-spam email, that’d be 34 hours spent last month just reading mail. Crazy!