In the first line of your e-mail, place the action request. Too many e-mail messages are too long, and unfortunately bury the action that the sender is requesting of the reader. … Continue reading E-mail tip: be very clear about what action you want the reader to take
Here’s an article you’ll find interesting. Here’s an excerpt: The interruption epidemic is reaching a crisis point at some companies and shows no sign of slowing. Email volume is growing … Continue reading Email is Making You Stupid – Entrepreneur article
There are some people who intuitively understand and have the discipline to not be interrupted, and there are others who allow themselves to be interrupted continually. The ding or the … Continue reading Email Management: How to detect who is mismanaging their email
Here’s more help: http://www.littlethingsmatter.com/blog/2010/04/22/my-top-33-email-tips-part-1/
With all of the ways to communicate, relationship building is not an either — or game. Many times, it is a combination. I have always believed that the face-to-face and … Continue reading Ask Marsha: With all this electronic communication and social media, which means is best to stay in touch with clients?
Email can be extremely costly if not used effectively. When you consider the average recovery time from any interruption is about 4 minutes, you can imagine the cost to your … Continue reading Email Interruptions: Threat or Opportunity?
We’ve all groaned when we’ve gotten that “reply all” that we REEEALY didn’t need to see… Someone copying everyone, telling the meeting organizer that he can’t make a meeting… Someone … Continue reading E-mail: Why Using “Reply All” is bad for YOU!
Email Tip: Set work reminder alarms for the same time. You’ve learned how to set reminders… When you use them to remind you to do work (rather than attend a … Continue reading Email Tip: Set work reminder alarms for the same time.
According to TechDirt.com, some psychiatrists have been pushing hard to have internet addiction officially classified in the psychiatrist’s bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The American … Continue reading Internet Addiction “might” get added as an official addiction!
Efficiency Tip: Sort (rather than work) your email Please forward this tip to every e-mailer you know… Let’s help each other be more efficient. Here’s the tip: Too many emailers … Continue reading Email Efficiency Tip: Sort (rather than work) your email
Should I send a blind copy of an email to myself, so that I have a record of it? NO. NO. NO! That’s extra work. That will create another email … Continue reading Ask Marsha: Should I send a blind copy of an email to myself?
