This one is just plain rude. Take a moment and tell me what is in the attachment. One brief sentence will do nicely. What is YOUR Pet e-peeve? We’d love … Continue reading Email Pet Peeve: Attachment and no body
I buy into the idea that we really can’t think two things at once. Our family physician once told me, even tho’ he had a full cadre of patients in … Continue reading Multitask? You can think of only one thing at a time… right?
As if we don’t have enough emails charging into our inboxes already! Now we have Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. notifications haphazardly gracing that inbox, interrupting us, and adding more messages … Continue reading How to Deal with All Those Social Media Emails
We have all groaned at the email send to several and exploding number of responding “reply all” emails. Trying to solve a problem via a community of emails can be … Continue reading The Two ‘Round Rule
So you have done the right thing by sending information to someone. they see the message and call you, saying, I don’t have time to read the email, can you … Continue reading Email Pet Peeve: People who call you because they’re too busy to read your email
I just saw a great post on mashable.com, “8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Get More Out of Twitter” – where Ryan Paugh coined the phrase “Insecurity Work.” According to Ryan, ” “Insecurity … Continue reading Email in-efficiency: “Insecurity Work” a la Ryan Paugh
The internet can be your friend or foe. Just remember, it is public. Once it is out there, you’ve lost control of what can get forwarded, read, or copied. This … Continue reading You can’t be too careful – Lawsuit settled in FB Firing.
– It could be that, by deferring this task to the end of the day, you are making yourself read the emails one more time than you need to. We … Continue reading Ask Marsha: At the end of each day, I diligently move the email, both received and sent, into folders. But it is still overwhelming. How do I control it?
Your emails speak loudly about who you are. We write more than ever. Here is a great guest post on Ian Griffin’s “Professionally Speaking” blog with tips on making your … Continue reading The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing — Guest Post on Ian Griffin’s Blog
Well, you never know what’ll come outa the woodwork. My speaker friend and songwriter, Greg Tamblyn wrote these lyrics for me. I think it goes to “On Top of Old … Continue reading Inbox Botox – song lyrics by Greg Tamblyn
Yech. I hate it when someone underlines a word in an email message. I think it is a hyperlink! Bold it. italicize it. enlarge it. Just don’t underline it… What … Continue reading Email Pet Peeve: Underlines
