Tag Archives: correspondence

Check Your Junk E-mail Periodically

I am sure that this is a “basic” lesson for the home business owner, but periodically, I find that important e-mails have found their way into my junk-email folder or my junk suspects folder in my e-mail inbox. A couple days might go by and I forget to peek in there and see if there is anyone or anything I really need to know about and inevitably I find someone important! I know that there are ways to make sure that people do NOT end up in the junk suspects or junk mail folder, but I do not always remember … Continue reading →

Make Things More Personal

Form letters, mass mailings, and Dear Sir or Madam—are all out of fashion. Personalizing your marketing and all your contacts with customers, clients and prospects is really the way to build a business and increase sales! In order to personalize things you send to your target market, you need to know who your customers are! It is important to gather information like names, addresses, e-mails, etc. and make sure that you have all the spelling and pronunciation right. It can really hurt your relationship with a client to mispronounce a name or have the spelling wrong. Your clients and contacts … Continue reading →

Could You Check Your E-mail Once a Day?

A colleague recently told me that in order to be truly efficient at work, workers needed to spend less time on e-mail. His suggestion was that people only check their e-mail once, or at most, twice a day (I’m thinking morning and evening was his general idea) and spend the rest of the time doing other work-related tasks. While I had a good chuckle over his recommendation, it got me to thinking—could I work and only check my e-mail once a day? Well, I think the answer is NO. But, I have been able to go without e-mail access for … Continue reading →