CEO Tierry Breton may be the first brave soul to ban the use of internal email, but he won’t be the last. And sadly, he won’t solve anything. Within 18 … Continue reading Kill Email, Save No One — Guest Post by Melissa DeLay
Let’s remember the two minute rule. Take the number of items you have in your inbox and multiply that number by 2. That’s the maximum number of minutes this project … Continue reading Ask Marsha: How do I start, moving ALL of those emails out of my inbox?
NO. NO. NO. That’s extra work. That will create another email to handle. If you want or need to save an item that you sent, go into your sent mail, … Continue reading Ask Marsha: Should I send a blind copy of an email to myself, so that I have a record of it?
Hello!!! Just thought I’d share a great New York Times article on the use of exclamation points in email. Definitely overused, yet too many people still overuse them. I love … Continue reading Email Etiquette and the Use of Exclamation Points – NYT Article
This is another one that could be tough to give you rules to follow. Sometimes the received email is enough for you to save. Sometimes you may need to keep … Continue reading Ask Marsha: Should I file away the received email or my sent email?
Here is your e-mail management tip of the day, during national e-mail week: Use the person’s name. This is not only an e-mail etiquette tip but it is a way … Continue reading National Email Week! Thursday’s Email Management Tip: Use the person’s name
One of the questions I get ALOT is “How do I know when to use and not use email?” One of the best ways to answer this question is to … Continue reading EMail Management: To Email or NOT To Email
I have thousands and thousands of e-mails not only in my inbox, but in many folders…. It is difficult to give you rules on when you should purge your e-mails. … Continue reading Ask Marsha: How do I know when to purge email?
We have all groaned at the email sent to several people and the resultant exploding number of responding “reply all” emails. Trying to solve a problem via a community of … Continue reading The Two ‘Round Rule
Wassamatter?! Don’t you trust me? I can see using this in a potentially legal situation, but other than that, give it a rest. Oh. And besides, it takes time to … Continue reading Email Pet Peeve: Read Receipts
You’ll enjoy this 2 minute ABC News Boston segment. Reporter Kelley Tuthill has only 37,000 items in her inbox, and that’s only one of her many email accounts. Click here … Continue reading 37,000 in her email inbox? Detox for ABC Boston reporter Kelley Tuthill…
