Posts Tagged ‘emails’
Tips for Outlook Email and Tasks
One of my clients recently attended a webinar on how to utilize Outlook Email and Tasks more efficiently. It wasn’t a deep dive, and it wasn’t recorded, so my client had a lot of questions. Here’s a round-up of tips related to his questions about Outlook email, tasks and calendar: *Outlook default: open first to…
Read MoreTime Management Tips for How to Respond to Email
I was reviewing older posts about email best practices when I came across one in which I’d shared detailed answers to interview questions that were posed to me by Better Homes & Gardens. Here’s the paragraph of questions I received as part of a follow up to my interview at that time: What should…
Read MoreHow much time should you spend on email?
A writer for Better Homes and Gardens contacted me with questions about how much time should be spent on email. Here was her request: “For one of the illustrations, we would like to show a five-day calendar with periods of time scheduled for responding to emails. How much time do you recommend people block off…
Read MoreHow to Recover from an Email Crash – An Email Template
In my last blog post, we discussed the triaging steps to take in order to know how to recover from an email crash. After going through the steps I mentioned, you might realize that there are some folks who you probably should have already heard from. If you haven’t heard from them, chances are their…
Read MoreCC vs BCC email – STOP using the TO line!
CC vs BCC email. What’s the cc meaning? What’s the bcc meaning? Once you find out, you’ll want to share this with others! Unnecessary emails. They are such a waste of time! Even if you know that you don’t need to read the email, you’re still wasting time deleting it and wasting even more time reading the subject line to figure…
Read MoreHow to Create a Professional Email Signature Template
A professional email signature template might sound like a low priority in the grand scheme of things and really just some silly work minutiae, but having the proper information in your email signature can end up saving time. While recently providing time management training for a company, I was in contact with many employees in…
Read MoreThe Perfect Work Day Schedule – Part 1
I was recently interviewed by London-based writer Gemma Askham about the seemingly elusive perfect work day schedule. I enjoyed the questions that she asked and thought that you might want to know what those were – along with the answers that I gave. 1. When is the best time of day to send an email…
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