What are the best practices for using Email as a communication tool in business?
When employees are getting swamped with 50 to 100 emails a day, sometimes a very important message goes unread. Especially if it’s not coming from higher up in the management chain.
July 20th, 2010 at 8:59 am
Prioity Task. Read all through , then mark the one more important unread or flagged.
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July 20th, 2010 at 9:06 am
You need to set aside periods of time throughout the day to go through your email and sort it out.
Put things from family/friend in one folder, business, co-workers in others. Then work your way through the important ones and read the friends/family ones later when you have free time.
July 20th, 2010 at 9:43 am
There should be policies for people who are SENDING emails…okay, so you can only do this internally, but these policies should include making sure that emails always have a subject, so you can assess the content on first glance, and also, if the email is high priority, it should be sent flagged. If you’re receiving that many emails a day, I’d also ask the family / friends to email you at home, unless it’s urgent.