What To Do About No Replies?

December 10, 2009 by Judith · 2 Comments

A site visitor inquires about a topic we all may deal with during the upcoming Holiday season: Love your site, Judith! How do you recommend that I deal with friends and family that I email and they don’t always respond? I always take the time to respond to those who email me. [...]

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Tagged: email response time, email responses, not replying to emails

E-mail Response Expectations are Officially Unrealistic!

August 5, 2009 by Judith · Leave a Comment

In a little over a decade we can’t live without our e-mail. And to think a mere 15 years ago when I was all excited about CompuServe and opened my little Internet Studio on the IL/WI border, everyone thought I was nuts! Fast forward to now and we want it now! E-mail should be [...]

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Tagged: email etiquette, email responses, expectation of reply, not replying to emails

Take the Time to Down-edit Instead of Top Posting

July 9, 2009 by Judith · 1 Comment

I get quite a few e-mails from onliners who can’t stand “top posters.” Top posting is the practice of hitting the Reply button and just typing away. The problem with this bad habit is that you tend to not address items point-by-point as the Sender would prefer. More times than not issues are left [...]

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Tagged: down editing, email responses