http://indiebreakfastclub.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/its-time-to-can-the-email-subsidy/ tips, trends and inspiration for creative entrepreneurs intent on positive change Fri, 16 May 2008 21:14:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://indiebreakfastclub.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/its-time-to-can-the-email-subsidy/#comment-612 Oliver Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:13:45 +0000 http://indiebreakfastclub.wordpress.com/?p=548#comment-612 Thanks for the comment. Yes, I agree that education is an important factor. I wrote a brief post on this last year, "Fewer, better emails in your company" which I have added as a link to the post above. Please let me know if you do a how-to as it might be something to share here. Thanks for the comment. Yes, I agree that education is an important factor. I wrote a brief post on this last year, “Fewer, better emails in your company” which I have added as a link to the post above. Please let me know if you do a how-to as it might be something to share here.

]]> http://indiebreakfastclub.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/its-time-to-can-the-email-subsidy/#comment-608 Amir Sachs Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:47:40 +0000 http://indiebreakfastclub.wordpress.com/?p=548#comment-608 the issue of charging for sending emails was raised many times before. it's not practical and feasibly impossible. As spam system get better, we get less spam. I managed to get mine down to about 1 a day (i get 200 emails a day). the problem is "EDUCATION". you get an email from someone, you either know or don't, and more often then not, you don't understand what they want from you. Just like people were thought how to write letters, they should be thought how to write emails. I prefix the subject line of every email i send out with "FYI:", "Response Required:", Urgent Response:" The recipient then knows before he read my email what to do with it. Makes their life easier i guess. This education starts with every single one of us. Before you send out your next email, read it a couple of times. does it make sense? are your thoughts well put? did you ask for an answer? I have one post on my blog emailoverloaded.wordpress.com. i will have to put some more things together and write a more structured step-by-step post to try and help. the issue of charging for sending emails was raised many times before. it’s not practical and feasibly impossible. As spam system get better, we get less spam. I managed to get mine down to about 1 a day (i get 200 emails a day).
the problem is “EDUCATION”. you get an email from someone, you either know or don’t, and more often then not, you don’t understand what they want from you. Just like people were thought how to write letters, they should be thought how to write emails. I prefix the subject line of every email i send out with “FYI:”, “Response Required:”, Urgent Response:”
The recipient then knows before he read my email what to do with it.
Makes their life easier i guess. This education starts with every single one of us. Before you send out your next email, read it a couple of times. does it make sense? are your thoughts well put? did you ask for an answer?
I have one post on my blog emailoverloaded.wordpress.com. i will have to put some more things together and write a more structured step-by-step post to try and help.

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