2. What do you like about e-mail? What don’t you like about e-mail?
3. Corey’s Likes and Dislikes What I like… What I don’t like… Another communication tool Spam Organization Poor grammar and format Send messages day or night Long e-mails E-mail archives Misconceptions Checking e-mail in church
E-mail archives: Not to say I told you so – but as a reference tool. Misconceptions: E-mail is instant communication
Scrolling through a bunch of names to get to the message One time, we had a competitor send a message to all of his potential customers
You ’re thinking about the subject, the person you are e-mailing is NOT…so make sure your subject has some context! Think in 6 words or less could I convey my whole e-mail message? A well worded subject line helps users retrieve the message later
At the end, I like to review my e-mail and delete unecessary words
12-17: -59% 25-34: -18% 45-54: -12% 55-64: +22% 65+: +28% Facebook and Twitter (because of their limiting characteristics) have depopularized e-mail…simply because messages are just too long. This isn ’t to say that e-mail is dead, it says know your audience.
- You may be looking at a message on a wider screen, but you have to remember smaller screens and cell phones.
Break message into sections Use bullet points instead of long, wordy sentences Close with action item
- More often than not – no matter how hard you try – all of your questions usually aren’t answered.
TransferBigFiles Get notified when recipient downloads Multiple recipients per e-mail
- Do you really need to send an attachment?
- This makes e-mails hard to read…hard to uncover action item…
