Entries Tagged as 'email'

Are Your Email and In Box Communications Overwhelming?

One of my goals is to simplify my life to to stay in control of the little things - like how I choose to handle my email and snail mail. One step I took was to sign up for Life Lock - and yes they have been under siege in the media. I really don’t care because they have helped me eliminate a ton of junk mail in my snail mail box. Not only do they protect and secure my personal information but they have helped me simplify!!

Todd Davis has a great retort to the media and naysayers trying to dis his Life Lock product. Here is a recap of what he says…

LifeLock -

  • Last year alone, 3 percent of all Americans were victims of real identity theft, and an astounding one-third of the U.S. population was subject to identity fraud.
  • Analysts at LifeLock, which protects the identities of over a million members, statistically would expect to see see 30,000 of those members experience identity thefts.
  • However, only 105 out of over one million LifeLock members, or just over .01 percent of those protected by LifeLock, have ever reported their identities stolen — and LifeLock ‘s $1 Million Total Service Guarantee covered everyone of them without any limitations or stipulations.

I signed up using the special promo…
Now here is what it has done for me - ALL the credit card offers have stopped in the snail mail, saving me a ton of time sorting and shredding the stuff I was getting. LifeLock is constantly adding benefits to their product - and I like that. In addition my junk email is not nearly as huge as it was. Did they have something to do with it? I don’t know - but I’m guessing they did.

Here’s another tip about all the cataloges you receive - stop the madness today by registering at www.catalogchoice.org to search and decline. As of April 1, 694,478 people had opted out of 9,181,316 cataloges and I’m sure the National Wildlife Federation and the Natural Resources Defense Council are breathing a little easier.

Let’s simplify!! Let me know what you do to simplify your life.

I pledge allegiance…

Happy Memorial Day!!

Marsha

Technology Hell: testing personal development through computer problems

I love Apple Computers!The last two weeks have been awful because my Apple computer, while I was on the road traveling, decided to become Toxic. It was a Microsoft Office problem - not a Apple hardware problem. I had NO Entourage email address book, had to use the mail service through my web site (pain in the butt) and other “difficult behavior” that only technology can create. My productivity was in the tubes!

The good news was I did have my iPhone - which is something everyone should have.

I took my own advice, didn’t get ticked off or mad, went to MacMedia (angels from heaven) StoreAngels from Heaven and am now the proud owner of a MacBook Pro. So here was my lesson and personal development from having to read through over 500 e-mail messages that were delivered from cyberspace:


1. When the topic of the email changes, change the subject line of the email. Now how hard is that????

2. Be sure you send a copy of the email you are answering. Receiving an email that says, “Great idea. Let’s do it” means I have to search out what is being deemed “Great.” Unless of course, you only get three emails a day.

3. Cover one, maximum two topics per email. My preference is one subject. That way I can answer what I want and flag the others for follow up.

4. Don’t babble and ramble! Get to the point - and even use numbers or bullets. (Can you tell what style I am in the behavioral cycle?? MBTI - ESTJ)

5. Just like customer service rule #1 — tell me in a simple message that you are “checking” or “researching” the message so I don’t think a truck has run you down. I think the rule should be 6 hours and get out a response of some kind.

6. If the information is too complex, sensitive or personal, pick up the phone.

If you want more on perception, please check out my youtube video. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fgPaiX7exm4

Do you have any pet peeves about email? Do you have any rules you would like people to follow? I would love to hear from you!

Marsha