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What Have You Done To Earn A Place In My Inbox!

Email management has become a trap. It saps time and energy. It is effective as a delivery system, but it is used more as a free sales channel. Is it possible that senders of this "stuff" think they're the only ones sending information? What is their calculation that they'll end up in the junk folder? This is a commentary of my successful ability to build relationships using email and not abusing my contact's trust. Enjoy, and as always, your comments are invited. -mc

PDF Your Board Package

Thankfully I no longer get fedexed binders of board packages from my portfolio companies in advance of a board meeting. Through the modern miracle of email, the board packages show up in my inbox – hopefully a few days (rather than a few hours – or even minutes) before the board meeting. The board packages tend to show up in three different formats – one that is easy to deal with, one that is ok, and one that sucks.

Facebook Email Sucks
I’m an email junkie going back as far as I can remember. It’s by far my favorite way to communicate.

Don’t Like Meditation? Try Gratitude Training.
Thich Nhat Hanh, the Buddhist monk and zen teacher once nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr., has a knack for making the esoteric understandable.

Overtime... All the Time
Caught in the busy trap.

Rejection - Not By You, Really

Rejection isn't failure. I've been back from vacation for five days (including the weekend) and I've send out around 100 50 (if felt like 100, but I went back and counted and it was slightly more than 50) rejection emails to deals that came into my inbox while I was on vacation. It's part of my job - and I try to always at least give a little context as to why something isn't interesting to me. But 50 in five days (really 10 days including the vacation) starts to be a little discouraging.

The Wrong Things
Close your door. Turn off your computer monitor. Sit quietly and look out the window. Now - ask yourself the following question: "How much time do I spend on the wrong things each day?"

One Great Way to Increase Email Productivity and Social Networking Connectivity

Many people struggle with spending too much time in email and not enough time working on meaningful projects or income-producing work. Complicating the issue is the integration of social networking sites and increasingly making connections there that will eventually pay off for sales or other purposes. Many sales and marketing professionals and business owners are looking for ways to increase productivity without sacrificing time that could be better spent elsewhere. We've found that Microsoft Outlook and Blackberry users can increase productivity and save time by using an add-on tool called Xobni. The functionality of Xobni goes beyond saving time but actually helps to make connections and communicate with people in the way that they prefer, whether on Facebook, Skype, LinkedIn or Twitter.

Staying in Touch

We are "entranced" by all of the social media noise and how it's going to be the marketing tool of today and tomorrow. Funny we just thought it was about people talking to people. We like the headlines, 20 percent this, 30 percent that. Reminds us of a note from an Aussie friend -- 20% of the auto accidents there are caused by drunk drivers. That means 80% are caused by sober folks. So he wanted them to get off the roads so drinkers could get home safely. Rather like our business communications. Not real concerned about people following our Twits (growing up we called it stalking). Wanna tag our social site wall? Have at it! We want to communicate with you and would like you to respond...not the ROW! But that's us

MLM / Network Marketing Prospecting: These 3 Words Could Determine Your Success
The most important phase in building your mlm / network marketing business is prospecting. Go beyond the words of what your prospect is telling you, what is he/she really telling you?

The importance of search in business
Every minute of every day we are looking for answers to questions. However, we don't often class a lot of what we do as searching anymore.

You’ve Got Mail: How to prepare a successful email marketing
Email marketing can be a powerful marketing tool in business when carried out effectively. As a constructive way of staying in contact with your current and prospective customers, response success can depend on various contributing factors. This articles reveals areas in which to concentrate efforts to achieve maximum ROI.

Handling Too Many Emails and Speed-Reading on Screen

Many people struggle to keep up with all the information that bombards them at work through their computers. It's common for people to have hundreds of emails in their inbox, all waiting to be actioned, filed or deleted. Also, many find it difficult to read long documents on screen and print hundreds of pages of reports and articles and then leave those documents piled up around their desks. This article offers some helpful tips to deal with these issues.

FREE isnt what it used to be
Email, is indeed free but free isn't what it used to be! No Sir, in the past, getting something for free was exciting, like winning, even though you didn't have to compete for it. "You can have this for free", usually meant, I like you and want you to feel special.

Sir, Teach Me How To Make Money
On the Internet, a little common sense goes a long way.

Three Tips for Cleaning Out Your Overflowing Inbox
If you are like me, your inbox is full of emails you intend to read “someday”. Newsletters are a particularly insidious culprit; full of info-packed articles, tips and resources, we often save them to read later, only to find ourselves accumulating more and more email, and never finding the time to sit down to that task.

Getting The Most Out Of Paid Online Surveys: Tips For Making More Money
Everyone could use some extra cash right? Of course we could. Unfortunately, not everyone has time to pick up a second job. What if there was a way, in your spare time, you could simply take a few surveys and get paid for your opinions? Believe it or not, you can.

Stop Your Inbox From Killing Your Productivity
AWAI's VP of Marketing and Co-Managing Partner, Rebecca Matter, gives some great tips for managing your email so it doesn't control your work day.

Secret Tool for Handling E-Mail
Often, the problems that we face are very complex. However, the solutions are usually simple. This solution to a growing problem is so simple, it will surprise you.

BUILDING VIRTUAL RELATIONSHIPS
A new survey of over 3000 workers, commissioned by BT Business, reveals that poorly managed communication may put customer and client relationships at risk. Better use of technology coupled with a clearer understanding of people’s varying personality types may be the key to winning customers and ensuring clear, effective communications within an organisation.

EMAIL RES-CUE

For someone who loves in-person and voice contact, I’m baffled by how much time I spend sending and responding to emails. It’s so easy to use email as the default for doing business, for building relationships (and now even email is being slowly usurped by social media software). But I stand resolute in my campaign to make sure we don’t trade humanity for technology. Having been both perpetrator and victim of emails gone bad, I offer some ways to bail yourself out of the email jail, and match the right message with the right medium.

You Can’t Manage Time!
You can’t manage time. You can, however, manage what you choose to do with it and the best way to do that is to manage your priorities. Here are five simple ways to do that!

What Do You Do When You Get Up in the Morning?
As entrepreneurs who can't "hold down" a nine-to-five job, we often get questions from friends and family who wonder what we do when we get up in the morning.

A Social Media journey begins…

Today was my first day back at work after a long over due vacation and as usual it didn’t disappoint. My inbox had over 450 emails that required responses and I was booked for three back-to-back meetings. But the one thing that fired my up today was determining the future roadmap for our corporate Intranet. During one of my three meetings I met with the Infrastructure team and determined how we are going to implement our very own instance of Facebook onto our Intranet.

How to Create an Offer Your Prospects and Customers Can’t Refuse
When it comes to making sales with your marketing or advertising materials (or even live and in person), a big part of your success hinges on the offer. Because if you don’t offer something people want, they’re not going to buy. And if you don’t give them a good reason to take action now, they probably won’t!

Email Marketing Blunders and How To Avoid Them
We all start our email marketing career making some mistakes and here are seven major mistakes I see in my inbox every day.

How to Make Your Niche Follow You Anywhere
Some of the most powerful resources that improve your accessibility - without losing precious time - are online. The web is your platform to create and sustain key relationships... with your niche

How can you give your customers more time?
Time is that asset that noe of us have enough of. Its also the one thing that stands in the way of customers doing business with us. By respecting time and finding ways to help your customer save time you will be sending an important message that you care.

Keep Your Subscribers With You and More Importantly Buying From You
You have your most important internet business asset – your mailing list – but you don’t seem to be selling very much. What’s the problem?

Email: The overloaded inbox
If you are one of those people who receive a large quantity of emails daily and stuggle to get through them follow a few basic principles and you too can have the respectable clutter free inbox you have only dreamed of.

SACRIFICE THE SACRED COWS
The assumption that we have to do things because that is the way they have always been done needs to be challenged if we desire to live life effectively.

10 Secrets to Pruning Your List
I know, I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, but you are only as good as the ideal client profile or prospect list you create and communicate with in a meaningful way, consistently over time. It’s a simple as that.

Please Dont Buy Anything From Me
This week I had one customer threaten to "hunt me down and shoot me like a dog." Another said that if she could get her hands around my neck she'd strangle the life out of me. And still another sincerely hoped that I "burn in Hell for all eternity." What did I do to deserve these threats? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

4 Steps to Increase Your Ezine Confirmation Rate by 50%
There are always going to be people who won’t confirm; you’ll never approach a 100% confirmation rate.

Kicking the email habit

Even the high-tech giants such as Google and Intel are recognising that constant bombardment with electronic communications can lead to stress, and are seeking ways to protect workers, starting with their own staff. In this article, John Niland describes an experiment carried out at Success 121 during May 2008, which had a dramatic effect on the productivity of the team. He describes the “email diet” as a pragmatic way to sustain attentiveness and prevent overload, and also deals with some of the practical issues this creates.

Email Magic: How it took Me only 1.25 Days to make a Month’s worth of Income
Back near the end of last year we ran an extremely successful email promotion that made us a boat load of money. In just a few days it tallied up the normal monthly profit. And it only took about 1.25 days to research, devise, and execute. Below, you’ll find swipe files that you are free to use.

Earn Money with Ezines: Are Ezines Still Worth My Time
With video, audio and blog marketing becoming so popular some net marketers are beginning to question if ezines are still worth their time and can you earn money with ezines.

So you want to make money online
Entrepreneur know thyself, or be doomed to failure.

How to Build an Email Marketing List the Easy Way
If you've been doing business on the Internet for awhile, you've probably heard the saying "the money is in the list" - meaning your customer and prospect e-mail list. But how do you go about building a marketing list, and how do you make sure that your clients will be open to receiving it (and not accuse you of spam?).

Essential E-Marketing Tips
This is an article on three of the very important elements when creating an e-marketing campaign. These three elements are definitely important in getting your e-mail read and responded to.

How to advertise without spending $1 on advertising

Are you a boot-strapping entrepreneur struggling to get appointments and find new customers through conventional advertising methods? What if you could discover one method to generate business around the clock without spending a dime on advertising? Does it sound too good to be true? Before I explain, let me ask you one question… Have you ever jumped into the deep-end of a pool without learning to swim first? That’s exactly what most businesses are doing with advertising. They believe what the advertising sale rep tells them, that as soon as their ads go live, their phone will ring off the hook and their inbox will be filled with floods of incoming emails.

Why Trying To Get The Appoinment, Can Be a Recipe for Dis-Appointment
Last week, this e-mail from Jack arrived in my inbox:

Create a Powerful Driving Question to Improve Results

Much of the email received at this time of year is about making the next year even better than the last. My tips include: Review last year; Unclutter; Step back; Create your goals. In addition, by finding your driving question and creating a more powerful one related to your purpose, vision and mission, you will be more motivated to take action. You will be less likely to procrastinate or hesitate and you will therefore be much better placed to achieve what it is you say you want to achieve

And Just What Does That Mean?
Any & all definitions can be found at the USPTO but I thought it'd be nice to take it a step further and put these explanations in easy to understand language. The material in quotes is straight from the USPTO's mouth while the text underneath is straight from mine.

Improve E-mail: Avoid the Quicksand
Would you like to be less frustrated by e-mail? There are numerous tips for improving online communication. In this article, I discuss five easy tips that can improve your experience with e-mail.

How To Manage Your Email Mountain
Do you constantly check your inbox for new messages throughout the day? Do you instantly go and read new email when you hear that alert go? Emails can be a great time waster and provide a constant distraction throughout the day. If you're going to make the most of your day then one way to increase your productivity is to limit the amount of time you spend on emails.

How To Manage Your Email Mountain
Do you constantly check your inbox for new messages throughout the day? Do you instantly go and read new email when you hear that alert go? Emails can be a great time waster and provide a constant distraction throughout the day. If you're going to make the most of your day then one way to increase your productivity is to limit the amount of time you spend on emails.

Dealing with journalists
PR is all about creating and enforcing a strategic angle, but what happens once it lands in a journalist’s inbox?

The Best (and Worst?) Autoresponders of 2007
An increasingly popular approach for escaping the inbox is the routine use of e-mail autoresponders.

17 Tips For Email Subject Lines That Grab Attention
Just like a headline for an advertisement, your subject line's only job is to get the email message opened. But how can you possibly stand out from the crowd in that jam-packed inbox?

How to Manage Your Email & Inbox – Lessons 66 – 71
Success leaves clues and that one way of becoming more organised regarding your e-mail is to find out what other successful people are doing in their inbox

How to Manage Your Email & Inbox – Lessons 36-40
Do you spend the first morning you arrive back at work going through a huge inbox? Would you like to reduce the size of your inbox and feel more in control?

How to Manage Your Email & Inbox – Lessons 6-10
Is your inbox overflowing? Would you like to feel more in control of your inbox? In this article I will be sharing five strategies from my book

Email Marketing for INBOX; not for SPAM
Reach your customers’ inbox folder instead of spam or junk folders.

Spambuster vows to help wipe out spam plague
Email spammers, beware. Whatever you do make sure your emails don’t end up in the inbox of Daniel Balsam or you would certainly end up in court.

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