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I Advice - E-Mail Guidelines: Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your E-Mail Communications
Active business networking gets results. But when you are new to networking, either as a start-up business or as a responsibility in your new job, it can be very scary going to a meeting of business people. Here are 9 tips for networking newbies…Make the meeting as easy as possible for yourself:1) Contact the host or organiser, explain you are new to this and would like some help. Ask if you can have a copy of the attendee list BEFORE the meeting.2) When you get the list, check if there is anyone on the list you know; or a business that your company deals with.3) Then check who you would like to make contact with; who you would like to meet.capitalize where appropriate. Don’t spam. Don’t forward messages or attachments without permission. Don’t forward chain letters. Don’t send or forward e-mails that contain libelous, defamatory, offensive, racist, sexist, or obscene comments.
o Before you hit send, be sure your message is complete and is going to the right person. Sending a blank or incomplete message
Ah, my very favorite promotional product of all, the refrigerator magnet. They are my favorite, because they are so extremely inexpensive, and extremely effective in getting your company name seen in countless locations.They don’t make the greatest commission for a salesman of advertising specialties, but I can’t stop myself from recommending these little beauties first and foremost to my new customers and prospects. And the reason is so simple. They WORK! I’ve yet to approach anyone in any kind of business where I don’t feel that a refrigerator magnet will be effective advertising. Granted, some are more suited than others, but I still maintain that they’d be of use to any business.Domino
o E-mail is not private. You can add all the disclaimers you want to your signature line that your e-mails are “privileged and confidential,” but the reality is, once you put something out on the internet, or even on your company’s internal system, you have no control over where it ultimately ends up and who sees it. Don’t count on simply deleting messages to protect you; most e-mail systems have automatic storage features where your e-mails could stay and eventually be recovered. No matter how much you trust the person you’re corresponding with, the best rule is to never put anything in an e-mail that you wouldn’t want on the front page of a newspaper.
o Casual is okay, sloppy is not. It’s perfectly acceptable to begin an e-mail with “Bill,” instead of “Dear Mr. Smith:”. And e-mails don’t require the structure of traditional formal written correspondence. But use correct grammar and make sure everything is spelled properly. And proofread, proofread, proofread. It’s far too easy to accidentally leave a word out and change the entire meaning of your message.
o Observe accepted e-mail etiquette. Be concise and to the point. Don’t type in all capital letters (that’s considered shouting)—but don’t type entirely in lower case, either; capitalize where appropriate. Don’t spam. Don’t forward messages or attachments without permission. Don’t forward chain letters. Don’t send or forward e-mails that contain libelous, defamatory, offensive, racist, sexist, or obscene comments.
o Before you hit send, be sure your message is complete and is going to the right person. Sending a blank or incomplete message c
Business spending on coaching will exceed $1 billion this year. Although once considered a perk reserved exclusively for senior executives at multinational corporations, today coaches are just as likely to be found at entrepreneurial start-ups and small businesses. Still, confusion exists about exactly what coaching is and the kinds of results it delivers.I’ll argue that enhancing self-awareness is the most important benefit of coaching, because without it things don’t change. Finding out how one is perceived by others can be eye-opening. An individual may have strengths that are not being used to his or her best advantage or weaknesses that turn out to be strong points that are over-used or applied i
o Casual is okay, sloppy is not. It’s perfectly acceptable to begin an e-mail with “Bill,” instead of “Dear Mr. Smith:”. And e-mails don’t require the structure of traditional formal written correspondence. But use correct grammar and make sure everything is spelled properly. And proofread, proofread, proofread. It’s far too easy to accidentally leave a word out and change the entire meaning of your message.
o Observe accepted e-mail etiquette. Be concise and to the point. Don’t type in all capital letters (that’s considered shouting)—but don’t type entirely in lower case, either; capitalize where appropriate. Don’t spam. Don’t forward messages or attachments without permission. Don’t forward chain letters. Don’t send or forward e-mails that contain libelous, defamatory, offensive, racist, sexist, or obscene comments.
o Before you hit send, be sure your message is complete and is going to the right person. Sending a blank or incomplete message
So many groups in our community like to do carwash fundraisers. In fact you can find carwash fundraisers on a sunny Saturday in almost any city in the United States. Unfortunately, what we do not see a lot of is post cleanup after the car wash fundraiser events. Having been the carwash industry for 27 years I am always interested in carwash fundraisers and often I will stick around and talk to people who are putting them on and find out a little bit about their nonprofit group.Sometimes I am amazed that everyone just gets up and leaves when the fundraiser is over and no one bothers to clean up the trash in the parking lot and that seems rather unfortunate considering some small-business owner or som
o Casual is okay, sloppy is not. It’s perfectly acceptable to begin an e-mail with “Bill,” instead of “Dear Mr. Smith:”. And e-mails don’t require the structure of traditional formal written correspondence. But use correct grammar and make sure everything is spelled properly. And proofread, proofread, proofread. It’s far too easy to accidentally leave a word out and change the entire meaning of your message.
o Observe accepted e-mail etiquette. Be concise and to the point. Don’t type in all capital letters (that’s considered shouting)—but don’t type entirely in lower case, either; capitalize where appropriate. Don’t spam. Don’t forward messages or attachments without permission. Don’t forward chain letters. Don’t send or forward e-mails that contain libelous, defamatory, offensive, racist, sexist, or obscene comments.
o Before you hit send, be sure your message is complete and is going to the right person. Sending a blank or incomplete message
Managers and human resource professionals often struggle with the linking of performance management and performance appraisal to performance pay or merit pay. It makes intuitive sense to reward the most valuable employees, but the practice is not a simple one, since it is common to create undesired and unanticipated side effects regardless of how you go about the task of using performance appraisals to determine raises. Here's some guidance, adapted from Performance Management - A Briefcase Book, by Robert Bacal (McGraw-Hill)First, there is no "best" way to link pay or salary to employee performance, and no best way to implement merit pay. There is only a "best" way in your situation or company, and w
o Observe accepted e-mail etiquette. Be concise and to the point. Don’t type in all capital letters (that’s considered shouting)—but don’t type entirely in lower case, either; capitalize where appropriate. Don’t spam. Don’t forward messages or attachments without permission. Don’t forward chain letters. Don’t send or forward e-mails that contain libelous, defamatory, offensive, racist, sexist, or obscene comments.
o Before you hit send, be sure your message is complete and is going to the right person. Sending a blank or incomplete message
Facing the tough challenge of choosing a career can be overwhelming. With changing technology and growing international markets, there are a lot of options to choose from. The possibilities are truly endless so where does one start?Your chosen career should be a harmonious blend of your skills, education, personality and interests. A self-assessment is a great way to identify a starting place for your search. Take time to jot down your likes and dislikes on a sheet of paper. Brainstorm several jobs that would utilize at least two of your likes yet avoid your dislikes. Use the list you have come up with to research and evaluate these options. You can gather job descriptions, examine the education and e
o Before you hit send, be sure your message is complete and is going to the right person. Sending a blank or incomplete message can be embarrassing or worse. For e-mails you originate, make the address the last thing you do—that way, the message can’t be sent until you’re ready. For replies, take care not to hit the “send” button prematurely. And always check to make sure the address is accurate. We may laugh at stories of people who sent messages to the wrong people, but the reality is, such errors can damage your reputation, cost you business and money, and ruin relationships.
o Remember that e-mail is not 100 percent reliable. Spam filters and system failures can cause messages to end up somewhere in cyberspace. If it’s important, request a receipt confirmation by either using the tool in your e-mail software or specifically asking the receiver to acknowledge the message.
o Use your out-of-office auto-reply if you’re not going to be able to answer e-mails promptly. If you won’t have access to your e-mail for a day or more, use an auto-reply to let people know that there will be a delay in your response. Let them know who to contact if the situation is urgent. When you are in the office, answer your e-mails as promptly as possible while still maintaining your productivity. You may, for example, want to set aside two or three times a day that you read and reply to e-mail. Stopping to read and reply each time a message comes in could mean you’ll do little else besides deal with e-mail. The other side of this is that you should understand when you don’t receive prompt replies from others. Recognize that they may be busy, in meetings, or out of the office, and be
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