Tardy with Responses?

Are you tardy in your responses to incoming e-mail? Do you feel overwhelmed with too many e-mails? With business e-mail not replying quickly can cause you to be perceived as lacking customer service. With personal e-mail, it could appear that you are ignoring the Sender. Part of E-mail Etiquette is responding promptly.

I understand how overwhelming it can be. I get over 500 e-mail daily! What I do is make a point of keeping up and replying on a timely basis. That way things don't get backed up which can then very easily become overwhelming. Remember, there is an expectation of a speedy reply with e-mail and not doing so makes it appear that you don't care about those who took the time to e-mail you.

Try to find a system or schedule that works for you so that you can improve in this area as it will be very important to how folks perceive communicating with you as a favorable thing or not.

Why not check out my article on e-mail organization to see if it can help:

10 E-mail Organization Tips