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Email

Organizing my digital life for 2010

December 28, 2009

Perhaps I’ve got some OCD tendencies but I really like order and since a large part of my life is lived in the digital space I have to maintain a clean digital working environment. That digital environment takes time and tools. Here are a few of my systems and how I’m reworking them for 2010
Firefox [...]

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Branding and Staying Power in the largest social network ever

October 5, 2009

The ugly truth is that many individuals and small businesses don’t understand the importance of branding and permanence when it comes to this 30 year old social networking technology we call email.
Most people don’t even realize that they are making a dreadful mistake or have any idea there is a better way.
The Problem Exhibited
Exhibit One
My [...]

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Email – You’re Doing it Wrong

February 4, 2009

It’s not hip. It’s not Web 2.0 but email is still the primary method of communication of almost every internet user worldwide. Yet after popular use for over a decade it’s stunning how many users still can’t grasp how to properly use and manage email.
Just so we are clear I’m not talking about web based [...]

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Is there room for innovation in Email?

January 20, 2009

The average user gives little thought to email. It is the most common application of the internet and we just expect it to work. It’s simple really, type in a email address and quick note, click send and your message is magically delivered. Unfortunately the truth is radically different. Email is one of the most [...]

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Forward to 10 people if you love Jesus

July 29, 2008

Need help telling your friends and family about email etiquette and respecting your email address? This is a pet peeve of mine and I recently found some new resources to ease the process so welcome to “The Email Soapbox 2.0″
Option 1: Let Someone Else Tell Them
Send along a link to ThanksNo.com or BCCPlease.com – Both [...]

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Email – A House of Cards

July 9, 2008

Email in today’s world is a catastrophe that no one is willing to confront. It is time to start telling the truth about email and the underlying protocol of SMTP.
Let’s start by examining how broken email truly is. Barracuda Central, part of Barracuda Networks, charts the activity from “50,000 Barracuda Networks products in more than [...]

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Be the boss of your email

June 26, 2008

MichaelHyatt.com | Yes, You Can Stay on Top of Email by Michael Hyatt | link
Every time I see someone’s inbox with 1037 items I grimace and wonder if I should share my simple method of controlling email.  The method is called the 3 folder rule and I’m sure I  stole it from someone else.
Your mail [...]

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