Comments on: What to do when your emails go missing http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/235/what-to-do-when-your-emails-go-missing/ Social media, marketing and more for the 40-plus entrepreneur. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andrea J. Stenberg http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/235/what-to-do-when-your-emails-go-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Andrea J. Stenberg Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:32:09 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=235#comment-660 Mark, It's so true ... people are trying not to be overwhelmed with emails and keep switching around which communication tools they use. That's why we need to be persistent. And why sometimes the phone is still the best tool. At least with the phone you know immediately if you got through (assuming they answer the phone). Andrea Mark,

It’s so true … people are trying not to be overwhelmed with emails and keep switching around which communication tools they use. That’s why we need to be persistent. And why sometimes the phone is still the best tool. At least with the phone you know immediately if you got through (assuming they answer the phone).

Andrea

]]> By: 7 Ways to Use Twitter For Fun & Profit » The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/235/what-to-do-when-your-emails-go-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-659 7 Ways to Use Twitter For Fun & Profit » The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:25:19 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=235#comment-659 [...] noticed it is getting harder to reach people by email (see yesterday’s post & comments if you don’t know what I mean). Contacting people via Twitter can be a useful way to get [...] [...] noticed it is getting harder to reach people by email (see yesterday’s post & comments if you don’t know what I mean). Contacting people via Twitter can be a useful way to get [...]

]]> By: Marc Dangeard http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/235/what-to-do-when-your-emails-go-missing/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Marc Dangeard Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:34:06 +0000 http://thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com/?p=235#comment-658 The key here as you mention is information overload. Everybody has their own preferred channel for communication, and none of these today is completely reliable because we are all busy running around trying to be productive. It gets worse than this actually, because often time the preferred communication channel will change with time. I have a friend who would not reply to email, but I could get him on Facebook, until he stopped replying there, to start replying to his private email address. Until he stopped that too, to start replying on his new business email address. That's where he is now, but until when? In the end I like phone calls, because if people are available and they want to talk to you, they will pick up. While it is sometime more difficult to do, anything else often resemble throwing a bottle in the ocean. And if email works most of the time, and it is convenient, we should not forget that there is no guarantee on the delivery or on the attention span of the person who receives it. Communication require that there is somebody on both ends and no crack in the middle... The key here as you mention is information overload. Everybody has their own preferred channel for communication, and none of these today is completely reliable because we are all busy running around trying to be productive.
It gets worse than this actually, because often time the preferred communication channel will change with time. I have a friend who would not reply to email, but I could get him on Facebook, until he stopped replying there, to start replying to his private email address. Until he stopped that too, to start replying on his new business email address. That’s where he is now, but until when?
In the end I like phone calls, because if people are available and they want to talk to you, they will pick up. While it is sometime more difficult to do, anything else often resemble throwing a bottle in the ocean. And if email works most of the time, and it is convenient, we should not forget that there is no guarantee on the delivery or on the attention span of the person who receives it. Communication require that there is somebody on both ends and no crack in the middle…

]]>