Email etiquette rules change as fast as technology—make sure you stay on top of them!

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Email has been around for over 50 years. Back in 1971, what is widely regarded as the first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson as a test of an email feature on Arpanet. Since no one had told him what the ...

Email is one of the main ways to communicate in the workplace and is more formal than chat. Over time, certain rules of etiquette, or social expectations, have developed. You may be viewed negatively ...

Email is useful, but it’s also overused. It has become the digital junk drawer of business communication. If you’re serious about creating a culture of productivity, you need to put email back in its ...

Most marketing emails don’t get read, but businesses are still treating email as their primary relationship-building tool. It’s time for a new approach. Relying on email alone is no longer enough — ...

Remember the days when you used to worry about what was going into your “permanent record”? In grade school, that was the most deadly threat in the arsenal of irate schoolteachers. The offense might ...

Phone calls for family and closest friends Emails for business and secondary members of my circle Chat for everyone else That approach might make me seem like a dinosaur but I like the personal ...