Every blogger loves to have readers and subscribers and I really do appreciate you all. But please, if you subscribe, do not do it with an address that has to have an autoresponder attached to it. By that I mean, consider having a separate address for subscriptions to blogs, newsletters, listservs and forums, and so […]

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I received a poorly written email a couple of days ago from a young person seeking to join my team. I wrote back to them saying I did not believe they had read my website and that their email demonstrated a lack of ability in being able to type properly and that our clients […]

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Saw a great message in a forum last week. It was a sample of email addresses and what they say about the sender. It backs up my own thoughts about email. There is a place for ‘cute’ and ’silly’ email addresses but when you are operating a business and participating in business […]

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It could be the difference between whether or not you get the client!
I’ve lost count of the number of times that people spell my name incorrectly when responding to an email I’ve sent - either directly to them, or via a discussion forum. And many of these people are VAs - it makes me […]

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It’s often easy to forget the lessons you learn along the way that others may not yet have come across. The beauty of someone being just that bit further down the road than someone else beginning their journey.
Recently a VA tried to subscribe to my new site VA-Announcements but her address was knocked back […]

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First published May 2003.
Further to my previous issues this subject continues - part III.
This month I’ll share on Topic Changes and Read Receipts. Both can give you some trouble if you’re not careful.
Topic changes
This applies particularly to discussion groups, but could also take place in normal everyday exchange of emails between two or more people.
It […]

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