Sunday, May 31, 2020

Communication Fail!!!

Communication Fail!!! I get LOTS of emails a day.  Thousands each week.  I have gotten pretty good at looking at the subject line and then deleting, if it smells like spam. The next place to look is the first line or two of the email again, if it smells like spam, I delete it. I hate to seem so brash, but Im hurried.  That isnt your FAULT, but it might be your PROBLEM. If you create an email message that looks like spam, I MIGHT DELETE IT. My process becomes a FAIL, or PROBLEM, for you, even though it isnt your FAULT. Heres an email I got recently (read this whole thing Im writing it here for a reason): Are you freaking kidding me?  Where to begin lets start at #1: The only reason they put JibberJobber Blog in here is because thats how they have me in their database.  No relationship here, just a NUMBER.  #FAIL Mr.?  Seriously?  #FAIL Who addresses people with their last name?  We usually use first name, dont we? #FAIL Blogger really?  #FAIL Can you interest me?  No, sorry, you lost me on the very first line, and it went downhill from their.  #FAIL Whoever sent this has no excuse they are PR people who were hired to be communications experts but couldnt even craft an email properly.  A communications expert who couldnt communicate go figure. Why am I writing this here? Because YOU might be doing the same thing!  Be sensitive very sensitive to the person you are writing.  Are you turning them off in your subject line, or in the introduction, or by the length of the email? I just created one of my new favorite recordings on EMAIL ETIQUETTE Im convinced MOST of us are doing it wrong.   It is called Effective Email Communication. You can see the 12 modules here it is a short program (around an hour?), but I dive into what a lot of people make mistakes on. DO NOT BUY INDIVIDUAL MODULES that is a design issue we need to fix. The price for this entire training is $50.  If you get it this week Ill do it for $40 (I have to delete this line after this week).  You can pay here, let me know in the description/comments box what your JJ username is, and you can access it online, after you login to JibberJobber. My heavens, stop making those email mistakes that makes you look like an email noobie! Communication Fail!!! I get LOTS of emails a day.  Thousands each week.  I have gotten pretty good at looking at the subject line and then deleting, if it smells like spam. The next place to look is the first line or two of the email again, if it smells like spam, I delete it. I hate to seem so brash, but Im hurried.  That isnt your FAULT, but it might be your PROBLEM. If you create an email message that looks like spam, I MIGHT DELETE IT. My process becomes a FAIL, or PROBLEM, for you, even though it isnt your FAULT. Heres an email I got recently (read this whole thing Im writing it here for a reason): Are you freaking kidding me?  Where to begin lets start at #1: The only reason they put JibberJobber Blog in here is because thats how they have me in their database.  No relationship here, just a NUMBER.  #FAIL Mr.?  Seriously?  #FAIL Who addresses people with their last name?  We usually use first name, dont we? #FAIL Blogger really?  #FAIL Can you interest me?  No, sorry, you lost me on the very first line, and it went downhill from their.  #FAIL Whoever sent this has no excuse they are PR people who were hired to be communications experts but couldnt even craft an email properly.  A communications expert who couldnt communicate go figure. Why am I writing this here? Because YOU might be doing the same thing!  Be sensitive very sensitive to the person you are writing.  Are you turning them off in your subject line, or in the introduction, or by the length of the email? I just created one of my new favorite recordings on EMAIL ETIQUETTE Im convinced MOST of us are doing it wrong.   It is called Effective Email Communication. You can see the 12 modules here it is a short program (around an hour?), but I dive into what a lot of people make mistakes on. DO NOT BUY INDIVIDUAL MODULES that is a design issue we need to fix. The price for this entire training is $50.  If you get it this week Ill do it for $40 (I have to delete this line after this week).  You can pay here, let me know in the description/comments box what your JJ username is, and you can access it online, after you login to JibberJobber. My heavens, stop making those email mistakes that makes you look like an email noobie!

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