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• ‘EOM’ for ‘End of Message’ another Email Subject Line Tag I’m starting to see more tags (see Better Email Tips) in my email subject lines. Today, I received an email canceling a meeting, with all the information contained in the subject line with “(eom)” at the end. eom: end of message I’d recommend using it when your entire message can be included in the subject line and
• Failbox: The Broken State of Email Clients - Part 1 If you’re of a certain age, as I am, your first expose to email was probably in college or at work. Processing messages daily wasn’t difficult; the number of people that had access or reason to send you messages was low and messages arrived fairly infrequently. So quaint and last century. Today, I’m tracking 8 email
• Email Subjects are Irrelevant, Only Sender Matters An email comes from you mom, your sister, your BFF. Does it matter what the subject line says? No, you open it right up. I suspect there are some commercial organizations you feel the same about. In my house, it’s DailyCandy, BabyCenter, Joyent, Amazon, our insurance agent, accountant, etc. Any one of those organizations could send out
• Sex, Email, and Customer Relationships There’s a gradient of access your customers grant you - at least the clued-in ones and the ones worth caring about. This access includes all the ways you can contact them - from most casual to more intimate. Just like in real life, the goal is get laid without feeling used in the morning. Commitment Level Action What
• Better Email Tips On MPR the other morning, they had consultant and author Marilyn Paul talking about ways to spend less time in your inbox. Her suggestion is to institute email subject line tags. You include these tags in your email subject line. Here are the one’s I remember: ty: thank you nrn: no reply necessary nbd: need response by date More