E-mail is without a doubt the best business-building tool to hit the home-based business arena since the fax! Why? Because it is low cost, instantaneous, flexible and absolutely anyone who can type can learn how to use it to their advantage. But just because you know how to open, write and send an e-mail doesn’t mean you are making the most of this incredible tool. In fact direct sellers who fail to follow simple e-mail etiquette may be doing more harm than good.
Check these Ten Commandments of Proper E-mailing to see how you measure up.
1. E-mail netiquette:
* Thou shall not SHOUT (all caps)
* Thou shall not flame (profanity)
* Thou shall not SPAM (unsolicited junk e-mail)
* Thou shall not attach large files (or more than one at a time)
2. Be Brief And To The Point – Messages should be concise and to the point. Think of it as a telephone conversation, except you are typing instead of speaking. Nobody has ever won a Pulitzer Prize for a telephone conversation nor will they win one for an e-mail message.
3. Always Use The Subject Line The subject line of your e-mail determines whether it will be read or not, so...