Friday, August 18, 2006

Why doesn't anyone return my email? An article in today's Globe and Mail


...a new survey which found that 80 per cent of U.S. executives believe they receive too much regular communication every day from both internal and external sources. To cope, they are increasingly looking for ways to filter out non-essential e-mails, voicemail, memos and messages, according to the survey of 237 senior executives and managers....*

Remember to: Pass the POI. People respond best to People, then Objects, then Ideas. No email will ever be as effective as your personality in selling yourself or your product. A warm referral is better than the most effective email.

Want to read the article? Go to www.globeandmail.com and search for "Is anyone really listening?"

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can't seem to find the article. Anyone has any tips?

Thanks!

Susanna

Anonymous said...

I had no luck as well, despite various attempts. If anyone can find it, I will make a PDF of the article which I will provide to Dave to post. afn-davehowlett {at} tenletters [dot} com