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Acceptable Acronym Use

An email is not a text message, it’s not an instant message and it’s not a license plate. It’s a letter, a legitimate correspondence between two presumably intelligent people who wish to share a life experience, thought, emotion or business pursuit. It is not a pool of puke from someone who overstuffed themselves with alphabet soup.

Be a Yes Man

A new study shows that Yes Men live longer than their objectionable counterparts.
“Our study shows that Yes Men, on average, live more than 3 times longer than those who raise objections or instigate debate,” said Dr. Chester Shirecat, head researcher at the Happy Healthy Worker Institute, a subsidiary of HlavCo Intl. “Just as it takes [...]

On Sale Now — How to Write Email that GETS RESULTS

How to Write Email That Gets Results & Other CEObservations is filled with more than 30 chapters of email writing tips, “best” business practices, Q&A with his insipid employees and numerous CEObservations – aside commentaries on business practices, employees and the finer things in life. The humor is dark but honest, [...]

The Record for CC

CEObservation: The world record for people in CC: on one email is 2.57 million people. The email went from Beijing to Peking. The subject line translated roughly to “ideas for disposing of excess lead.”

How to Fire People Via Email

Fortunately, email has changed the process of firing people. All that emotion, all that thinking and sympathizing and empathizing – all that is tossed aside by one brilliant button: Send.