Bob Pritchett

www.bobpritchett.com
 Otherwise you look like an idiot
 Grammers something you should do too
along with punctuation;
 John, how are you?
We need to address a few points. A) The trip
b) the new account; (C) technical support.
This will really help, sincerely, joe.
 John,
How are you?
We need to address a few points:
A) the trip
B) the new account
C) technical support
This will really help.
Sincerely,
Joe
 Is your message really that important?
 People don’t like to be screamed at
 To: people who need to know or act on
 CC: people who ought to know but don’t
need to take any action
 BCC: to protect address privacy when
emailing a large group
 Assume your use of BCC may be revealed
 Do reply all when you have handled
something sent to a group
 Do not use reply all when your response is
not of interest to everyone
 Using reply all to emails sent to the whole
organization is something you should think
VERY CAREFULLY about
 You will really annoy EVERYONE who reads an
email like this.

It doesn’t matter if it is

REALLY FUNNY

or not.
 Please send this reminder about chain letters
to 3 co-workers and add your name to the
bottom of the list.
 If you don’t need one to prepare for a legal
proceeding, don’t request one.
 They aren’t that useful for legal proceedings.
 Dear Customer,
Attached is a link to the page you need.
Company Tech Support
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Jim, please send this customer a link to the
support page he needs right away. Don’t
wait, because he’s an impatient jerk and is
writing a review for a big magazine this
week. – Joe
 Email is not secure.
 Don’t even send a credit card number in an
email receipt.
 By management
 By customers
 By competitors
 By your friends
 By attorneys who wish you no harm, but have
to destroy you because, “It’s my job. Nothing
personal.”
 Thanks,

John

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John Doe – jdoe@company.com
The Company – www.company.com
(360) 555-1234