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Can you just shut down your email? If you do, will the world end?
Earlier this year I made a resolution only to check my email once a week. Well, that turned out to be a disaster. By the time I got to my inbox I had over 2,500 messages waiting for me. My clients began calling and asking if I had passed away and my Blackberry became so overloaded it stopped counting the number of unopened messages in the mailbox.
This has to stop.
Most of the email messages I receive are not from clients. They are from people who want something. Usually they want something for nothing. And they always want to waste my time.
Here’s what I am going to do about this:
I have set up an auto responder that will go out to everyone EXCEPT my clients. It says that I do not check email any longer and it offers a website with my alternative contact information.
This will go into effect on the first of next month.
Some people may get angry but ultimately, my clients will receive better service.
I will let you know what happens.