The art of nagless email reminder
@lordwarwizard (35747)
Singapore
March 2, 2007 1:11am CST
It's not what you say but when you say.
Check out this interesting site at http://email-overloaded.com/2007/02/27/nagless-reminders-get-the-recipient-to-respond-on-time-and-cut-through-their-email-overload .
A simple "people hack" was mentioned that might help you get responses you're waiting for. If someone promises he will get back to you on Monday:
All you need to do is say, "Thanks!"
However, it's not what you say, but WHEN you say. Don't reply to the message until the time when your recipient promised to work on it.
So instead of saying thanks right after you get bumped off with a "I will work on it on Monday" message, reply instead with your thanks on Monday. This will serve as a reminder for you to get what you want done.
Anyone has tried this trick before? Or have any come up with similarly artful way of getting people who like brushing you off to really get some work done for you.
Do share your thoughts. ;-)
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@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
2 Mar 07
Hey, wizard...that was informative. I just added it to my favorites. Hmmm...I should follow on those tricks. In the case of my sister, its not that she will wait for Mondays to come to do things for me. She has an incurable bad memory. And she's only 36. I need to buy something for her to boost up her memory. Thanks for sharing that article.
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@dnatureofdtrain (5273)
• Janesville, Wisconsin
23 Jun 07
I used to have it set up so when I read my emails I would get an alert with all I needed to get done daily.. I used to have my house chores set on it, so if I did not get all done that I thought I did I could read through the reminder and make sure I did before I resumed my internet fun, as work before fun, and I wanted to have a good clean house and make sure I did not leave anything out. :) - DNatureofDTrain
