I’m traveling to Palm Springs, CA today for a trade show. Let me just say that a California trade show is a blessed thing to a Minnesotan in February. Anyway, I didn’t put an email message saying I will be out of the office.
Why even use that feature in Outlook?
Here’s my rationale, I receive all of my emails on my cell phone. They are pushed to me so I actually get notified the moment they arrive. I have my laptop with me and the hotel has wireless internet which is to be expected these days. I may be physically out of the office, but I am still connected.
I am never truly out of the office.
One thing that has changed drastically in sales today is the fact that customers and prospects will not wait for me to get back in the office. Business moves faster than that. Companies operate on a JIT basis. Delaying something 3 days today is similar to 3 weeks just a couple of decades ago.
Now that I have written this post, I am certain that I will get nailed by a few people (Benidt, I suspect) for my sloth-like email response times.