Sending out and receiving emails for many of us, is a large part of our daily life. It has become second nature to send a quick email to a colleague, friend or customer and it is hard to remember a time before emails. There are a lot of scams that are sent out through emails and certain emails that are received can contain very harmful viruses. So how do we protect ourselves against this threat and what should we do if we receive a malicious email? You need to ensure that you have a good antivirus program installed on the PC or phone/tablet that you are using. Many antivirus systems […]

Most companies now have email facilities to allow them to email customers or suppliers. Many companies also use email in their day to day work to communicate with other members of staff. This may seem odd as they are often sat within eye sight of the person they are email, but there are many reasons why some employers prefer their staff to contact each other using emails. Often emails are linked in to a internal calendar where you can email another member of staff about a meeting and it will automatically add it to their diary, this can be very useful in a busy office where people are in and […]

The term ‘letter opener’ used to merely refer to a knife-like object used to open envelopes but that certainly is not the case today. The term can also be used today for a range of letter opening machines and these are really clever systems, some capable of opening thousands and thousands of envelopes every hour. Many businesses rely heavily on mail and the sooner it’s opened the sooner the next stage can begin. You may just be a company that receives many different documents and every second is an important second in a business, so if these letters are already opened and ready to read or organise, than a great […]

A busy office is not always the ideal place to be organising mail and sending it out to customers and previous customers and that’s why many offices will have their very own mailing machine. There’s no doubt about it, paperwork can get in the way the last thing you want is to muddle up mail and have the wrong information sent out to the wrong individual. There are many different types of office emailing machines, and they can essentially be used to organise mail quickly so it’s ready to be sent before you even have time to cause a mess. Many have the ability to print, fold and add place […]

Mass emailing can work especially if you are using your own database to send to. If you opt to buy lists of email address from third parties you have to be aware that you may get the results that you had hoped for and can end up upsetting people by contacting them when they have not agreed for you to do so. Although many companies that sell these lists stipulate that all the addresses are opted in, this is very often not the case. Also the data contacted in a mass email marketing list can often be out of date and not relevant to the business you are promoting. You […]