Working Your Out-of-Office Reply While You’re Away
Many people will take the time to set a simple auto-response to go out when someone writes them an e-mail. It’s usually something like “I will be out of the office until Tuesday, 4/14. If necessary, I can be reached at …” Talk about a missed opportunity!
Why not get a little fancy with this message and do a bit of promotion while you’re at it? After all, you have to write something there anyway, how about adapting one of these lines for your next out-of-office reply:
- I’m out of town and can’t respond to your message until next Tuesday. While you’re waiting for me, check out our blog at http://talance.com/blog
- I’m not checking e-mail while I’m out of the office until Tuesday, but I’m still Twittering! You can get a daily dose of what I’m doing at http://twitter.com/talance
- I’m out of the office until Tuesday, but I’ll be celebrating our latest website launch the whole time I’m away. Check out http://massmentors.org and tell me what you think.
The best part? You don’t have to do any extra work to do a little promotion.
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April 24th, 2009 at 7:39 am
I love this! To me it’s about having your eyes always open for opportunities, and just a positive attitude about what your organization is up to, all the time. Thanks!
April 27th, 2009 at 5:43 am
And, another example or two:
1. I’m away from the office at conference on technology and the synagogue….
2. I’m away from the office presenting at a meeting on…
3. I’m at a professional development conference on…
Rabbi Hayim Herring, Ph.D.
http://www.starsynagogue.org/blog
April 27th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Great ideas, Hayim! Thanks.
I think these ideas should extend beyond your away message too. Think about all the automated out-going messages you have in your organization. Do you use instant messenger? Set your away message in a similar way. Think about adapting your voice mail message too.