If you haven’t discovered text messaging on your cell phone or iPhone, you may want to consider it as a way to save time with phone calls. 
Generally, when on the phone, you get involved longer than planned unless you’re very self-willed.
With text messaging, you can send and receive messages at leisure and answer when you have time.  You also can access e-mail messages and send them with some phones with Internet access.  (One of my business colleagues does this instead of having her laptop with her all the time.)  Very rarely do the text messages require an instant reply so don’t interrupt …read more

Are you constantly on the cell phone when you’re away from home or your business? 
 Do you realize what impression you give if you always have the cell or a head set attached to your ear?  Or if you’re looking away from the person you’re talking with to check text messages or send them?
You tend to give the impression the people you meet aren’t important.  No, you’re not doing business with them at that moment, but they’re potential customers or may be talking to potential customers.

Decide to organize your cell phone calls and text messaging so that you don’t have to …read more

Nowadays, people seem to spend much time on the phone, especially cell phones.  Wherever you go, you see them with phones almost glued to their ear.  Or they’re text messaging.  If you’re trying to talk with someone, whether in a store, in a meeting, on the street, they’ll grab for the phone when it rings and answer it, or at least text.  Their mind will be half on what they’re discussing with you and what the person on the phone is communicating.
Phone etiquette has become very crude.  In fact, it’s almost non-existent.  Many people don’t even realize there is such …read more