If you are attending one of the many business management courses available online, through community colleges, local business associations, and universities, then you already understand the importance of email communications. No single invention has ever streamlined communication more than email, but it must be used properly. There is email etiquette and tricks to effective communication. Has your business course taught you all about how a good manager communicates? Take a look at these tips and see for yourself:

• Always ensure that email addresses are automatically added to your Outlook. This way you will never have to type in, jot down, or remember anyone’s email. If you have emailed them once, your computer has memorized them.
• Use Outlook to send yourself reminders to answer messages. Nothing is worse than an email that is sent in a timely manner, but goes unanswered. The other party doesn’t know if it was unreceived, if you purposely ignored it, or if you forgot. Outlook can easily send you reminders to answer important emails.
• Block spam. Check About.com for a list of eight free e-mail checkers that block out frustrating spam. You get enough emails as it is, the last thing you need to do is to have to sift through the e-garbage.