In addition to being an incredibly efficient platform for communicating ideas, email can also be extremely useful in increasing productivity and growing your business. You can use your intracompany emails as a tangible way to determine how quickly and effectively the goals you set forth are being met.
And you can use your client emails to determine certain patterns that will help you meet their existing needs more efficiently while also opening the door to fulfilling needs of which they may not be aware.
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