5 Ways to Profit from LetterMeLater.com

Sometimes a simple idea can change the world. The very simple idea behind LetterMeLater.com has changed my world in 5 ways.

LetterMeLater.com provides a feature no other web-based e-mail program provides: scheduled mailing. After signing up for the free mail service, you can write e-mails and schedule them to be delivered at a later date and time. The e-mail site will automatically send your message at the appointed time. The message will appear to originate from one of your existing e-mail addresses, and any responses to the message will arrive at your existing e-mail address.

Why would you need a service like this? Here are five reasons to get you started:

1. Impress Your Contacts.

Whether you keep a "contacts" database or not, you have contacts. Your distant family members, high school classmates, and business associates all expect you to say "hi" from time to time.

With LetterMeLater.com, you can sit down at your computer today and create "Happy Birthday" e-mails for all of your contacts for the entire year. When a contact's birthday roles around, he/she will get a thoughtful note from you -- and you will not even have to remember the special day.

Do remember to send yourself a bcc of the messages you send. The happy recipient of your birthday greeting might call to say "thanks," and you need a reminder that you sent them the e-mail.

2. Keep Yourself on Task.

To-do lists work well in the short term. If you have a list of ten things to accomplish today, that list will keep you on track.

But what if you have something that needs to be accomplished ten months from now? Should you carry a reminder around for ten months or write the task down on every daily list between now and then?

LetterMeLater.com solves this problem, too. Simply create an e-mail addressed to yourself reminding you of the task, and schedule it to be sent on the appointed day. You will not have to waste another second on the task between now and the scheduled time.

3. Follow-Up with Others.

Delegation can be difficult. If you assign a task to someone else, you have to remind them to do it, wait a reasonable time, and then ask them if they did it. It is almost more work than it is worth.

But LetterMeLater.com can help here, too. When you initially assign someone a task, schedule an e-mail reminding them to do the task at an appropriate time, and another e-mail following up to see if the task was accomplished. Then forget about it and let them do their job.

4. Be on Time.

If, like me, you receive e-mails on your cell phone, LetterMeLater.com can get you where you need to be on time.

Use the free tool to schedule e-mails to be sent to you shortly before a scheduled meeting or event. At the appointed time, an e-mail will arrive on your phone alerting you of the impending obligation.

Even if you are not sitting at a computer staring at Microsoft Outlook, you will know where you need to be, and when.

5. Blog in Advance.

This final life-changing tip is for bloggers. Some days you feel like writing five blog entries, and some days you don't feel like writing anything at all. If only you could schedule blog postings in advance.

You can, of course, with LetterMeLater.com. Many blogging services, including Blogger.com, allow you to post by e-mail. You can use LetterMeLater.com to schedule e-mails to your blogging account, which will result in automatic blog postings at the times you choose.

If you write five posts today for a blog that only requires one post per week, you can schedule your e-mails and then forget about the blog for the next five weeks.

Conclusion

You will undoubtedly think of more uses for LetterMeLater.com. This list is just a starting point. By scheduling e-mails you can remove an unnecessary layer of tedium in your life, freeing you up to do things that matter.