{"id":6372,"date":"2025-01-20T16:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T16:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/blog\/its-time-to-rethink-the-standard-out-of-office-email\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T16:32:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T16:32:47","slug":"its-time-to-rethink-the-standard-out-of-office-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blueleaf.com\/blog\/its-time-to-rethink-the-standard-out-of-office-email\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Time To Rethink The Standard “Out of Office” Email"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whether it\u2019s once, twice, or twelve times per year, there are moments when you can\u2019t be responsive to work emails, and it\u2019s totally acceptable. In fact, research suggests it\u2019s good for our health to leave email behind while on vacation. To fill the gap in service, we\u2019ve been trained to set up an \u201cout of office\u201d email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve seen HUNDREDS of out of office emails from financial advisors and, unfortunately, they\u2019re all the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few examples from my inbox:<\/p>\n\n\n

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<\/strong>Interesting… <\/span>As a financial advisor, you work very hard to develop client relationships and deliver exceptional service while you\u2019re IN the office, but then plop a thought-less message like this into their inboxes when you\u2019re out. Worst of all, there are typo’s in these emails! It’s a shame. Today we’re going to change that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can write an out-of-office email that is helpful AND delights your clients. (Tweet this!<\/a>) With a little added thought, your next out of office email can serve as a simple, free, automated way to add value to your client relationships \u2013 even while you\u2019re gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Don\u2019t be a robot.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Just because you\u2019re out of the office doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019ve turned into a robot. Be sure to speak like a human. If you simply avoid writing the standard template message (i.e. the emails from above), you\u2019ll basically have this one covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of writing like a human is writing a real<\/em> subject line. Most auto-response subject lines feel completely robotic and impersonal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n