The Truth About "i"

When you want to be taken seriously, you need to communicate as though you care to be taken seriously. When you type “i” when it should be “I” — you appear uneducated and/or lazy.

Today alone, I’ve received 7 e-mail inquiries where the person on the other side of the screen didn’t feel it was worth the effort to hit the caps key to capitalize “i”. Being a professional WordPress Consultant whose schedule is pretty much booked most of the time, I need to be very careful when I take on new clients and projects — it’s called time management. When I get contacted by someone who can’t even send a professional inquiry to another professional in regard to their services, that makes me wonder. Wonder about what you say?

Off the top of my head…

• If they don’t care how they are perceived in e-mail, do they have what it takes to understand the importance of perception when it comes to their Web site — or will they take short cuts there too?
• If they don’t think it is important to communicate like a professional when inquiring to another professional, what will be the chances that we can form a professional partnership?
• If they think that little things like this do not matter; what else do they underestimate and assume does not matter too?
• What will it be like to coach and work with someone on the complexities of online business and marketing when they aren’t even willing to use their grade school education in an e-mail?

You get the idea…

What is so darned difficult about capitalizing the letter “i”? When I type about anything where I refer to myself, I capitalize “I”. I don’t cut corners and try to “save time” by not hitting that shift key. (What minuscule amount of time is actually saved?) Never has the thought crossed my mind to not use the shift key when appropriate.

Besides proper sentence structure, punctuation and grammar — capitalizing “I” shouldn’t be overlooked or underestimated. Perception is the only reality online and how you type will reflect on you — good, bad or indifferent. Why not take one little step forward today and start by using that shift key?

If you have an education — use it.

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