Giga Om has a post on Americans being addicted to email. While not specific to small business, I find the data quite interesting. The post references a study by AOL of American email use:
- 59% check email while in bed
- 53% check email while in the bathroom
- 37% check email while they drive
- 43% check email first thing in morning
- 40% have checked email in the middle of the night
- 83% check email while on vacation
- 15% of Americans describe themselves as "addicted to email"
The study also ranked the most emai addicted cities with Washington DC being first followed by Atlanta, NY and San Francisco.
AOL's press release has several suggestions on how to deal with email addiction. That they have included this in the press release makes the study even more interesting.
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