I Misspelled Your Name Again?

90% watch their spelling and punctuation when typing emails. Three-fourths (74%) are irked by misspellings but 67% excuse the errors when the emails come from a mobile device, like a BlackBerry®.

I’m Filing for Email Bankruptcy

Nearly 26% of email users have either declared “email bankruptcy,” deleting all of their email messages to start anew, or are seriously considering doing so.

One in four (26%) have gotten a new email address to start fresh with a new inbox or are thinking about it. It’s no surprise then that the average Twin Cities user has 2.5 email accounts. It’s easy to get a new email address these days too, just visit My eAddress for a new one of your own.

I’m in the Bathroom, Just Let Me Finish this Last Email

Almost two-thirds (60%) of local email users say they’ve checked their email from the bathroom. Other popular email spots include in bed in their pajamas (75%), in a restaurant (70%), while driving (55%), while on a date (30%), at happy hour (55%) and from church (10%).

I Quit. Now Delete My Email Address

13% have asked someone out on a date over email and 7% have broken up over email. Meanwhile, 18% have used email to share bad news and 6% have quit their job by email.

Mixing Business & Pleasure

The average email user in the Twin Cities checks personal email at work almost 3 times per day. Meanwhile, they also check work email 3 times in a given weekend.

One in seven (15%) plan vacations based on where they know they can access email, and 22% say they feel obligated to check work email while on a break from the office.

Checking Email: All Day & All Night

One in five (21%) Minneapolitans check their email as soon as they wake up and 15% check email right when they get home from work. 29% even check their email in the middle of the night and 55% of mobile email users keep their mobile device or BlackBerry® on the nightstand so they can hear the chime of a new email arriving in their inbox.

I Love the Chime of Mobile Email in the Morning

One in ten (10%) email users check their email from a mobile device or cell phone. In fact, 55% of these users say they upgraded to a new cell phone in the last year because they wanted to get email while on-the-go. Want to get mobile email on your phone? Just click here to get started.