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When you make appointments with your business contacts online, be aware of the time zone of the other person. When you’re going to meet online with someone in a different part of the world, you need to check with that person and make sure that the agreed-on time works for them. (4 P.m. in the wintertime in New York City is not 4 P.m. in London; it's 9 P.m., and you don't want to be calling then.) Though a good time for you may be the early morning hours, that may be nighttime for someone else, so be sure that the other person is a night owl.

This is true even if you’re in the same country. If you’re in California, which is in the Pacific time zone, and you want to meet with someone in the Eastern time zone (three hours ahead of you), be sure to set a time so that both of you are in the office and not at home, in traffic, or at lunch.

The same reminder about time zones applies for email messages. If you’re expecting a response right away from someone halfway around the world, you may be frustrated until you realize that you sent the message when the other person was fast asleep.