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help with your professional email etiquette?
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ideas that we know will do just that.
Have a solid email subject line
This is the
piece that draws that initial attention to your email. Be concise, but effectively
convey what the email is going to be about. Many times, email inboxes can
become flooded for many people, so you want to make sure that yours stands out
and gets opened, as intended.
Use a signature
This helps
people who have never met you face to face understand what your role is in the
company. It also just makes your emails seem that much more professional. You
should use a signature even when on your phone. Many times, this can be pre-set
on both your computer and phone, making it easy to include to your professional
email messages.
Make your email skim-able
No one wants
to read through huge text-heavy paragraphs when the same message could be
conveyed in a much more concise way. Try to break up paragraphs to make the
message skim-able by the reader. Use bullet points or numbers for items that
can be broken up into lists. If there is information that is important or
urgent, you can use bold text to portray it.
Don’t forget the attachment!
If you
mention you are going to attach something in your email, make sure you don’t
forget! There’s nothing worse than having to send another email when it all
could have been included in one for easy reference. Just double check you have
attached it before you hit send.