5 Days of Email Etiquette: Write Better Emails

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5 Days of Email Etiquette Write Better Emails From Heinz Tschabitscher, your Guide to Email Emails are not just form and format, they also offer content and, hopefully, contentment. Here are some tips for the latter two. Now that you're read to write perfect emails, our short course comes to an end. Maybe time to look back (if you have missed a lesson, you can have it sent to you; look at the bottom of this email for a link), certainly time to explore more netiquette tips and communication skills at http://email.about.com/od/emailnetiquette/ . Write Better Emails Be Careful with Irony in Emails No, really! I mean it. Honestly! Keep Emails Short Do not intimidate recipients with too much text. Talk About One Subject per Email Message Only Help make the world less confusing. Try to talk about one subject per message only. For another subject, start a new email. Use Bullet Points for Readability in Emails Bullet points make your emails easier to read and easier to answer. The Right Tone Wondering "How to Put That in Writing", Write "That" Tell it like it is. Have you notices how people who you understand perfectly well when you listen to them become cryptic when they start writing? The Problem with Using Dialect, Slang and Jargon in Emails Ouitch prawlem? (The problem that you are so difficult to read.) How to Start, How to End Do Away with Titles and Names in Emails Dear Ms., Mrs. and Mr. Reader, fortunately, emails can often do without titles and names. When in Doubt, End Emails with "Thanks" If you don't know how to say good-bye at the end of an email, there's one thing that will almost always be appropriate. Thanks. This email is written by: Heinz Tschabitscher Email Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Missing a lesson? Click here. About U. is our collection of free online courses designed to help you learn a new skill, solve a problem, get something done, or just learn more about your world. Sign up now, and we will email you lessons on a daily or weekly basis. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the About.com '5 Days of Email Etiquette' email. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2013 About.com   Advertisement