I’m about to invoke a tired saying in my ongoing discussion about how to write an email. You know how they say less is more? Well, it’s painfully true in email as well. Write a long, complicated email with a dozen different ideas and no one will read it. Write a short email with exactly […]
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I know that these days, emails are often fired off in a few seconds while you’re standing in line at the grocery store. That doesn’t give much time for any kind of greeting, but to me this is an essential part of an email. Take a look at this example message: Can you please print […]
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Let’s face facts: we all receive a ton of email. Much of that email is going to be scanned at best, and a lot is going to be junked right away. When you write email to someone else, how you choose to write it is going to have a tremendous impact on whether or not […]
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