Mastering the art of email communication can be a game-changer. Discover five essential tips that can transform your emails from overlooked to irresistible, ensuring you always receive a response. Let's delve into the world of effective email writing.
How to write an effective email
Try tweaking just five little things to make it more likely that your email gets read, you’ll spend less time working on it, and writing an email might even become fun.
- Here are five strategies to make emailing easier and more efficient.
Make an excellent first impression
Subject line should be short, call for action, indicate familiarity with the recipient
- Show 300 people the following email subject lines and see which they’d open first.
- Statement 10.31.2020
- Welcome Message
- Meeting tomorrow, please respond!
- Hey!
Tap into the power of the last impression
Steve Jobs always waited until the end of his presentations to show off the coolest of the products he was introducing.
- He used to say “one more thing” and boom, there came a new iPhone out of his pocket.
- Why not use that tactic with your last impression?
- If you have one important thing to say or one crucial thing you need from your recipient, try putting it in the P.S. line.
Add color and feeling to your email
Use different kinds of punctuation and emojis
- Digital body language
- A GIF or an emoji is a great way to show who you are
- Punctuation and emoji are like spices in an email recipe – different spices depending on the culture
About the Author
Guy Katz PhD served as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces, then worked for startups, non-profits, consulting firms and giant corporations
- Now spends his days optimizing the magical recipe for being a father of two amazing boys, a business professor at FOM University in Germany, and the owner of a consulting and training company that operates worldwide
Keep them as brief as a tweet
Research from NYU, MIT, and Boston University shows that with every additional word you write beyond the first 40, you directly reduce the chances of getting an answer.
- So, keep it to the length of a tweet, or 280 characters.
Use names at critical moments
Dale Carnegie once wrote, “A person’s name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”
- If you use a person’s name at critical moments, you will increase your likelihood of getting an answer.
