7 Guidelines For Better Email Etiquette
Writers Write creates resources for business writers. In this post, we give you 7 basic guidelines for better email etiquette.
Email etiquette is important because we use emails in business writing for everything we do. We answer questions, ask questions, inform, entertain, and promote.
Use your company’s style guide to familiarise yourself with its email etiquette guidelines .
7 Guidelines For Better Email Etiquette
If you want to improve your email etiquette, follow these rules:
- Respond to emails within 24 hours.
- Say please and thank you in emails.
- Always spell check and proofread emails.
- Spell recipients’ names correctly.
- Write short messages – 50% of all emails are now read on smart phones.
- Use short sentences.
- Use bullet points.
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