Top 3 Tips For Effective Emails
We are all looking for ways of improving our mails and sometimes we can over complicate matters.
Here I have written my top three tips for effective email writing that I hope might help some of you.
Grab Their Attention
The subject line is arguably the most important element of your email.
Get it wrong, no one opens your mail and so it doesn't matter about anything else!
There are several proven ways to increase the effectiveness of your email subjects, which I wrote about in an earlier post (http://www.warriorforum.com/email-ma...ened-read.html)
Grab Them Early
It is important to understand that most people are getting a ton of emails into their inbox, therefore you must grab their attention early. So make sure your most important or interesting information is at least referenced in the first paragraph or two of your email (you can always go back to it in more detail later).
The better your initial content, the more likely the reader will want to read the rest of your mail.
Make it Easy For Them
In this age of information overload, it is important to make it as easy as possible for your reader to understand your message.
You can do this by removing anything that is not essential to getting your message across. In addition always consider bulletpoints rather than large paragraphs of information to stop the reader being presented with a huge block of text.
Not earth shattering I know, but effective none the less. Of course these tips are just the tip(s) of the iceberg and if you have a favourite tip of you own, please add them to the thread.
Here's to your online adventure
.
Andy
Here I have written my top three tips for effective email writing that I hope might help some of you.
Grab Their Attention
The subject line is arguably the most important element of your email.
Get it wrong, no one opens your mail and so it doesn't matter about anything else!
There are several proven ways to increase the effectiveness of your email subjects, which I wrote about in an earlier post (http://www.warriorforum.com/email-ma...ened-read.html)
Grab Them Early
It is important to understand that most people are getting a ton of emails into their inbox, therefore you must grab their attention early. So make sure your most important or interesting information is at least referenced in the first paragraph or two of your email (you can always go back to it in more detail later).
The better your initial content, the more likely the reader will want to read the rest of your mail.
Make it Easy For Them
In this age of information overload, it is important to make it as easy as possible for your reader to understand your message.
You can do this by removing anything that is not essential to getting your message across. In addition always consider bulletpoints rather than large paragraphs of information to stop the reader being presented with a huge block of text.
Not earth shattering I know, but effective none the less. Of course these tips are just the tip(s) of the iceberg and if you have a favourite tip of you own, please add them to the thread.
Here's to your online adventure
.Andy