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Sixteen great training tips for writing good emails by Training Works
PUBLISHED: 24/04/2019
Sixteen great training tips for writing good emails
Many staff who in past years would have perfectly good conversations on the phone are now having to write emails instead. It’s also worth remembering that an email is, after all, an electronic letter and should follow most of the conventions of letter writing which many people have forgotten, if they ever knew them in the first place.
Having training in writing emails gives staff at all levels the confidence to write really professional, warm, well laid out accurate emails. For many customers their only impression of the company will be from the quality of the email, and if an email is badly spelt, poorly laid out or sloppy in any way, it will lose the company sales.
Remember that every email is an advert for your company so make sure it’s a good one by using the following hints and tips:
1. Have a relevant subject in the subject line so it can easily be found
2. Use a salutation e.g. Dear or Hi (unless you’re in a live email conversation)
3. Use the correctly spelt name e.g. Sarah not Sara
4. Leave a line of space before going into the main details
5. Say something nice in the first paragraph
6. Don’t put whole words in capitals, it gives the impression of SHOUTING
7. Have an average of 15 - 20 words per sentence
8. Have an average of 3 lines of text per paragraph
9. Use bullet points to help condense information and make it easier to read
10. Use a line of space between each paragraph
11. Use the correct grammar
12. Use the correct spellings
13. Punctuate well
14. Have a sign off e.g. Many thanks
15. Always type your name even if you have an email signature (after all you would always sign a letter even if your name was typed)
16. Have a great email signature with your name, position if relevant, company name, what the company does, web address, landline numbers, phone numbers and LinkedIn link where relevant (as people often look at an email to find out how to contact you again)
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