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Sending Emails

1. Make sure your e-mail includes a courteous greeting and
closing. Helps to make your e-mail not seem demanding or terse.
2. Address your contact with the appropriate level of formality
and make sure you spelled their name correctly.
3. Spell check - emails with typos are simply not taken as
seriously.
4. Read your email out loud to ensure the tone is that which you
desire. Try to avoid relying on formatting for emphasis; rather
choose the words that reflect your meaning instead. A few
additions of the words "please" and "thank you" go a long way!
5. Be sure you are including all relevant details or information
necessary to understand your request or point of view. Generalities
can many times cause confusion and unnecessary back and forths.
6. Are you using proper sentence structure? First word
capitalized with appropriate punctuation? Multiple instances of !!!
or ??? are perceived as rude or condescending.
7. If your email is emotionally charged, walk away from the
computer and wait to reply. Review the Sender's email again so
that you are sure you are not reading anything into the email that
simply isn't there.
8. If sending attachments, did you ask first when would be the
best time to send? Did you check file size to make sure you don't
fill the other side's inbox causing all subsequent e-mail to bounce?
9. Refrain from using the Reply to All feature to give your
opinion to those who may not be interested. In most cases replying
to the Sender alone is your best course of action.
10. Make one last check that the address or addresses in the To:
field are those you wish to send your reply to.
11. Be sure your name is reflected properly in the From: field.
Jane A. Doe (not jane, jane doe or JANE DOE).
12. Type in complete sentences. To type random phrases or cryptic
thoughts does not lend to clear communication.

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