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How To Write An Email That Gets Opened And Read
A critical skill in your communication arsenal.
Email is the preferred choice for many professionals, which is why developing your email writing skills is critical in building your communication skills.
If no one reads your emails, or even worse, responds to them, what’s the point?
It’s a waste of time.
According to The Radicati Group’s email statistics report,
“In 2016, the number of business and consumer emails sent and received per day will total over 215.3 billion. And that’s expected to grow at an average annual rate of 4.6% over the next four years, reaching over 257.7 billion by the end of 2020.”
There are massive amounts of junk hitting our email inboxes. It’s safe to say, the majority of the email you send is junk as well.
You’re not bad at writing emails; you just rush to push send.
Blaise Pascal, the mathematician, and physicist, famously said,
“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.”
It’s easy to dump a pile of words in your email composer and hit send. There’s no thought behind it. No…
