Don't Bounce Back: 5 Tips on How to Write Better Emails

We've all been at the receiving end of a bad email. The kind of email that makes you groan and probably almost immediately discredits the sender. Here's the thing, as email becomes more and more prevalent and we continue to use it as a quick means of communication between co-workers and friends, we could potentially forget our etiquette completely when writing a business email, and it may be detrimental for both you and your relationships.

So, what's the fix? Write better emails? Sure, to simplify it, you need to write better emails. But this goes a little bit deeper than just writing better emails, it's about defining what you use emails for and how to best use it as a tool for communicating. Because at the end of the day, that's what it's there for, to aid in your communications and it's one powerful tool for doing so! But in the wrong hands... it can make one big mess. The average office worker gets about 80 emails a day and if you want your email to be answered, you're going to have to stand out from those 79 other emails your contact received by sending the best email they saw and read all day.

5 Tips on how to write better emails:

Know thy audience

Who are you emailing, anyway? You don't speak to your buddies the same way you speak with your boss, right? This rule also goes for your emails. Before you hit 'send,' you may want to read it over to assure that it's written appropriately for the receiver. While we're big proponents of internal emails full of gifs and emojis, they may not work for the client you're sending a prospective email to. Instead, we recommend that you keep it more formal than you normally or usually may write your emails, especially if you're sending one off to someone you haven't spoken with before.