Email tips: Professional email tips for day-to-day, Using the Personal tab in Yesware

• Don’t mark the emails you send “urgent” or “important.”  What may seem dire to you will not be to your customers.  Use friendly reminder emails instead.
• Don’t use nondescript “Follow up” subject lines.  Instead, add details in your subject lines.  Change “Meeting follow up” to “Follow up to Tuesday’s meeting about setting quotas” to remind your recipient precisely what you discussed.
• Don’t use vague hints at questions or files included in the email.  Write the file name or the exact question in the subject line instead.  Remember to be as detailed in your subject lines as possible so your recipients know exactly what they’re opening.

3. Use an appropriate opening

Omitting a salutation is abrasive and impersonal. Dear is often too formal, and Hey! or Yo! are way too informal.  In most cases Hi (first name) is sufficient.  But make sure your usage is consistent.

4. Compose your signature

Are you including your actual phone number at the bottom of every email?  If you can’t trust your email recipient with your real contact information, why should they read your messages?

Yesware’s Personal tab allows you to save your personal signature to input in any message you send.  You can add your own motivational quote or even a complete email message.