Writing Professional Emails: The Step-by-Step Guide
by Michelle SwannPublish: Oct 19, 2022Book Overview
Would you like to master the art of writing clear, compelling, professional, and actionable email messages? Would you like your emails to bolster your professional reputation? Would you like your email exchanges to be more productive? ThenWriting Professional Emails is for you.Since email remains the most prevalent means of communication for businesses and consumers, excellent email writing skills are a prerequisite for accelerating your career. This guide teaches you how to acquire these skills and avoid writing mediocre emails that don’t bring desired results.
Writing Professional Emails addresses every aspect of email communication: from the subject line to the signature. It teaches you how to tailor your emails to meet your recipients’ needs and fulfill your readers’ expectations. Following this advice ensures your emails will be read, appreciated, and acted upon.
Engaging, practical, and comprehensive, this guide offers straightforward methods that will help you
write high-quality, persuasive, focused emails
learn to identify 38 common bad email habits and find out how to stop them
know how to use formal and informal styles and know when to use them
use emotional intelligence in your emails to build excellent relations with your recipients
communicate effectively in cross-cultural contexts
employ many useful phrases applicable to all emails
learn how to manage your inbox effectively and develop productive email-checking habits
write emails that convey social presence, an appropriate tone, and a positive human voice
know when to use other communication platforms besides email and know which communication platform suits which purposes
Many books about email are based on one person’s perspective, but this book offers best practices resulting from careful and extensive research. The author combines considerable personal experience with the knowledge of a wide range of experts, many of whom consult for Fortune 500 companies.
Writing Professional Emails gives email writing and handling the attention it deserves, helping you successfully and productively communicate in our increasingly digital and globalized world. While social media platforms come and go, email will remain ‘King’ or the main communication platform for the foreseeable future. Learn how to master all aspects of productive and professional email in a matter of weeks. Do this, and you will save time, and money and increase your productivity. Make email a more pleasurable and less stressful part of your life starting today.
You may use this guide for self-instruction or as a textbook for group learning.
