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‘Please Advise’

Writing ‘Please Advice’ at the end of the email is a way to shift the burden on the recipient, and then sit back until one is provided with the full instructions.

If this annoys you, you can inquire about it in person, or if you feel that this is just a normal ‘signature’, you can ignore it and concentrate on the content of the email.

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The lack of verbal and nonverbal social cues

Any email message we send has the potential to be read in the wrong context, or misinterpreted entirely by the recipient. Even if we have smiley faces in the email, it is no match for actual face-to-face, video, or telephonic conversations, which, apart from our words, also showc...

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‘Hey’

... means that the sender sees the recipient as a peer, and not as some authority figure. Formally structured emails normally do not begin with a ‘Hey’.

Don’t forget to greet though, as an email without a greeting can come off as rude or even creepy.

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Using Emojis

The use of emojis is a way to communicate our intentions and not just a ‘fun’ thing that young people do. In fact, due to their universal nature, emojis transcend language barriers, and normally cannot be interpreted in the wrong sense.

While negotiating, it’s best to not use Emojis though...

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A Goldmine of Miscommunications

Due to the limitations and the multifacetedness of language, emails often lead to miscommunication, guessed intentions, or total awareness of what the person is trying to convey.

The problem is further complicated if you are writing to someone whom you haven’t met in pers...

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Tit For Tat

Asking for favors requires some give and take. Sending a cold email instructing about some work that the recipient has to do, can come off as annoying and intrusive.

It is better to prepare the conditions and circumstances prior to sending the request (Pre-suasion), like a warm gr...

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Good Intentions

Each of us has their own communication style and also tend to take things personally.

While there are some apps that help with the tone of an email, and also remind us that the other person is human by displaying their LinkedIn picture, we have to understand that software can only help us ...

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Subject Line Emails

These types of emails (with the entire email is a sentence in the subject line, with no email body, just the signature)are usually sent by a very direct person, that either feels very busy or that the problem can't be solved simply in an email, so it's too much for them to go into it all.

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Clarify your Call to Action

Don’t leave it up to your reader to figure out what you want them to do with this information. Spell it out, and be specific. For example:

  • Please send back any edits by 5 pm on Tuesday.
  • Please call this client back by Friday to resolve the issue.

Not Trying to Please People

An argument for not trying to please people: You should never work on something with the sole purpose of adding it to your resume.

  • The benefit of this outlook is it makes you highly independent. Satisfaction comes from within, not from other's opinio...

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