Revise an Email so People Will Actually Read It

http://lifehacker.com/5214861/revise-an-email-so-people-will-actually-read-it

by darwinw • 17 years ago

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RiderOfGiraffes• 17 years ago

A link to the original was posted here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=562447

This article specifically quotes the first point:

  > Delete redundancies. Say it once. That's enough.
  > If you're repetitive, the reader will stop reading
  > and start skimming. (Like you probably just did.)

As I said in that first submission, I stopped reading at this point because it's blatently wrong. Intelligent geeks hate things repeated, but I've found that in the business world if you don't say something at least 6 times it won't get heard.

Know your audience. Decide whether repetition is required. Don't follow overly broad advice blindly.

Revise an Email so People Will Actually Read It

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