You may not think much about your email habits. Among your list of priorities, you may not deem email important enough to be near the top. Email, however, is ubiquitous in today’s business world. We use it all the time. For that reason, it may be worthwhile to take a look at your email habits to make sure you are avoiding email blunders that might be a blot on your professionalism. Here a few things you should avoid while using email.

1. Filling in the email address first.
When you compose an email, you probably fill in the address of the person you are sending it to first. You should avoid doing this because an inadvertent keystroke could send it on its way – incomplete and filled with errors. To prevent this problem, write the email first, and save the address for last.

2. Writing too much
Email is meant to be brief. People don’t want a book. Just include the necessary information, written as clearly and concisely as possible.

3. Not writing enough.
On the other hand, you want to make sure you include all necessary information. You don’t want to leave your reader hanging, or having questions. When you write, try to put yourself in the reader’s place and think about what they would want to know, and what questions they would want answered.

4. Unclear subject lines.
When the reader looks at the subject line, he or she should be able to get a pretty clear idea of what the email is about. The subject line needs to be clear also so the reader knows whether the message is important or not and whether they need to answer it immediately or not.
For this reason, the subject line should be a summary of what the email is about. Ideally, it should include at least a subject and a verb. So, rather than “today’s meeting” as your subject, “today’s meeting cancelled” is much better.

5. Not reading carefully.
If you are responding to an email, make sure you read the entire thing before responding. By doing this you will avoid things like asking a question about something that was already covered in the initial message or raising an issue that was already covered.

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