Crafting emails that effectively communicate a sender's intent, display correctly on all devices, and are readable and well-received by recipients is essential to informing and guiding the Wittenberg community.
Toward that end, please consider the following etiquette tips from HubSpot, as well as see a sample of a proper email communication. Email headers that clearly show the sending office or division name may be obtained from University Communications at ucomm@wittenberg.edu.
Email Etiquette Tips
- Keep your tone professional.
- Avoid vague subject lines.
- Use proper email punctuation.
- Practice good grammar.
- Resist emojis in email.
- Keep subject lines descriptive and short.
- Choose your email salutation carefully.
- Leave the right impression with your email sign-off.
- Triple-check your recipient's name.
- Use sentence case.
- Consider your email's tone.
- Always use standard fonts and formatting.
- Shorten your URLs.
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