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6 ways to write an email message that works Logo cgma

  Sabine Vollmer |   Free |   AICPA and CIMA |   04 May 2016 |   CGMA Magazine

Email messages have become the primary communication tool in business settings. But writing an efficient work-related message is easier said than done. To ensure your emails work rather than waste time, this article offers some tips.

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7 Comments/Reflections

Toh Goh

Toh Goh Nov 2024

A good reminder as we tend to get carried away writing too long or too short messages and not targeting specific audience.

Sentences phrased properly will get the results .
Janine Johnson

Janine Johnson Apr 2018

A  good reminder of the e-mail etiquette needed when sending emails. This will help me to consider the impact of my e-mail communication to recipients.



Lucy Carter

Lucy Carter Oct 2016

Some good points to remember
Jane Booth

Jane Booth May 2016

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Michelle De Atouguia

Michelle De Atouguia May 2016

I feel that I am doing these things but can possibly be too direct.