business email guidelines: in class response

E-mail is being used more and more today. I know that I personally use it several times a day. Every time I sit at a computer, the first thing I do is check my different e-mail accounts. Checking an e-mail account regularly will help with the prompt responses.
Some guidelines for effective e-mail writing are to first and foremost know your audience. It is important to know whether you are going to be writing a formal or informal e-mail.
Also, it is a good thing to break up different thoughts into separate paragraphs in order to allow for easy reading from the audience.
Another good guideline is to type up an e-mail in a word document first. This allows for the author to spell check the document before sending. Also, the author will eliminate accidentally sending the document to quickly.
There are several other guidelines to writing an effective e-mail but one of the most important is to write the article in “high skim” value. Most readers do not spend time to read every word online. It is important to highlight the important topics to get your information across quickly.