Email Etiquette: Courtesy #3 ~ Proofread, Spellcheck, Proper Grammar

Always spell check your email, proofread for errors, capitalize your sentences and use appropriate punctuation and grammar.  "If a emale is writon with speeling mestakes and gramitckal errors, you mite git the meening, however, the messige is not as affective, or smoothly redable.  Poor writing is equivalent to someone speaking with spinach [...]

Email Etiquette: Courtesy #4 ~ Always Include a Closing

Always end your emails with "Thank you," "Sincerely," "Take it easy," "Best regards" – something!  In particular, when you request information or ask something of the one you are emailing, have the common courtesy to thank them in advance (TIA!) and sign off your email appropriately. Worse yet, to click the send button without even [...]

Email Etiquette: Courtesy #5 ~ Use Instant Messaging (IM) Properly.

Use Instant Messaging (IM) or Text Messaging properly with consideration for the person on the other side. Many of the concepts that apply to email apply to Instant Messaging (Desktop, Laptop, PDA, Blackberry, Pocket PC) and visa-versa. The key is courtesy and clarity in your communications. First and foremost, always be cognizant about when and where [...]

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