Monthly Archives: December 2011

It's something about somebody exhibiting at a CES press event, I think.

I know, you think your email pitches look better if you put big, fancy graphics in them. But they don’t look so hot if your recipient has images blocked by default, or worse, is reading their messages on a smartphone with a slow data link. Or even worse, on an airplane with no connectivity.

Do you want your message to be pretty, or do want it to be read?

At the very least, put the actual content of the message in text up at the top of the message. That way, your recipient can read it regardless. Also, it’s much easier to copy and paste information from an email into a calendar or to-do list if there’s actual text to select.

Please banish this redundancy from your email subject lines:

“Please read.”

As opposed to what?

Wait… there are answers! From Twitter:

• “Please Read …aloud, while standing on your head.” (@MattStubbs)
• “Please delete prior to opening” (@MrCippy)
• “Please perform a dramatic reenactment” (@snhuxc)
• And my favorite: “You mean I didn’t have to read all those other emails today?!” (@leebehrens)