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Sep 2024
46m 53s

Your Emails Suck: Here’s How To Fix Them

Demoted Productions
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Does the perfect email exist? What are the unwritten rules of corporate email? If opening your email every morning is like playing a desperate game of corporate whack-a-mole, you're not alone.


In this episode, you’ll get a crash course on all the do’s and don’ts of crafting effective work emails. Natalie and Ross dive deep into the world of email etiquette by sharing best practices for professional email formatting, tips on how to get more responses to cold outreach, and ways to make your email stand out in a busy inbox. Ross explains the challenges of sales email outreach and all the out-of-the-box techniques used to grab a buyer’s attention. You’ll also get a guide on writing inflammatory subject lines that will guarantee a 100% open rate. Stay tuned for an email fail story of a Gen Z employee CCing their entire company and then proceeding to vape in the conference room.

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