12 Email Tricks to Make You Appear Like The Smartest Person In The Office (Infographic)

Here are 12 email tricks that will make you appear like the most passionate, dedicated and most importantly, the smartest person in the office. Via: Cooper Review

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    Font - TRICKS 12 – to – APPEAR SMART IN EMAILS TheCooperReview.com
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    Text - Did you know? Your email writing, sending and ignoring skills are just as important as your nodding skills, and even more important than your copying and pasting skills.
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    Text - COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW MUCH EMAIL YOU GET I have like Yeah I have 500 emails double to read that Instead, find out how much email everyone else gets, and then double it. That's how much email you get. Always complain about your email volume, but never be the first to say a specific number.
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    Text - USE A 'SENT FROM MY PHONE' SIGNATURE, ALWAYS Sent from my phone; sorry for teh typos * even when it's not Use a "sent from my phone" signature that apologizes for typos, even when you're not on from your phone. This makes you look like you're always busy and on the go, and also gets you out of proofreading.
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    Text - RESPOND IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOUR MANAGER We really need to lock this down Your manager * reply all Took the words out of my mouth You It's impossible to pay attention to every active email thread all the time, but you must at least when Make sure you see the moment he responds, and then respond immediately with "Totally agree," "Definitely," or “Took the words right out of my attention pay manager responds. your
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    Text - ALWAYS BE THE FIRST TO CONGRATULATE - Feature launched - Just had a baby - Peanut brittle in the break room * reply all - No cavities Congrats! Whenever something good happens, always be the first to respond and always reply all. This will make you seem like a highly engaged team player. Also, when you constantly point out everyone else is doing, no one will notice that you haven't done any real work in over a how awesome year.
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    Text - SHARE RANDOM THOUGHTS AT ODD HOURS 1:3aam What's the 3:0aam status of Why aren't we this? doing this? Cinsert something a 2:42am competitor is doing) A few thoughts on our organizational structure Create a cache of short, You'll have folks wagging their tongues about how dedicated you are to be thinking about the company at 3am. random thoughts that you can auto-send in the middle of the night
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    Text - PUT SOME [INFORMATION] IN THE SUBJECT LINE Subject. [Update] Latest update Subject. [Confidential] Please don't share Subject. [WE DID ITJ We did it! Your subject line isn't complete without some ifying information contained in brackets.
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    Text - SEND FREQUENT UPDATES ON YOUR WHEREABOUTS I'm in a cab. I'm going through security. I'm at the gate but I'm about to go to the bathroom. I'm in the bathroom. I'm washing my hands. I'm drying my hands. It's important to let everyone know where you are at every moment-as well as the minute to
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    Text - START YOUR EMAILS WITH "TL;DR" FWIW CIL TL;DR LGTM AFAIK Start every email with a bullet point summary, labeled "TL;DR'" (Too long; don't read). In it, summarize the main points of your email, using bold and italic formatting. The rest of the email can be a mistake-laden mess because no one will read it. Use as many clever abbreviations as you can. LGTM, SGTM, FWIW, AFAIK, CIL. Use them all.
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    Text - ALIENATE YOUR AUDIENCE If you don't care about the future of this company, stop reading now.… If you know all there is to know about quantum physics, stop reading now... If you're not curious where I'll be for the next hour, stop reading now... Start every email with, "If you don't care about [something you should care about], stop reading now." Do this even for short emails.
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    Text - WAIT A WEEK BEFORE RESPONDING TO DIRECT REQUESTS, THEN ASK IF IT'S STILL NEEDED Email received MON TUE WED THURS FRI SUN SAT Respond with "This got buried. Still needed?" Never respond immediately to emails sent only to you. If your help is truly needed, that person will find you, but most likely he'll just ask someone else. After 7 days has passed, ask if a reply is still needed.
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    Text - USE AN OVERLY COMPLEX OUT OF OFFICE AUTO-RESPONDER see doc If you're unable to respond to email for even just an hour, create an Out of Office (OOO) auto-responder that includes several people to get in touch For extra points, create an entire document that details everything you're working on and who to contact during your absence.
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