Write great emails tip 10 – Don’t put questions in paragraphs

12 Apr 2022 · 1 min

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This content was created by Chris Fenning. This content was uploaded by Chris Fenning. This is a YouTube video titled "Write great emails tip 10 – Don’t put questions in paragraphs" (uploaded 2022-04-12). It contains a single-speaker instructional segment offering email-writing advice: tip #10 advises not to bury questions inside paragraphs but to call them out separately (on their own line, as bullet points, or labeled as questions) so readers notice and respond. The excerpt is practical guidance on improving email clarity and response rates.

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How to write great emails, tip number 10: don't put questions inside paragraphs. If you're asking someone a question and you need a response, don't include it in a paragraph with all of the extra background information. Make sure it's called out separately and it's obvious. If you don't do this, it's easy for the person reading your message to miss that question. They might skim read a paragraph, they might overlook it, or not see that it's very clearly a question that they need to respond to. So how do you call out these questions? Put them on their own line, put them as a bullet point, or start them with a label that says question. That way, the person reading your message is very clear that there is a question that is there for them to answer. So if you want to write great emails, make sure that you make it clear when there's a question and don't bury that question in a paragraph.