What's the best way to improve the quality of my e-mails?

What's the best way to improve the quality of my e-mails?

Tim Burress (E-mail Etiquette and Organization Specialist) gives expert video advice on: Why is business e-mail quality so low?; What's the best way to improve the quality of my e-mails? and more...

The best way to improve e-mail quality is to start with the subject line. Strengthen that subject line. And what I mean by that is improve the description, the clarity of that subject line. Instead of using something vague, like "FYI" or "One more thing" or "Here it is", use something that's clear and description about what you want to type below. If your subject line is clear and descriptive, you tend to write a clear and descriptive body of the message below. If you have a vague subject line, you tend to be long and rambling and verbose.