Sick of Emails with Blank Subject Lines
Just an annoying thing that I find popping up in my inbox… the incomplete, very uninformative subject line.
So… I’m not sure why people think its cool to put little to no info in the subject line, but it’s very annoying!
I understand that there are people out there that only get 1 email per week and don’t have a need a useful subject line, but I think a majority of us out there that DON’T use stone tablets and chisels… get at least 20 per day and benefit from proper subject line usage.
For those of us that get 100′s of emails… a blank subject line is about as helpful as tits on a boar. In my super crowded inbox, I rely on subject lines to navigate the maze… blanks or “hey”… easily get lost in the mix.
My advise (especially if you want a quick response from peeps)… please put something descriptive in the “subject line” field when you decide to write an email.
Here are some subject lines to avoid (especially in business correspondence):
- Blank (hopefully I don’t need to say this but… not the word, but just a blank field)
- Hey
- What’s up (in any variation… ?, !, ?!, etc)
- Yeah (Yeah What?…)
- How do I? (finish the thought…)
- What’s This? (What’s what?… finish the thought)
- Error (put something after that do describe the error)
In most cases, you can avoid the common problems with one simple step… Finish Your Thought! Just take a second to finish the thought you started in the subject line and it will be All Good :O)
