5 surefire tricks to help you write effective emails that are likelier to get responses

by Blanca Ballester and Qayyah Moynihan

In the world of work, it's essential to establish contacts but time is more precious than ever: it's harder to come by people willing to give it freely to a stranger.

The course "How to contact people and get a response" is a highly viewed piece of content in the LinkedIn Learning section, perhaps, because it highlights how best to reach out to new contacts — and crucially, how to get a response.

Content Manager for LinkedIn Learning Spain Carlos Burges Ruiz de Gopegui told Insider: "The feedback has been incredible since the course was published. People write to me about it every day and, funnily enough, they use all those techniques and strategies covered in my course."

He said the strategies listed are aimed at everyone, despite their strong commercial tone.

"Everyone can benefit from this information to improve their techniques and above all, communication tactics, as that's what the course is about," he said. "Strategies that produce results and acknowledging that every scenario in communication is different."

Burges offers these five tips for contacting people and responding to all those who are tired of unidirectional or unproductive communication through social networks, email, forums, and telephone.

1. Know who you're writing to and tailor emails to them

"It may seem obvious stating that every email needs to be tailored to the recipient with a personalized and holistic approach, yet we still believe in and rely on standardized templates that just don't work."

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