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Article: How To ... Write An E-mail Subject Line (That Doesn't Land In The Spam/Trash Can).
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- PR News
- Article date:
- April 2, 2007
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You may not be wise to judge a book by its cover, but the same cannot be said for e-mail messages. And consider the irony: A book has ample opportunity to catch a reader's attention with artistic design and a captivating title, but an e-mail's only hope of being read lies in the meager space of a subject line.
Given e-mail's integral role in PR, marketing and communications, professionals must squeeze the life out of all those 50 characters (the typical limitation imposed by a subject line) have to offer. And before journeying into the jungle that is e-mail communications, they must prepare for the following challenges:
* Quicksand and booby traps: ...