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My old boss insisted on five paragraph follow-ups, but my new mentor says keep it to three lines max
Last month, I sent a follow-up email to a potential client in Austin that was basically a short novel, just like I was trained. They ghosted me. Then a freelancer I met online shared her three-line template and said anything longer gets ignored. Which approach actually gets a reply these days?
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grace_owens916mo ago
Three lines max, no one reads novels.
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the_ben6mo ago
So a guy gets fired and it's all because of long emails? Gray314, you sure there wasn't more to that story? Seems like a big jump from writing style to losing your job. Maybe he was just bad at his actual work.
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gray3146mo ago
Remember my boss who loved long emails? He got fired.
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sam_cooper5mo ago
Honestly, the email length was probably just the final straw for management. The real issue, like the_ben hinted, is that long emails often hide a lack of clear action or results. People just stop reading them, and then you're basically talking to yourself lol.
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