Productivity · Beginner · about 15 minutes

Professional email — writing for a decision, not for a record

You send a 300-word email explaining a situation and end with 'please advise'. Three days pass. You follow up.

You need

Draft: 'Dear Sir, I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to bring to your notice regarding the vendor discussion we had last month with M/s Kaveri Polymers.

Tool

Any assistant with your voice samples

You get

1. THE ASK, as I understand it from your draft: unclear until the last line, and even then 'kindly advise how to proceed' does not say what you want.

Time saved

Email drafting from 12 minutes to about 3, and decisions in one round trip instead of three.