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Write Your First Email Line Like A Tweet To Grab Interest

Shared by Brad Down via www.lifehacker.com.au | July 22nd 2010

You notice it when you're reading email, but not so much writing it. Most email clients show just the first 50-75 characters of a message in the inbox view. Write your first line to that limit, and you'll likely get noticed. It s a tip offered up by web PR consultant Steve Rubel, who notes that an ebook author reached through his own crowded inbox and managed to get a click-through with a first line that grabbed him. Rubel dubs it tweetifying of your email s lead sentence, but it s actually about half a 140-character tweet. The idea is the same though let the character limit guide you to a punchier first impression. Read on

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