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Every day, humans make snap judgments. In one Princeton study,
participants made assumptions within 100 milliseconds of being exposed
to a portrait. In a similar study on virtual bias, researchers at the University of
British Columbia compared respondents’ in-person impressions with those
obtained by only viewing Facebook photos -- and the results revealed that
passive, virtual impressions tended to be more negative.
BuzzStream and Fractl took this idea a step further to determine if any
parallels exist in terms of email habits. We surveyed more than 1,200 men
and women between the ages of 18 and 64 to find out how they use email,
and how gender, age, and level of education impacted specific preferences
and behaviors. The results reveal how email etiquette influences someone's
perception of other people and compares email habits between different
demographics.

Here's what we found.
Brevity is key, especially with older
recipients.
When writing an email, every word counts. It starts with your subject line:
Open rates drop from 24% to 17% on average when subject lines
exceed 35 characters. And with mobile email open rates rising more than
300% since April 2011, the case for brevity is more important than ever.
Exactly 60% of respondents agreed that a concise email is acceptable,
while less than 30% expressed similar feelings toward longer emails.
Additional findings revealed:
The opposition to verbose emails increases with age: 70% more
respondents between the ages of 55 and 64 find the practice
unacceptable compared with those between 18 and 24.
Females have a slightly higher preference for concise emails
compared with their male counterparts: More than 60% of
women find shorter emails acceptable, while just over 55% of
men share similar views.
Level of education has no effect on length: The majority of each group
-- no degree, bachelor’s degree, and graduate degree -- prefers a
concise email over a longer message.

The top five greetings for all respondents are brief: Each greeting is
only one word attached to the recipient’s name.
The most objectionable email trends concern
grammar, spelling, and fonts.
In today’s increasingly mobile workforce, the popularity of email continues to
rise. According to a study by the Radicati Group, the total number of
worldwide email users will exceed 2.8 billion in 2018, with business emails
accounting for more than 139.4 billion emails sent and received each day.
And with every email you send, the content has the potential to add to or
detract from both your personal and professional reputation. One of the most
common mistakes? Sending an email with grammatical errors.
Most would agree on the importance of proofreading emails, but we wanted
to determine if some participants were more forgiving about mistakes than
others. Our research revealed the following:
Nearly 80% of all respondents find spelling and grammatical
errors the most unacceptable offenses.
More than 70% of each age demographic found more than one
spelling error unacceptable.
Nearly 10% more females find a spelling error more unacceptable

than males do.
Respondents with graduate degrees are slightly more forgiving of
grammatical errors than those with bachelor’s degrees or no degree.
Exactly 70% of all respondents agree that excessive
punctuation should be avoided.
Out of the top 10 objectionable email trends, 4 revolve around fonts --
different font sizes, all-caps subject lines, irregular fonts, and different font
colors. Over 60% of all respondents found these practices unacceptable,
and further analysis revealed:
Changes in font size were disliked the most by respondents: Nearly
70% of respondents prefer fonts to be one size.
The oldest demographic is more receptive to irregular fonts than any
other: Less than 30% believe that using irregular typefaces (e.g.,
Comic Sans, Courier New, Impact, etc.) is “totally unacceptable.”
The majority of male and female respondents have a preference for a
single-colored font.
More than 85% of respondents prefer an all-lowercase subject
line to one in all caps.
Respondents with a graduate degree tend to be slightly more lenient
on multiple font sizes: Nearly 20% find the practice acceptable while
less than 15% of respondents without a degree share similar views.

Older generations want to be perceived as
more authentic, while younger generations
want to sound smarter.
Researchers at Northwestern Law found that online communication has a
limiting effect on persuasion, so it’s no surprise that, overall, most
respondents admitted to rewriting email to sound more intelligent. In fact, out
of the top five characteristics regarding perception, just over 40% of all
respondents listed three that related to intelligence.
However, the motive behind rewriting an email can vary by degree and age.
Additional findings revealed the following:
The top five characteristics for perception are exactly the same for
male and female respondents: intelligent, knowledgeable, helpful,
educated, and reliable.
Nearly 50% more respondents with graduate degrees want to sound
reliable compared with respondents who have no degree.
More than 55% more respondents between the ages of 45 and 54
rewrite emails to sound more authentic compared with those
between 18 and 24.
The younger demographic prefers to sound more knowledgeable,
with nearly 50% more rewriting emails to sound more intelligent
compared with 45- to 54-year-olds.

Nearly 80% of respondents agree that etiquette impacts the
likelihood that they will respond to an email from a stranger. If you rush
to send an email without proofreading, you risk losing business or key
networking opportunities.
Knowing when to keep your correspondence short, when to be more formal,
and even when it’s appropriate to add a bit of humor will help you develop
and nurture valuable relationships. By understanding how age, gender, and
level of education influence perception in email correspondence, you can
tailor your content to align closely with your recipient’s expectations and
ensure stronger, more authentic communication.
Reviewthis deck and the infographic belowfor these findings and more.
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