{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F33ce4299-846f-453d-b7f2-682af83e3379","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Tuesday Tip: Writing At Work\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/33ce4299-846f-453d-b7f2-682af83e3379\"></iframe>","title":"Tuesday Tip: Writing At Work","description":"Here\u2019s a Tuesday Tip for you.\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAaron Orendorff wrote a great article for the New York Times about why your colleagues don\u2019t read your writing (which Elissa Fink, former podcast guest, posted on LinkedIn and caught my eye).\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAs a salesperson and leader, I write a lot at work.\u00a0 Sometimes, people respond. Sometimes they don\u2019t. If you\u2019re like me, you may benefit from these tips from Orendorff\u2019s article.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n \tWrite less often\u00a0<br />\r\n \tUse fewer words\u00a0<br />\r\n \tPut action words in your subject line\u00a0<br />\r\n \tListen more, \u201ctalk\u201d less<br />\r\n \tDon\u2019t answer, ask\u00a0<br />\r\n \tInvert the order: lead with the need\u00a0<br />\r\n \tWrite a people-proof TL;DR<br />\r\n \tDon\u2019t make it about you\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nYou may want to complement this with Tucker Max\u2019s Harvard Business Review article on how to write a cold email.\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe better we can communicate our ideas, the better the influence we\u2019ll have over the outcomes of our lives.\u00a0 \u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nPS - Happy St Patrick's Day!\u00a0 Below is an Irish Prayer to add some color to your day.<br />\r\nThis post is from our new series, Daily Momentum.\u00a0 Each morning, we send a short, inspirational post via email, blog and podcast.\u00a0 You can get it\u00a0directly to your email here.\u00a0 You can\u00a0subscribe on iTunes here\u00a0.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />\r\n\u00a0","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/84060626-235a-42dc-9a40-a1eead6830e0/eAA1TPwy9oTcEamuijU4gpev.png"}