Comments on: Writing the Right Email http://www.notesongamedev.net/resource/breaking-in/writing-the-right-email/ Notes on Game Dev is a collaborative blog with primarily game art and design topics from professional game industry members, educators, and writers. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:42:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Skorpion http://www.notesongamedev.net/resource/breaking-in/writing-the-right-email/#comment-2567 Skorpion Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:52:05 +0000 http://www.notesongamedev.net/?p=367#comment-2567 Good suggestions. Here's one more: 9 - Do NOT send your portfolio as an email attachment Make a proper website and send the link; by sending your portfolio as an attachment, you're just asking to get junked. An additional benefit to having your portfolio on a website is that you can include a link to your portfolio on business cards, in case you meet somebody in real life. He also mentions in point #1 that he's never heard of anybody losing a job because of a poor email subject, but if you send me an email with a generic subject like "Please Read", I can assure you that I'm not going to read it. On the top of your mind should be the question "What can I put in the subject line to assure the recipient that this isn't spam?" Good suggestions. Here’s one more:

9 - Do NOT send your portfolio as an email attachment
Make a proper website and send the link; by sending your portfolio as an attachment, you’re just asking to get junked. An additional benefit to having your portfolio on a website is that you can include a link to your portfolio on business cards, in case you meet somebody in real life.

He also mentions in point #1 that he’s never heard of anybody losing a job because of a poor email subject, but if you send me an email with a generic subject like “Please Read”, I can assure you that I’m not going to read it. On the top of your mind should be the question “What can I put in the subject line to assure the recipient that this isn’t spam?”

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