Mondays are the worst day of the week, and it is not because the alarm sounds and we want to disappear from Earth, or because we have five long days left until the weekend arrives and we can disconnect. On top of all that, Monday is the worst day to write an email , according to a study by Bloomberg, a company that tracks email performance.
According to this study, which analyzed 250 thousand messages sent by the network, Monday is the day that more errors are committed, reason enough not to receive feedback. Spelling mistakes or texts that are too short or long in the subject can have consequences: the more errors a subject has in an e-mail , the less likely it is to receive a reply.
The conclusions of the study were the following: e-mails without any error in the matter received a response of 34%, while in those matters that had some lack the response percentage dropped to 29%.
But in addition to misspellings and subject length, one of the biggest mistakes that few receivers forgive (least of all on a Monday ) is starting the first letter of a sentence in lowercase .
On the other hand, the probability that someone will answer your e-mail on a Monday is low, not only because of the mistakes that e-mail may have, but also because of the humor with which many of us start the week. As the days go by, the chances of writing correctly and of being answered are higher, especially during the weekend (Saturdays and Sundays).
In short, the rush was never good, so you should spend more time checking the spelling , checking that the message is clear and concise, that the subject contains between three or four words and that the content expresses some positive sentiment.
Edith Gómez is an editor at Gananci
