But be careful not to misuse text or youll turn off a woman youre trying to pursue.

What is text message etiquette. Text Messaging Etiquette. And by following some simple SMS rules you can avoid customer backlash and steep fines and instead forge meaningful. If you get a brief one- or two-word reply dont take it personally because the sender.

This is the most important rule. Please feel free to share them with your friends and family who may not know the error of their ways. For both personal and professional texts its a good idea to proof before hitting send.

Sure they can help to soften the tone of a text message more on that in a while but theyre not businesslike and people wont take you seriously if you use them. Before you send the message ask yourself if its appropriate to send via text. My husband has an old iPhone and while he can receive group texts.

But so far no one offers encrypted text messaging technology. In general text is considered as an informal and less personal medium. But seriously if someone wants to talk to you on the phone theyll call you.

If you blame autocorrect or the speech-to-text feature for silly errors you dont come across in your best light. Slightly different than the mass text is the group text. A bait text is when you say something that is supposed to illicit you the response you hoped for and simultaneously tests the guys intelligence level and level of interest in you.

The second rule of business texting etiquette is to avoid emoticons which are very very casual. Dont text anything confidential private or potentially embarrassing. Unless youre working with a group of people who are all in their teens stick to plain old words.