In this article, we’ll explain what reminder emails are, how to write them, and why gentle reminder emails are important to support your employees.
Have you ever asked yourself why it’s actually so hard to keep your New Year’s resolutions? In order to form new habits, three things are necessary: repetition, motivation, and endurance. Here you’ll see just how important friendly reminder emails are in actively supporting your employees as they develop successful study routines.
Table of Contents
- What are reminder emails? A definition
- Why reminder emails are important to establish a routine
- How to write a reminder email with Babbel for Business
- What else can you do for the learning success of your employees?
How do you create a sustainable language-learning culture?
In our eBook “4 Steps to a Sustainable Language Learning Culture,” we use a company success story to illustrate how easily you can implement online language courses into everyday work. Download it now for free!
What are reminder emails? A definition
Reminder emails are emails that are sent to remind or prompt someone about a specific task, event, or deadline. These emails are typically used in professional or personal settings to ensure that important information or actions are not forgotten.
Reminder emails often include relevant details such as the purpose of the reminder, the deadline or date, any specific instructions or requirements, and a polite tone to encourage prompt action. They serve as a helpful tool for keeping individuals informed and organized, minimizing the risk of overlooking important responsibilities or commitments.
Why reminder emails are important to establish a routine
Numerous everyday problems can endanger a regular study routine: a full calendar, good excuses, lagging motivation, or even just simple procrastination. After all, anyone who’s already abandoned their New Year’s resolutions in February understands this problem well.
However, we all know successful counterexamples: We already do so many things in our day automatically, such as brushing our teeth! So here you’ll see that with just a little effort, studying can become just like toothbrushing. Of course, at the beginning, it’s hard for any learner to carve out the time and find their concentration.
Consistency is the key to success: When you succeed in integrating studying into the rhythm of your everyday life, it won’t be long before you’re celebrating your successes.
The hardest part on the journey to developing your new habit is establishing a routine. That’s where short reminders come in: They motivate learners to organize their lessons and consistently return to studying. With this approach, you can actively support your team: Regular, short reminder emails — in a friendly, motivational tone and packed with helpful tips — set your employees on the path to learning success.
How to write a reminder email with Babbel for Business
Of course, our Babbel for Business Account Management Team is here to help you draft these friendly reminder emails, with helpful templates and numerous additional suggestions for what to include to keep your employees learning. For example, we’ll include tips about the learning process or special content tailored to the learning language or informative links to material on the B2B Blog — and this will create a motivational language learning experience for your employees. In this way, learners can use different approaches and different media to create successful new study habits.
With the help of these small but effective reminder emails, your team will quickly develop a regular study rhythm and great new learning habits!
What else can you do for the learning success of your employees?
Of course, it’s important to keep in mind that developing a study rhythm will come more naturally to some learners than others! In this case, it pays to engage your employees in conversation — find out exactly what’s troubling them, and then you can better understand how to surmount these hurdles successfully.
Additional tips to engage reminders to maximize employee language learning success include setting up reminder notices on the company calendar, hanging motivational posters, and organizing community language lunches or study contests where employees can share their successes with each other.
How do you create a sustainable language-learning culture?
In our eBook “4 Steps to a Sustainable Language Learning Culture,” we use a company success story to illustrate how easily you can implement online language courses into everyday work. Download it now for free!
