9 Better Ways to End Your Next Email

9 Better Ways to End Your Next schmelzglas Signing off work emails can feel awkward especially if youre in a back-and-forth conversation with someone. You dont want to sound repetitive or make the recipient feel like youre trying to sound professional, but you also dont want to be unprofessional.So how do you do it?FGBer StellaK took to the community board to ask otherbeis how they sign off on emails.How do you end a work email without annoying the recipients? she asks. Everyone has their own way of signing off... But sometimes when I end with cheers or best, I know I like the way it sounds, but I think it might make the recipient(s) cringe. Maybe its all about knowing your audience, but whats your go-to or most comfortable way(s) to sign off? So curiousFGBers are sharing their go-to sign-offs, as well as sign-offs theyve seen from senders. Heres what they have to say.1. WarmlyAs the recipient this week, I read warmly, at the end of an email and I kind of liked it says JamieJacobs. I think it welches because the person who signed-off has the appropriate personality to pull it off without making it sound weird. But to your point, I was definitely thinking about the sign-off and without even realizing it, I was judging it.But its important to read your audience, as StellaK points out in her original question. Not everyone appreciates this sign-off.I cringe at warmly especially says Krista F.2. Thank youWhen in doubt... Thank you, its too classic to annoy anyone. Right? asks PenelopeSage.Others agree.Usually I end with Thanks or Thanks for your help if I was asking them to do something, says BansheeBailey.But be careful with the thank yous.I dont like thank you as a generic sign off, says Jen Stephens. To me that says there is no genuine gratitude if thank you said to everyone for everything. It makes the phrase meaningless (to me) even for the times you are thankful to that person. And it doesnt always fit the context of the email. A lot of times Im thinking, What are you even supposedly thanking me for? I havent done anything. If I say, thank you, its in the body of the email, and I say what exactly I am thanking them for.3. All the BestI use All the best if its a one-off email to someone I know Im notlage going to probably talk to for a while, says an anonymous FGBer.4. RegardsRegards, is my standard sign off, adds Stephens.5. BestI usually sign off as best for the first few emails I send to someone, says Stephanie Koehler. Once I can get away with it, I leave off the exit greeting until I have something specific to say.6. No Sign-OffMany times I dont even close it with something, says Trinity Griffin. Its weird, but I spend way too much time thinking about which closing greeting will come off the best, that I dont even send one half the time.7. CheersI use Cheers in my email and in real life as well, so people who know me in email land, or in email-land and real-life, or in real-life hear that absolut from me, so its very on-brand fo r me, says barb_hansen. I have that word built into my signature file, so I never have to think about it or type it. The only time I do not end with Cheers is if the email is of a serious nature then I usually just end with my first name and my sig file with Cheers edited out.8. NameI just put my name, says Kathie Thomison. Unless its to a personal friend or family, just keep it business.9. Something ExtraIf Im feeling extra, I exit with Onward and upward, says Lindsey Joe.Meanwhile, Jennifer A. refers to her favorite line from her step-mother.My step-mom (a real estate agent) signed everything with, I hope you are having a great day, and I always liked that, she says. --AnnaMarie Houlis is a feminist, a freelance journalist and an adventure aficionado with an affinity for impulsive solo travel. She spends her days writing about womens empowerment from around the world. You can follow her work on her blog, HerReport.org, and follow her journeys on Instagram her_report,Twitterherrepo rt and Facebook.