How to recover when you get a name wrong in an email

How to recover when you get a personenname wrong in an schmelzglasHow to recover when you get a name wrong in an emailleMessing up someones name in an email is so embarrassing. But with the number of emails that find their way into our inboxes every day, its probably happened to you.Heres how to recover.Follow-up in a human way after you catch your mistakeWriter Kathryn Shanley writes on LinkedIn about how she did this.close dialogAdvertisementclose dialog/* effects for .bx-campaign-1012257 *//* custom css .bx-campaign-1012257 */.bx-custom.bx-campaign-1012257.bx-type-agilityzone .bx-close z-index 2-ms-keyframes bx-anim-1012257-spin from -ms-transform rotate(0deg) to -ms-transform rotate(360deg) -moz-keyframes bx-anim-1012257-spin from -moz-transform rotate(0deg) to -moz-transform rotate(360deg) -webkit-keyframes bx-anim-1012257-spin from -webkit-transform rotate (0deg) to -webkit-transform rotate(360deg) keyframes bx-anim-1012257-spin from transform rotate(0deg) to transform rotate(360deg) bx-close-inside-1012257 top 0 right 0 /* rendered styles .bx-campaign-1012257 */.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257.bx-active-step-1 .bx-creative *first-child padding 0width auto.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257.bx-active-step-1 .bx-creative background-color transparent.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257.bx-active-step-1 .bx-close stroke whitebackground-color blackborder-style solidborder-color whiteborder-width 1pxbox-shadow 0px 0px 0px 3px black.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257 .bx-group-1012257-3RBnJGC position absolutetop 50%left 50%transform translate(-50%, -50%)z-index -1.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257 .bx-element-1012257-wryzWV5 width 55px.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257 .bx-element-1012257-wryzWV5 *first-child animation-name bx-anim-1012257-spinanimation-duration 800msanimation-iteration-count infiniteanimation-timing- function linear.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257 .bx-group-1012257-lyDBLV9 width 900pxheight 550px.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257 .bx-group-1012257-me4p1bl padding 10px.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257 .bx-element-1012257-ZdLO37u width auto.bxc.bx-campaign-1012257 .bx-element-1012257-ZdLO37u *first-child padding 2px 4pxfont-size 10pxcolor rgb(255, 255, 255)text-transform uppercasebackground-color rgb(0, 0, 0)background-color rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.34)Recently, I sent an email to a prospective client with a job bid. I knew all about her company, what associations she belonged to, what publications she read but obviously didnt learn enough about her because I spelled her name wrong in the salutation I tried not to beat myself up too much because I knew my brain was focusing on the meaning of my email rather than the spelling of her name, she writes. I sent her an email apologizing for my mistake and told her how much it irks me when someone spells my name wrong. She got right back to me requesting more information a bout my proposal and said people often spell her name incorrectly.If youre using Gmail, hit the miraculous undo buttonWeve waited our whole lives for this Having a button that will take back that email within a specific window of time probably couldve saved you a whole lot of anxiety in the past. So take advantage of it.Just make sure youve enabled the featurein Settings first - right now, you can choose to retrieve the message after either five, 10, 20 or 30 seconds.Bonus tip do this before someone messes up your nameIt works both ways - save yourself before youre on the receiving end of this mistake.Writer Stav Ziv writes in The Muse about what to do to prevent someone from calling you the wrong name via email, and features advice from an expert who is the founder of Frable Consulting.Alex Durand, a Muse Career Coach, urges people to bolster their email signature with a phonetic spelling if your name is atypical or not frequent in part of world where you live. In other words, wr ite it out in parentheses the way you would for graduation, Ziv writes.