Email sign offs | Alternative phrases to “looking forward to hearing from you“

Hello students! I'm going to show you different ways to sign off an email. You will learn the best ways to end an email, including tones for confident, casual and formal email sign offs.

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-----TODAY’S LESSON

In this lesson, we’re going to cover alternative email closings to, “looking forward to hearing from you“. Despite being a popular email sign off, in my opinion it doesn't create the most business-like impression. I am going to show you ways to change this phrase to modernise it so that you can create a much better business impression.

I'm going to give you three alternative phrases that you can use to finish an email, and each one of them has a different tone. You might want to swap between these email sign offs as you address different people. For example, we might want to create a confident impression, or sometimes it might be necessary to be formal in our communication, while other times it’s ok just being casual.

[0:00] email sign off introduction

------[1:16] Confident email sign off

“I look forward to your input on this”

This alternative email sign off is similar, however there is a subtle change to make the tone less ‘needy’ and more confident.

-----[2:26] Formal email ending

“Awaiting your input on this”

This time I am keeping the same ending, but I am using the formal word, “awaiting”. This word isn’t usually used in day-to-day speech. It is an older word which means "waiting", is acceptable to use in an email if you want to create a more formal impression.

-----[3:25] Closing an email with a casual tone

“Interested to hear your input on this”

If you want to keep your email casual and leave the impression that you are a relaxed businessperson, this phrase can be used instead to sign off your emails.

-----[4:17] Alternative words to use in your email endings

We can swap out the ending of these phrases to create more variations. Here are some alternatives:

“Feedback” - "I look forward to your feedback on this”
“Thoughts” - “I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this”
“Opinion” - “I look forward to getting your opinion on this”

-----[5:41] How to write your email to get a response

If you want to get a response to your email without having to chase with another email, you should mention when you would like a response by and give them a reason why.

-----LESSON ROUNDUP

Thank you for watching this lesson. I really hope that you enjoyed it You should now have a variety of ways to sign off your emails and you will never have to write "looking forward to hearing from you" again.

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[mariaelenavecchione]

'See you later alligator' still is the best in my opinion ! 🤗

[richardwong]

I prefer the traditional phrase "I look forward to hearing from you". This phrase has stood the test of time and carries a clear and polite message.
During the internet boom in the late 1990's and early 2000's some young guys tried to outdo each other in meetings by saying words and terms that even they themselves did not understand. Those meetings were meaningless and it was emperor's new clothes by pretending to be too clever.
I learned the words "input" and "output" in the 1970's in my engineering degree course, in addition to "escalation". All these words have evolved in the last forty years. Anyway, language is evolving all the time, just like fashion. My late dad used to tell me that what I was wearing was outdated because he had worn something similar in his youth.

[Parawingdelta]

Words like 'Input' 'Output' and 'Feedback' seemed to emerge from electronic and computer jargon and infiltrated into a trendy way of speaking in the eighties. Personally, I'd rather use more traditional terms like 'view' or 'perspective'.

[Beth]

Hi Jade, it depends what your email is about. If it is a job application, “I look forward to your input on this” sounds odd and “I look forward to hearing from you” is more appropriate.

[maxi-me]

This so well explained, thank you!

As a tradesman, I have no formal training in business. Yet with the advent of digital field tech over the last couple of decades, It has become increasingly necessary to correspond directly with the shiny shoes people.

Signoff has been a particular struggle as it is rarely clear which level of management I am directing my communication toward (typically a half-dozen cc's attached to an email)
The push-prompt mentioned at the last of the video is too genius.👊

[rocky]

I think her advice is poor actually. “I look forward to hearing from you” does what it says on the tin. It’s not pushy at all. it simply reminds the recipient that the ball is in their court. All this “input” stuff is cold, just like the presenter! If you want to - just say please let me have your views/thoughts.

[rahmancelen]

Young generations are quite lucky to have the opportunity to learn English from such a talented teacher Jade Joddle.

[seanmusicianinklang]

Some people might think your tone is boring. However, I am amused how I got so engaged to your accent and your thoughtful teaching. You have my subscription!

[tictochelvetica]

Even sometimes, native speakers are using that boring sign-off phrase zillion times.Grateful to find this video.Thank You, JJ😉!

[salsabil]

As a fellow Biz English trainer I don´t agree that input/feedback can replace ´I look forward to hearing from you (soon)´ in every case. Input/ feedback are much more context specific - when for example someone´s opinion/views are sought - and cannot imho be used when a simple reply is all that is required. ´I await your response with interest´could be a better general alternative?

[DmitryDaren]

hearing from you" is broader in meaning, it could be that your counterpart is not to provide input (yet) but could recommend another party, request more time to evaluate the situation, process something, etc... Just "the ball is in your court" as somebody said below. Whereas 'input' is concrete input to the case... so, it's more demanding, I think. Been watching a few vids of yours until now.

[ConanSoshi]

Hi Jade, thank you for the head turning content. I found this really cool. Can we add add towards the end of the sentence: if you care to chip in.

[evelinereherreher]

Thank you for your modernised versions of an outdated expression.

[hoptanglishalive]

Personally I don't think “looking forward to hearing from you“ is pushy. At least, not compared with "I want the damn report on my table in five minutes!"

[kalikontogiorgi]

Very useful Jade, thank you....we are expecting more videos on business subjects

[AZ-uhgj]

Simply - great topic and reminder of variety of phrases availability. Thank you.

[tearsofmodernromance]

Thank you for making these helpful mini lessons. Love your videos... it would be great if you could step fully to the side so as to show the whiteboard in the end, so we can take screenshots!

[MrCarlesXX]

Amazing teacher, easy to understand what you're explaining and interesting topics. Many thanks and congratualtions!

[lilisdotcom]

Excellent, it sounds modern and professional. Thank you Jade for these great alternatives!

[shakthissimplekitchen]

I look forward to more videos from you. Good. Thank you.