Writing effective business letters seems to be a thing of the past, but it really shouldn't be. After all, an effective business letter can also be an e-mail. And consider some of the problems that occur in business communication due to improperly created e-mails.Many are far too informal to do the job and far too many people do not use proper capitalization, punctuation, decent grammar, and the spelling is atrocious. Similarly many of these e-mails do not even hold a cohesive thought. It's hard to tell what the author of the e-mail was even thinking at the time. I see you are smiling while you are reading this, probably because you know it's true.If you care very much about the business letters you create, or the e-mails that you send out, I'd like to recommend a very good book to you which was actually written before widespread e-mail use was even available. It's a book that has helped me in my business immensely, and the other day when I was going through all my business b
ooks trying to make more room on my shelves, I didn't have the heart to throw it away, even though it was written in 1985. You can still get a copy and order one on the Internet, I saw one the other day. The name of the book is;"Modern Business Letters," by Joan Harris, 1985There are chapters on how to write an acknowledgement letter, a memo, and an announcement. All perfect for e-mail use. Each chapter has dozens of examples, and there are chapters on letters that you can write to vendors, banks, competitors, and even government agencies. There is a chapter on how to write a letter of intent for business contracts and agreements. Indeed, I'd like to recommend this book to you one more time, so you can go onto the Internet to buy it. Please consider all this.
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