I need information on how to write business emails?
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Frequent business users of electronic mail face a tidal wave of written words. They feel increasingly swamped by the quantity of written text they are expected to read every day. This feeling comes as no surprise when you consider an estimated one billion messages will be sent worldwide by the year 2000. Technological developments, instead of making our lives easier, can cause increased workloads and even lead to stress, as managers are now required to wade through volumes of technological mail each day; this includes mail which directly concerns them, indirectly concerns them and mail that does not concern them at all.\n\nInstead of welcoming the correspondence, managers are beginning to dread the news of incoming mail and fear the task of untangling messages that are often irrelevant, longwinded or just plainly trivial. One American multinational has even taken the extraordinary step of banning the use of internal mail and gone back to promoting face to face communication within the organisation.\n\nSo how can the business e-mail writer make the message more reader-friendly and appropriate? The main problem lies with how the writer currently views the very medium of electronic mail to convey his or her message. The tone, language and structure used often resembles that of a telephone call: \n\ngrammatically incorrect \ncursory \ndisorganised \nfull of irrelevancies \n\n\nStriking an appropriate tone\nWriters of business e-mails often aim for a cheerful, informal tone, irrespective of who the reader is and how well he, or she, is known to the writer. The tone used needs to be more formal but at all times polite. There is no excuse for rudeness in the form of abruptness. The writer should never forget that his e-mail message or lotus note can be distributed and hard copies circulated and kept on file for years. They can be read at any time by numerous people at different levels in an organisation and reflect well, or indeed badly, on the writer and the company he or she is representing.\n\nMany writers assume that readers of e-mails expect the first paragraph to consist of social pleasantries and not to supply this would constitute a social blunder. This idea is misplaced. An opening sentence along the lines of "It was good to talk the other day" is sufficient before getting down to the main point of the message. A busy manager would far prefer that the information is conveyed in a direct meaningful way and not have to plough through distracting sentences before getting to the crux of the matter.\n\n\n\nStructure and flow\nIn longer e-mails there is often evidence of unformulated thoughts and detailed working-outs of how conclusions have been reached. Disorganised ideas, long-winded and confusing sentences are rife, all implying that the writer has given little consideration to the poor reader trying to make sense of the information.\n\nOf course, writing directly on to a computer screen has a major disadvantage: the speed with which it is possible to write a document does not encourage much thought to go into its very structure. But speed does not equate quality. If business communication today is about putting over ideas and information in a way that the intended meaning can be grasped quickly, then more time needs to go into planning the structure of the document. A well-structured e-mail will help the reader to understand the writer's ideas fully and follow the logic of the writer's argument.\n\nThe use of headings and bullet points will also make the text more digestible. Readers find information in large blocks of text difficult to take in, so breaking the text up with headings, bullets or numbered points will all help ease the task. Headings will guide the reader and prepare him for what is to follow, while the use of bullets make certain points jump out and become more memorable.\n\n\n\nHow can layout help the e-mail reader?\nOne of the main advantages of using electronic communication is the plethora
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send them an email telling them what it is
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Yes, email etiquette exists and there are many do's and dont's. You can't learn it all in one sitting but I'll coach you for a fee. I'm in the 97th percentile for writing skills among U.S. high school graduates and have proof from the Michigan Board of Education.
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Check out www.writeexpress.com
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Correspondence to business and organisations has to be written in a formal manner. \nA cover Letter should never be longer than one page.\nMention achievements or strengths, apart from your qualifications and job experience. (uncertain what is meant here). Check out Writing about your achievements.\nYour letter should be address to a specific person. Job research is very important. One of the results of your job research should be the name of the person responsible for the recruitment. \nKeep the letter to the point. The letter must be easy to read and follow.\n\nDo not send a hand written cover letter if you are not asked. If the job advert specifies a http://www.cvtips.com/letter_writing_sample.html letter writing sample then send one! Make sure the letter is error free and that the same font is used throughout. Make sure that your letter and CV are similar in style.\nUse top quality stationary. The envelope, the paper and the style of your CV stationary should match that of the cover letter.\nMake sure that whatever you write in your cover letter is backed up by facts or at least be able to convincingly back them up in the interview.\nConvey your enthusiasm about the job opportunity. You have to show that you are confident in your expectations about the job selection but do not be 'cocky'.\nSign your cover letter and write your name in block capitals under your signature.\n\nMore details on http://www.cvtips.com/how_to_write_a_cover_letter.html
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For business emails, I use:\n"Warm regards"\nIn the past I've used:\n"Best regards" or "Thanks, and regards,"\n\nFor personal emails, I use:\n(an icon of a flower) Name\nor "Lots of love", "Much love" or just "Love"
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Here are some resources that can help you write your marketing plan. These websites discuss what marketing plans should have:\n\n- SBA Marketing Plan http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/marketing/basics.html\n- Writing a Marketing Plan and Marketing Plan examples http://www.mplans.com/dpm/allarticles.cfm\n- Creating Your Marketing Plan http://www.powerhomebiz.com/marketing/marketplan.htm\n\nHere are some resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare  Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan  Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html\n- SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\nS- ample Business Plan  General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid=1081945275913&lang=en\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan \n\nHope that the above resources help
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Check this one out-\nhttp://www.corporateflyer.net/CorporateFlightAttendantCoverLetter.htm\n\nGo to http://www.flightattendants.org and check out their advice & resources\n\nThis link (opened in Microsoft Power Point viewer) explains what to write in a cover letter-\nhttp://www.tim.hawaii.edu/_documents/the%20cover%20letter.ppt
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Look on www.sba.gov they have samples as well as sheets to print out for your use. Hope this helps
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http://www.libraryonline.com/letter_templates.html\nhttp://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~csb7/etcweb/businessletter.html
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I'm not sure what kind of form or commercial letter you're looking for, but take a peek at:\nhttp://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/BusinessLetter.html\nMicrosoft has letter templates for Word at:\nhttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/default.aspx
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The best way writing an email address on the web is "email [at] domain [dot] com"
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you can try 9cays.\nhttp://9cays.com/\nIt's a group email thing that you can have everyone come to that page and write down what they want to say. then you can send the final email to the friend who is supposed to receive it.
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Here's How: \n\n\n1. Use block style - do not indent paragraphs. \n\n2. Include address of the person you are writing to at the top of the letter, below your company address. \n\n3. After the address, double space and include date \n\n4. Double space (or as much as you need to put the body of the letter in the center) and include the salutation. Include Mr. for men or Ms for women, unless the recipient has a title such as Dr. \n\n5. State a reference reason for your letter (i.e. "With reference to our telephone conversation..." \n\n6. Give the reason for writing (i.e. "I am writing to you to confirm our order...") \n\n7. Make any request you may have (i.e. "I would be grateful if you could include a brochure..." \n\n8. If there is to be further contact, refer to this contact (i.e. "I look forward to meeting you at...") \n\n9. Close the letter with a thank you (i.e. "Thank you for your prompt help...") \n\n10. Finish the letter with a salutation (i.e. "Yours sincerely,") \n\n11. Include 4 spaces and type your full name and title \n\n12. Sign the letter between the salutation and the typed name and title \n\nTips: \n\nKeep the letter brief and to the point \n\nDo not use shortened verb forms - write them out (i.e. "don't instead of do not") \n\nAlways keep a copy of correspondence for future reference
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right click on them and send them email
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Go to http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/ or http://www.bplan.com/ where you will find sample plans and instructions on how to write a business plan
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in this case write your email in win word or notepad then copy & paste in your email text box. that's it.