Top 5 Mistakes That Kill a Business Letter

This is to inform you that you have promoted to the position of Senior Manager, Logistics. Your promotion is effective from 12 March 2008 and you will be reporting to Ms. Susie. Regards, Hey, how about congratulating the guy? Compare it with this letter. Dear Jo: It gives us great pleasure to inform you that you have been promoted to the position of Senior Manager, Logistics, effective from 12 March 2008. You will be reporting to Ms. Susie. Pease accept our warmest congratulations on this well-deserved promotion. We are confident that you will bring the same level of dedication and commitment to this new profile as you have done in the past. Congratulations and best wishes for your continued success. Warm Regards, Do you see the difference in the two letters? They both communicate the same information, but the second one is sure to touch an emotional chord. Business letters that are more personalised always score over ones that are excessively cold, and formal. So spend some time personalising when writing a business letter [http://www.businessletterguru.com/writing-a-business-letter.html].