The use of Internet technology has
made the effective communication of
thoughts and ideas in a variety of
formats and styles possible. Good Website
design alone, however, does not assure
that one's intended business message will
get across as well as planned and hoped
for. Good writing and presentation skills
are also important factors to consider in
the overall communication process.
Robert Bly has written The
Encyclopedia of Business Letters, Fax
Memos, and E-Mail to assist people to
create a variety of important business
correspondence that can be put to use in
the office and online. Bly, the author of
The Copywriter's Handbook, offers his
readers some quick solutions to meeting
many practical business correspondence
needs. He provides plenty of samples
throughout the book that cover a broad
range of business needs, including
correspondence with colleagues, vendors,
employees and employers, customers,
handling complaints and requests, making
collections, and producing sales and
direct marketing letters.
Readers will be impressed with the
ease with which they can learn to create
their own business letters. Following the
guiding principles, samples, and
instruction in this book will result in
generating favorable responses in making
sales, marketing products and services,
issuing warnings for poor worker
performance, making the firing of people
much easier to accomplish (gulp!),
terminating services, apologizing for
poor performance, and many other tough
real-life circumstances they are likely
to face in the business world someday!
Bly offers some very helpful tips on
customizing letters to meet specific
circumstances such as time-sensitive
communications, varying message tone,
generating favorable responses with
creative wording, and preparing
correspondence intended for faxing and
e-mailing. Bly cautions his readers by
reminding them that once someone sends an
electronic communication there may be no
way to stop it from reaching its
destination. Watch your words and
emotions!
Readers will learn how to produce many
top-notch communications for any purpose,
including office correspondence, faxes,
e-mail, newsgroups, and Website design
use. This book will assist business
people of all levels of experience to get
any message across much easier with more
confidence! This is an indispensable
business writing guide. Look good in
print and online! Highly recommended for
novice business owners!