SELF IMPROVEMENT

business letter
Processing business letters - even today - is fiddly and fussy, compared with the blissful simplicity of email.
Old fashioned structure, modern style
Highlighted and ridiculed by the casual nature of email, the quaint formality of the old fashioned business letter seems positively Dickensian and totally inappropriate for the way we do business now.
Use the formality of structure that makes the business letter the bullet-proof form of communication it has come to be. Formal letters
When you write to a title the salutation is "Dear Sir," "Dear Madam," or if you want to play it safe, "Dear Sir/Madam." When you write to an organization it's "Dear Sirs," Dear "Mesdames," or again if you want to
play it safe (but labor the point) "Dear Sirs/Mesdames."
Less formal letters
This is where you have a name. Layout
Your company name and address (usually done in the letterhead's design)
The date
The addressee's name, title, company name and address
The salutation ("dear so-and-so")
The topic of the letter ("re:" whatever)
The body of the letter
The sign off ("Yours whatever")
Your own name and title
Traditionally, your own address should go at the top right of the letter, with the date underneath it on the right. If your letter goes on to a second page, where it breaks on page 1 create a space then to the right key in "cont'd." Business letters are not literary works. Start by making notes as if to yourself. If you build up your letter along these lines you'll find that your style is clear and straightforward, with no unnecessary adjectives, adverbs, business phrases, "corporate speak" or other business BS that some people use in business letters.