The basic premise behind writing a business letter is to make contact with your target audience. You will want to start by building a relationship. How do you build this relationship?
Well, the first step in writing a business letter format is to identify who your potential customers are. I’ve found it’s easiest to create a spreadsheet and input each customer’s name, address, telephone number, email address, age, etc. into the spreadsheet and hit ‘save’ and then copy and paste the spreadsheet onto your letter head.
Next you will want to identify how your target audience is seeking your message. For example, are they looking for information or are they looking for advice? This may require some research on your part. Many people tend to get lost in all of the information that they receive every day.
If you’re looking for information on the net, there are many articles that will explain how to create an entire letter on their own. Just Google ‘how to write a business letter’. Some of the articles that I’ve read included ‘how to write a sales letter’, ‘how to write a letter to your customers’how to write a letter to the general public’.
If you’re looking for advice on a particular situation, you may want to break the whole letter up into sections or even write several different letters to each of your potential customers. You may choose to email each individual prospect separately or you may decide to send out a series of emails at one time. Be sure to leave enough time between emails for each prospect to respond to your email.
The main purpose of your letter should be to communicate your needs, wants, needs n’t wants and make sure you leave the door open for further communication. It is also important to remember that no matter how great you think your proposal is, chances are your customer will not want to put it into their letter form. You need to make sure that you write your letter in a conversational tone, as opposed to a formal tone.
The purpose of the letter is to communicate what you want, so as to get your message across. Most of your audience has probably heard your pitch a thousand times and not noticed it. The point is to give them the same opportunity to show you that you are not the only person that wants the product or service.
By following these basic steps, you can gain the advantage of using your own business letter format and personalize your emails. And in the long run, your customers will be more likely to buy from you because they know that you’re a real person and not just another cold call trying to sell them on something.
