http://www.englishforums.com/English/FormalGeneralBusinessLetter-Writing/Forum5.htmFormal letter-writing questions, how to write a cover letter, general, business, official, reference, character, leave, sponsorship, or invitation letter, CVs, writing to an English company, Learn how to start and end a letter.enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/AGoodBusinessLetter/cphdq/post.htm#243298Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:14:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:243298Gino760http://www.englishforums.com/English/AGoodBusinessLetter/cphdq/post.htm#243298http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments5-243298.xml(Letterhead) To: Personnel Officers Dear Sir / Madam: We are glad to inform you that the above corporation (the letterhead) is already conducting lectures on values formation as well as actual on-the-job training on applicants of different companies held in the above stated (the address on the letterhead or can be different address). The lectures and trainings provided by the said company are intended for the purpose of preparing the applicants of your company for a global competition and apprising them of different positve attitudes for their efficeincy. Furthermore, the said lectures and trainings are intended to save your time, effort and expense in providing the applicants actual trials/tests in your...http://www.englishforums.com/English/AGoodBusinessLetter/cphdq/post.htm#242879Sat, 23 May 2009 16:14:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:242879nona the brit1http://www.englishforums.com/English/AGoodBusinessLetter/cphdq/post.htm#242879http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments5-242879.xmlLetterheads normally contain all contact information for the company, so do include the phone number etc. Your planned letter is far too long. It sounds as though you are just writing to these companies out of the blue so you need to keep it short and sweet. they won't want to spend 10 minutes reading through a long letter from someone they don't even know. The letter needs to get their attention and make them interested in your service so that you can discuss the details with them afterwards. It shouldn't go into every little detail itself. Make the special offer the first thing you talk about - I get tons of letters and leaflets 'on-spec' in my business and I quickly scan them for literally only a couple of seconds to see if I...http://www.englishforums.com/English/AGoodBusinessLetter/cphdq/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 16:14:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:242827Heimdall2http://www.englishforums.com/English/AGoodBusinessLetter/cphdq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments5-242827.xmlI am college freshman writing a business letter for my dad's business oversea. I'm doing so because no one at his place speaks/writers acceptable English. So, I am drafted to write a letter (not e-mail) for him to a big company requesting for partnership. The my dad's marketing manager sketched me general idea that started as a 130 word e-mail. Talk about responsibility. Even though I plan to be an English major (not business major, and I’m ESL to a certain extent), I have no idea whether I'm doing this right. I've written cover letters for college applications before, but that's a completely different business, no pun intended. Anyways, I looked through Wikipedia for info on business letters, but I still have a few more questions....