| For most of us, wading through our inboxes | | | | letter writer is. Email messages most often do not |
| crammed full of messages is a daily routine. | | | | give a full and accurate picture of how you |
| Personal and business messages often filter | | | | perform in business, and so relying on them solely |
| through the same email account, and annoying | | | | for professional communications can be a big |
| junk mail joins in to scramble things even further. | | | | mistake. |
| Many people have abandoned the written letter | | | | There are surely times when it is better to send |
| for the speed and convenience of email | | | | a quick, short email message instead of a longer |
| messaging. But you can set yourself apart from | | | | written letter that needs travel time to arrive in a |
| the crowd by writing letters in today's fast-paced | | | | recipient's mailbox, and some people simply prefer |
| world. | | | | emails to letters. However, even when emails are |
| Do people appreciate getting letters nowadays | | | | necessary that does not mean that you cannot |
| when email messages can be accessed from | | | | and should not also send written letters to them |
| almost anywhere via laptops and cell phones? The | | | | at times. There are rules to writing business |
| answer may surprise you. People do still enjoy | | | | letters that you should educate yourself about so |
| receiving and reading handwritten letters. Many | | | | that your business letters make a professional |
| people in fact are very impressed and touched | | | | presentation to your readers. Plenty of resources |
| when someone takes the time to write them an | | | | exist online and in your local library to help you |
| actual letter instead of sending the quick snippets | | | | with learning how to write effective business |
| that comprise most email messages. | | | | letters. |
| Email messaging has led to less personal contact | | | | Reach out and touch family and friends whether |
| and connecting even among family members. One | | | | they live close by or some distance from you. |
| reason is the culture of the internet where | | | | College students and military service personnel |
| everyone is in a hurry. Because of this hurried | | | | especially appreciate getting letters from home. |
| technological environment, we tend to condense | | | | Writing a letter to them lets them know how |
| the messages we send to others to save | | | | much you care and helps them to "connect" with |
| ourselves precious seconds in composing those | | | | home even from far away. |
| messages and save them time in reading them. | | | | Teach your children the art of letter writing and |
| Worsening this form of communication is the habit | | | | help them to achieve more. Children who write |
| that many people have adopted of sending others | | | | letters develop writing and language skills, improve |
| chain letter messages or large files containing | | | | comprehension, and get better grades in school. |
| photos with little if any real message for receivers | | | | These skills will help them to achieve more in their |
| to connect with those involved. | | | | careers and personal lives as adults. One of our |
| Handwriting a letter forces you to slow down and | | | | responsibilities as parents is to equip our children |
| truly focus on what you want to convey to the | | | | with skills that will help them in attaining their life's |
| reader. Interestingly enough, a handwritten letter | | | | dreams. Help your child stand out and achieve |
| can connect you with the person you wrote it to | | | | their highest potential by instilling in them now the |
| in a more meaningful and powerful way that an | | | | importance of writing letters. |
| email message often can. I would have to say | | | | You can really set yourself apart by writing |
| that one main reason why this happens is that a | | | | letters because if there are not those of us willing |
| written letter allows you to express yourself on a | | | | to do so, the handwritten letter may become |
| more personal level than email messages generally | | | | extinct and we will lose something that we can |
| allow space and thought for, and people relate | | | | never regain if we let that happen. Humans have |
| more easily when it is on a personal level. | | | | an innate need to feel connected with the people |
| Writing letters in business has its advantages as | | | | in their lives and aside from face to face |
| well. Make a good impression with business | | | | interacting with one another, the written letter is |
| associates, and you will be sending an unexpected | | | | the next best way to ensure that happens. |
| and strong message to them. Yes, we are very | | | | Proper communication can convey and accomplish |
| much a technology-driven world, but the essence | | | | many, many things. Through the ages, the written |
| of the written letter that has stood the test of | | | | letter has proven to be a very effective |
| time, has not been lost on everyone. Business | | | | communication tool and thus far standard |
| leaders often find the written letter gives them a | | | | electronic communications have not been able to |
| better insight into the type of businessperson the | | | | match its effectiveness. |