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One Hundred Thousand Subscribers Can’t Be Wrong…

August 26, 2010 – 4:53 pm If you regularly receive my monthly blog updates it is because somewhere along the line over the past few years you chose to sign up for one of my writing help courses and/or you purchased one of my writing help kits. Well, this is just to let you know that ...

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Business Letter Pop Quiz

July 26, 2010 – 9:24 pm More people visit my various writing help websites looking for tips, information and templates for writing “business letters” than any other single subject. I get quite a few questions from these folks wondering about various aspects of writing business letters, including: how to format them, how exactly to word “such ...

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Letter Writing Under the Radar

June 28, 2010 – 1:54 pm Most of my articles and templates on letter writing deal with the most requested letters such as: recommendation letters, reference letters, business introduction letters, cover letters, and a couple of others. Nevertheless, in addition to those usual suspects, there are a number of other letter types for which visitors to my ...

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Business Letters: How To Keep Them Short and To The Point

May 26, 2010 – 12:55 pm We all know how tacky it looks when we put the finishing touches on a letter and it overflows onto the second page by one or two lines. Very unprofessional! Did you know that there are a number of handy little tricks that you can use that will help "squeeze" ...

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Real-Life Sample Letters: The Key To Successful Letter Writing…

April 27, 2010 – 12:31 pm As anyone who has ever purchased one of my writing kits knows, I am a big believer in the value of using “real-life templates” as samples whenever you need to write just about anything, including: letters, resumes, proposals, reports, personal statements, and more. They are especially helpful whenever you need ...

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They’re Called Cover Letters For A Reason…

March 25, 2010 – 5:21 pm I would be willing to bet that when I use the term “cover letter” you immediately think of a resume or c.v. cover letter. Am I right? Well, if I am, don’t worry about it, you aren’t alone. It seems that the vast majority of people think that “cover letters” ...

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7 Tips For Saying Thanks In Writing

February 25, 2010 – 2:03 pm Thank you letters are among the most important letters we will ever write. Whether business or personal, an effective thank you letter needs to be written with sincerity, tact and sensitivity. In fact, an inappropriate or poorly written thank you letter can backfire on you in ways you will never ...

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The Writing Help Top 10 For 2009

January 27, 2010 – 5:15 pm Well, last year was another record-breaker for my main writing help website, writinghelp-central.com! During 2009, more than 5 million visitors from 215 countries went to that site looking for “writing help” advice, information, tips and tricks that are included in ...

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Writing Is The Key To Your Success

January 3, 2010 – 8:27 pm It really doesn’t matter what you do or where you are going in life, one way or another, being able to write reasonably well in your primary language (English in this case) will be critical to whether you are successful or not....

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Introduction Letters Can Be Good For Business

October 26, 2009 – 5:23 pm One of the most frequently sought letter types by people who come to my writing help websites is the “introduction letter” or “letter of introduction”. Similar to the confusion  with a few other letter types that I have already ...

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