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Greetings!
Welcome to the first issue of the Write For You in
NJ newsletter. Inside you will find tips on
writing, business, and life. Look for the
newsletter every two months -- in the meantime,
check our web site for ways that we can help your
business.
| The Top 7 Tips for Business E-mail |
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Sometimes e-mail is the only way your customers and
potential customers know you -- so keep your e-mails
looking and sounding professional.
1. Use an informative subject line.
2. "Sign" your e-mail (name, company name, phone
number, web site), but keep the signature compact --
if you use a logo,
keep it small.
3. Keep your e-mail short and concise.
4. Limit the number of recipients to only
those who
really need to know.
5. If sending to a large group, list the addresses
as "bcc" -- no one wants to wade through the
recipient list to get to the message nor do they
want their e-mail
address displayed to the world.
6. Do NOT hit "Reply
All" when responding unless
everyone really needs to see your response (if
you can't make the
meeting, only the person holding the meeting needs
to know.)
7. Be very selective about forwarding jokes,
chain letters, virus
alerts, etc. -- Bill Gates is NOT going to give
anyone money for
clicking on a link, no matter what someone's best
friend's sister's
boyfriend's lawyer said -- when in doubt, check
hoaxbusters.ciac.org.
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| Spring is Here, Finally! |
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The poet e.e. cummings knew exactly how to celebrate
Spring (and how to use or not use the rules of
grammar to do it!)
Enjoy!
in Just- by e.e. cummings
in Just-
spring when
the world is mud-
luscious the little lame
balloonman
whistles
far and wee
and
eddyandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring
when the
world is puddle-wonderful
the queer
old
balloonman whistles
far
and
wee
and bettyandisbel
come dancing
from hop-scotch and jump-rope
and
it's
spring
and
the
goat-footed
balloonMan
whistles
far
and
wee
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Book of the Month . . . Eats, Shoots and Leaves |
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This delightful book by British author Lynne Truss
gives a humerous look at the proper use of
punctuation marks. Find out why the Panda, after
eating a sandwich at a cafe, draws a gun and fires
two shots in the air. For other interesting books,
click on the Resources link below.
Getting
Rid of Junk Faxes
Are you deluged by junk faxes? Although I saw
the Toll Free Fax
Removal Number at the bottom of each fax, I thought
that calling those
numbers was just like responding to spam e-mails --
a sure way of
keeping yourself on the mailing list. I
finally tried calling (my son told me to!) and
went from getting two to three faxes per day to
getting only one or two
faxes per month! It works!
Quote of the Month: "Nobody can make you
feel inferior without your permission." Eleanor
Roosevelt
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