How to write the perfect sales letter?
For many companies succesful marketing begins with the successful sales letter. How to write the perfect sales letter?
Read through the following text and choose a suitable word for each blank.
Do you
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stop to think about what happens
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your sales letters after they leave your desk? You may spend hours
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and redrafting them. But do you give a moment's thought to how your reader will
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to them when they arrive? If not, don't write another word until you do.
Before you write your next letter, put yourself in the shoes of the
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. Make it reader-friendly. The majority of sales letters get filed, lost or binned. The reader-friendly letter stands a better
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Rule number one: never insult your reader with what is clearly a mass-mailed letter. True, mass
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is the quickest way of reaching hundreds of potential customers. It's also the safest way of ensuring that your letter ends up in the bin. A short
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letter, which gets to the point and clearly demonstrates a knowledge of the customer's needs, will invariably be better received.
As a general rule, the more important the person, the shorter your letter should be. Managing Directors are
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with mail. They rarely have time to do more than glance at it and are unlikely to respond to your letter themselves. So in writing to MDs be
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. Junior managers, on the other hand, are generally looking for ideas they can
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and present to the boss as their own. Send them long and informative letters.
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