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Atricle Dump - Are Smileys Appropriate in Professional Emails?
You’ve made the break from the chains of working for the corporate machine and have decided to become a consultant in your specialist field, be that marketing, IT, HR or Sales.You want the dream of working for yourself and creating greater freedom in your life.Many Independent Business Consultants (IBC) or those considering becoming an IBC do what they do because* They
Appropriateness
Emoticons are neat, and y
Factoring is one of the oldest business practices known. We know that it was used at least as long ago as the time of the Ancient Roman Empire, when merchants would enlist the help of collectors in order to settle trade debts. The primary reason for factoring’s long history is that it addresses a very fundamental problem in business itself: cash flow.Let’s say you run a small company
To solve this problem, users created symbols to convey emotion and express feelings. These symbols are called “smileys.” Another term for them is “emoticons” which stands for emotional icons.
Although there are hundreds of symbols, the most common emoticon is the smiley face. It’s created by typing a colon, a dash, and a closed parenthesis. This is how it appears :-). It may also appear without the nose (that is, without the dash), like this :).
If you’re having trouble figuring this out, look at this symbol :-). Then, lean your head to the left. Or, put your left ear close to your left shoulder. Now, can you see the smiley face?
Appropriateness
Emoticons are neat, and yo
This technique involves paring down your request to something that seems manageable to your prospect. Let's say you are trying to convince someone to purchase a life insurance policy. The client wants a $250,000 policy and you feel that is not high enough for his needs. To adequately take care of his family, you suggest a $500,000 policy. He feels that the monthly payment for a $500
To solve this problem, users created symbols to convey emotion and express feelings. These symbols are called “smileys.” Another term for them is “emoticons” which stands for emotional icons.
Although there are hundreds of symbols, the most common emoticon is the smiley face. It’s created by typing a colon, a dash, and a closed parenthesis. This is how it appears :-). It may also appear without the nose (that is, without the dash), like this :).
If you’re having trouble figuring this out, look at this symbol :-). Then, lean your head to the left. Or, put your left ear close to your left shoulder. Now, can you see the smiley face?
Appropriateness
Emoticons are neat, and y
There’s a park I walk through on the way home each day. It used to be a very pretty park with vast areas of green freshly clipped grass, commemorative benches with gleaming plaques, pristine toilets that won countless awards, trees that have been there for decades and freshly painted playground equipment for the kids to climb over.About a year ago I happened to notice that one of the
Although there are hundreds of symbols, the most common emoticon is the smiley face. It’s created by typing a colon, a dash, and a closed parenthesis. This is how it appears :-). It may also appear without the nose (that is, without the dash), like this :).
If you’re having trouble figuring this out, look at this symbol :-). Then, lean your head to the left. Or, put your left ear close to your left shoulder. Now, can you see the smiley face?
Appropriateness
Emoticons are neat, and y
All industries evolve from the same sequence of events. This includes:Engineering, because the product must be designed;Product, which components interface with which applications; (Beta test)Distribution, how to get that wonderful product out there; (they're 14 ways)Marketing, how can we help those dealers sell more, or, get the public to buy;Service, wha
If you’re having trouble figuring this out, look at this symbol :-). Then, lean your head to the left. Or, put your left ear close to your left shoulder. Now, can you see the smiley face?
Appropriateness
Emoticons are neat, and y
A press release is often your only chance to make a great first impression.Newspapers, magazines and trade publications receive them by the truckload. That means sloppy, inaccurate, pointless releases are the first to hit the newsroom wastebasket. To make sure yours isn't one of them, avoid these 7 Deadly Sins:1. Providing insufficient or wrong information on your press releas
Appropriateness
Emoticons are neat, and you may want to use them when sending email messages to your friends. But, are these symbols appropriate in professional email correspondence? The answer is – it depends.
Emoticons don’t belong in ultra formal email correspondence. Yet, what about less formal situations? Can you use smileys in informal business correspondence where you are comfortable with the recipient? Yes, you can, as long as you exercise caution.
Caution
First, is this level of casualness appropriate for this situation? If informality is acceptable, then it may be okay to use smileys. However, if there is any chance the recipient will consider you less professional or less credible because of such informality, then refrain from using emoticons.
Second, will the person receiving the message
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