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    Thanks for your help in writing a business letter.

Tina Casalino
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Tina Casalino is a professional writer and editor, as well as a former journalist who has written and published more than 50 articles ranging from news stories and business profiles to local news and education.

Besides journalism, her more than 10 years of writing experience includes internal communications and public relations writing including press releases and marketing plans, pitch letters, and corporate biographies. Additionally, she has experience writing website content and company newsletters, as well as resumes and cover letters for potential job seekers.

Tina is a graduate of San Jose State University where she received her B.A. in English (concentration in career writing) with a minor in Journalism.

In her spare time, Tina also works as an established proofreader, and her current proofreading clients include a busy Bay Area freelancer, a Los Altos chiropractor, an advertising agency in SF and a nonprofit organization in the East Bay.

How to Proofread a Business Letter

Writing expert Tina Casalino describes the fundamental elements that can be applied to any business letter.

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Tina Casalino: Hi, my name is Tina Casalino and my company provides writing and proofreading services. Today I am going to show you how to write a business letter and in this final clip I am going to provide couple of last tips before you send that letter off. In the old days we just had to resort to the fifty pound dictionary to make sure that there no typos in our letters. These days we have much simpler choices. Nearly every word processing program has the spell checker and grammar checker to help make sure that your letter is accurate.

If this is a non automatic function, it should be easily accessed through the pull down menu. The challenge left for you is to make sure that your key messages the ones you want to convey in this letter are clearly stated. One way to do this is to go back and look at that scratch paper, make sure that the bullet points that you had written out, they are coming across.

One helpful tip is to pass your business letter on to your friend or a colleague and have them read it or if you don't have time read it out loud. This will help you realize whether it makes sense. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by this or any other writing project. Feel free to consult with a professional. I hope these tips have helped you write your next business letter and thanks for watching.

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