Starting a formal letter to a company has several purposes. The letter must introduce the writer, provide contact information and reference the reason for the communication. The start of the formal ...

In today’s world, people deal with most of their business communications through email. However, that doesn’t mean the formal letter is obsolete. Although used less often, a printed business letter, ...

They're fun, they're analog and they keep you connected to your loved ones. Journalist and author Rachel Syme explains how to write a great letter... Need more whimsy in your life? Start a ...

Formal letters differ in some key ways from e-mail and even from professional memos. The purpose of a formal letter is often serious: It may be a formal application for a job, a formal statement of a ...

Dana Miranda is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance® who's been writing about money management and small business operations for more than a decade. She writes the newsletter Healthy Rich about ...

This story was originally published on April 24, 2025, and has been updated. The art of letter writing is not dead. Rachel Syme, a New Yorker staff writer, learned that during the early days of the ...