REQUEST LETTER TIPS

• A request letter is written to ask for a favor. Hence the language should be simple and polite.
• Be straightforward and to the point
• Introduce yourself and tactfully address the reader
• Put forward reasonable demands as polite requests.
• Mention the exact point and be brief in communication
• Write where the person can contact you for further details
• If asking for a favor, mention your ways of returning it.
• Do not apologize for asking for the favor. Make it look like it will return another good turn.
• Ask for an appointment or a personal meeting if the favor is too big and requires the involvement of people in higher positions
• Mention alternatives if the favor is too big or according to you maybe beyond the means of the addressee.
• Don’t forget to thank the person.

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