As a business owner, you might find yourself corresponding with two organizations on the same topic. Correspondence may pertain to a partnership, a new product being developed or a legal matter.

You wouldn't send a casually worded letter using no recognizable format to another business person if you were discussing competing for a government contract. If you want to be taken seriously as the ...

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 ...