Comments on: Addressing E-mails with “Dear Sir/Madam” http://www.businessemailetiquette.com/dear-sirmadam/ "The brighter you are, the more you have to learn..." Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:27:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Judith http://www.businessemailetiquette.com/dear-sirmadam/#comment-816 Judith Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:13 +0000 http://beee08.web.aplus.net/?p=202#comment-816 Hey, Eve: Hmmm... that's always a tough one. How to not sound too generic while making sure you maintain the appropriate level of formality. What I use in these instances where I know a group of whom I do not know or know their gender will be viewing my request, is "Hello" or "Hello All". I cringe over the "Dear Sir or Madam" because the is so impersonal and what spammers and lazy inquirers use. Plus if it is a group it would have to be Dear Sirs and Madams which really sounds off. By sending to a group do you mean you have all the individual names and addresses? If you do, then I would use <a href="http://tinyurl.com/arhx6" rel="nofollow">VerticalResponse</a> which will allow you to address each person individually even though it is a mass e-mail while looking like a pro for pennies on the dollar. HTH! Hey, Eve:

Hmmm… that’s always a tough one. How to not sound too generic while making sure you maintain the appropriate level of formality.

What I use in these instances where I know a group of whom I do not know or know their gender will be viewing my request, is “Hello” or “Hello All”. I cringe over the “Dear Sir or Madam” because the is so impersonal and what spammers and lazy inquirers use. Plus if it is a group it would have to be Dear Sirs and Madams which really sounds off.

By sending to a group do you mean you have all the individual names and addresses? If you do, then I would use VerticalResponse which will allow you to address each person individually even though it is a mass e-mail while looking like a pro for pennies on the dollar.

HTH!

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