This document provides information about business letters, including their format, components, and types. It explains that a business letter uses a specific format on business-related subjects from an individual on letterhead, while a personal business letter is similar but does not use letterhead. The key elements of a business letter are listed as a letterhead, date, inside address, subject line, body, signature, and sender's name and title. Types of business letters include full block with open or closed punctuation, modified with open or mixed punctuation.

1. Admiral Peary AVTS
Entrepreneurship/ Sales and Marketing
Business Letter Information Sheet
Name __________________________________________________________________
Business letter – is a formal letter _________________________
by an individual on a business-related subject. Business letters use
a specific format.
Personal Business letter – _______________________________
_____________________________. Personal business letters
follow the same basic format as business letters.
The main difference between the two letters is that a
personal business letter does not use letterhead.
_____________
_____________________________________________________
_ ______________________________.
Format of a business letter:
An effective business letter should include the following
elements:
• Letterhead that includes company name and address.
Phone and fax numbers are also helpful.
• _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
• Recipient’s name and address, also known as inside
address
• _________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

2. • Body consisting of _____________________________
• _________________________________________________
______________________________________________
• Sender’s name and job title
Margins:
______________________________
______________________________
Types of Business Letters
• Full Block – Open Punctuation
• Full Block – ________________________________
• _______________________ – Open Punctuation
• Modified – Mixed Punctuation
Full block format is often used for business letters because of the
ease and speed of use and its clean, organized look.
Full Block – ____________________________________
_______________________________________________.
Modified Block – _________________________________
_______________________________________________.