Is this really true?
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” Plato
A misunderstanding?
Customer: “I’d like to try on that dress in the window.”
Salesman: “Sorry, Madam, but you’ll have to use the changing rooms.”
Let’s make a note
We say that we would like to ‘make a note of something! (notieren!) and not ‘make a notice’!
Great business ideas, don’t you think?
What do you think about box subscription services? People are so busy today that they’re subscribing to services that deliver goods to their doors on a regular basis.
So what sort of things can you order? The London Sock Company has a Sock Club that sends out stylish socks to subscribers every month. The Willoughby Book Club has lots of different book subscription gifts ranging from books for babies to cookery books to gardening books. The London Tea Club sends out samples of three teas a month to match subscribers’ flavour profile. And Cure and Simple sends out bacon, once a week, once a fortnight or once a month!
Read this article on The Telegraph to learn about other subscription box services!
So what do you think about this here? Not-Another-Bill sends out a surprise present every month. Now I do like surprises … So if ever anyone is look for a present for me, I think this would be a SUPERB idea! 😉
What you need to know about writing a business letter
We still need to write letters now and again, don’t we? But do you know what they should look like?
This is the American style (link to thevisualcommunicationguy.com).
The British style is a bit different. For example, we don’t use a colon (:) after the salutation in Britain. In fact, it’s not even necessary to insert a comma after the salutation (the beginning) and the complimentary closing (the ending). So we would write:
Dear Ms Smith
Thank you so much for your … blah, blah, blah.
Yours sincerely
Christine Burgmer
You might like to read the BBC World Service’s article on the conventions of writing a British business letter, just to stay up to date.
On getting started
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” Mark Twain
Isn’t this great advice for all of us?
