How to Write a Credit Letter

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A credit letter should be addressed to a person who wishes to open a charge account. That person's name will be found at the beginning of a previously submitted credit application and should be placed in the inside heading and the salutation of your credit letter. It should also be included on the top line of your envelope.

Remember that people do business with people first, businesses second. When you address your reader by name, you recognize their individual importance and value as a human being. In the inside heading of sample credit letter #1, as in all the samples, the reader is identified by both name and position.