Etiquette expert Diane Gottsman explains how to write a proper thank-you note with grace and ease, even if you're not a writer. Even as a writer, however, I struggle with this type of writing.

A few months back a friend volunteered to dog-sit for me while I was out of town. When I arrived home, I thanked her for her service and handed her an envelope with a few bills inside. What was ...

Every entrepreneur at one time or another has probably sat around the dinning room table presenting his or her brilliant business concept to an uncle, college buddy or colleague hoping to fineness a ...

If you were Googling “thank-you note after interview” in the hopes that someone on the World Wide Web would tell you they’re outdated and relieve you of your duty, you’re in the wrong place. Like it ...

Whether you're writing a thank you note for a gift, a favor done by a friend, or for someone's presence, we can all admit that thank you notes are the first thing to be read (and, sadly, thrown away).

Receiving a gift from anyone is always a treat and a pleasure. The idea that someone went out of their way to think about what you might like, made a special trip out to purchase that thing, took the ...

Phone calls are great. But when you want to say something important, writing a note, especially a handwritten note, can be even more powerful. Why? Notes are unexpected. (Who writes letters anymore?) ...

Lindsay VanSomeren is a personal finance writer based out of Kirkland, Washington. Her work has appeared on Business Insider, Credit Karma, LendingTree, and more. Lindsay VanSomeren is a personal ...

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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Twenty years ago, I wrote a thank-you to a man named Brian from the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority. I was on a recycling field ...

If you borrow or lend money, a promissory note sets the terms and details of your loan. Though it might seem like another boring document to be skimmed quickly, it's a key component of loans with very ...