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#1 (permalink)   06-29-2008 Remote Admin Services Contributing Member Company name: Remote Admin Services My latest Twitter: Closing out #2011. Remote Admin Services is ready ...   Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 168 Formal Greeting Question/Challenge After 23 years of being an admin, I am struck with a letter-writing greeting first that I hope someone might have had experience. I need to send a sales letter to a chef who actually I know fairly well (he knows me by my face, not my name). Here's the question, do I open the letter as: 1. Dear Chef Smith or 2. Dear Executive Chef Smith or 3. Dear Mr. Smith Any insight would be great! __________________ Lisa George Remote Admin Services Web:http://remoteadminservices.com Blog:http://remoteadminservices.wordpress.com

#2 (permalink)   06-29-2008 Tess Senior Member Company name: Codehead, LLP Latest blog post: SEO Q&A   Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 9,131 Blog Entries: 3 Re: Formal Greeting Question/Challenge Good question! I wasn't sure of the right answer so had to look it up - here's an article that may help...hopefully one of our editors will pop in here with more info! __________________ Create a welcome packet for new clients with this guide and free templates! (Available in PDF and Kindle versions)

#3 (permalink)   06-30-2008 Hettwer_Virtual_Office Contributing Member Company name: Hettwer Virtual Office   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 135 Re: Formal Greeting Question/Challenge From my personal experience, I have used the "Dear Chef Smith". If you know him personally enough where you would use his first name, then that would be acceptable. I am presuming you are addressing the letter to him with his full name and then his title following his name (i.e. Joseph Smith, Executive Chef).

#4 (permalink)   06-30-2008 Remote Admin Services Contributing Member Company name: Remote Admin Services My latest Twitter: Closing out #2011. Remote Admin Services is ready ...   Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 168 Re: Formal Greeting Question/Challenge I checked his website and he just refers himself a Chef, not Executive Chef. So yes, I sent the letter to his attention in the format stated above. Thanks for the help! Not to convince my husband to take me there for our anniversary. __________________ Lisa George Remote Admin Services Web:http://remoteadminservices.com Blog:http://remoteadminservices.wordpress.com