Show Me The Money E-Mail

Most parents don’t know what kids do online. One thing for sure, they want to be rich and famous, like yesterday.  ‘Show me the money,’ is the script they know by heart.

Parents should instill at an early age that in business, things are written down and the ‘cool’ way to do it, is writing emails that make potential partners conclude you are a serious player. Electronic mail is basically writing a letter. It is still an effective business tool despite all the platforms brought about by the digit present.

Parents can supplement what kids are taught in school by teaching them how to write an e-mail, especially rich kids because they have laptops.

Most kids are hungry for easy money brought about by online opportunities. They download stories of teens that drop out of school to run profitable business ventures.

If it is business, it needs communication. If it’s communication, it needs e-mail. If it’s business, it has certain ways of doing things, a culture of some sort.

In the film Boyz N The Hood, the teenager answers the home phone with ‘Yo.’ It was his mother, played by Angela Bassett. She was not amused.

E-mails, no matter how brief they are answer these questions: Who what why where and when? Business hook-up that started online will need well-written communication for it to succeed, no matter the type of business.

Coach kids how to craft effective e-mails, if you detect they are leaning towards business.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.