E-mail Still Legit in Business

Most parents don’t know what kids are doing 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 things are written down in business, and the ‘cool’ way to do it, is writing emails that make potential business partners take you seriously.

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 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 in effective e-mails, if you detect that they are leaning towards business.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.