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- Thank a business for good service, low prices, or professional courtesies
- Thank a doctor or health care facility
- Express appreciation to long-term customers and those who pay their bills promptly
- Thank a religious leader
- Express appreciation to an employee
- Thank a retiree for his or her service
- Thank someone for volunteer work
- Thank someone for helping in your absence
Topics related to appreciation letters
Accept an Honor/Suggestion
Business/Work
- Accept a job offer
- Accept an invitation to a business appointment
- Acknowledge the receipt of a report, letter or other
- Acknowledge the receipt of a resume
- Congratulate someone on his or her retirement
- Encourage/motivate your reader to increase sales
- Relieve someone from delegated responsibilities because someone else will assume them
- Thank someone for an appointment, interview, or meeting
- Thank someone for an award, bonus, or raise
- Write a farewell letter to a person who is leaving employment
- Write a farewell letter to a person who is retiring
- Write a farewell letter to management, co-workers or clients
Customers
- Follow up after a sale to thank the customer and offer service
- Note the anniversary of a customer's company
- Thank a customer for a payment
- Thank a customer for purchasing a product or service
- Thank a customer or client
Employees
- Acknowledge the receipt of a suggestion from an employee
- Announce the appointment of an employee to a committee or position
- Congratulate an employee on the anniversary of his or her service
- Compliment or praise an employee's family for their contribution to the employee's success
- Compliment or praise an employee's work performance
- Note the anniversary of an employee's service
Government/Political
- Congratulate a politician on an election or on the passage of legislation
- Express regret on the defeat of legislation or the loss of an election
- Praise government officials or employees
Media
Personal
Positive Feedback
- Reply positively to a suggestion
- Respond positively to negative feedback
- Respond to a complaint and treat it as valuable feedback
Praise
- Compliment or praise a product or service supplier
- Compliment or praise a program chairperson or planner
- Compliment or praise a salesperson or a sales staff
- Compliment or praise a speaker
- Compliment or praise someone for an achievement
- Compliment or praise the work of an employee from another firm
- Congratulate someone on a speech or presentation
Service
- Accept a request to serve in an honorary position
- Thank someone for a favor
- Thank someone for a gift
- Thank someone for help or support
- Thank someone for hospitality
- Thank someone for a philanthropic contribution
- Write a letter to accompany a contribution to a good cause
Social Event
- Accept a formal invitation to a social event
- Accept an informal invitation to a social event
- Thank someone for a pleasant occasion
- Thank someone for visiting a place or attending an event
Sympathy
Thank You
- Thank someone for a compliment or praise
- Thank someone for a job well done
- Thank someone for a referral or recommendation
- Thank someone for a reply or response
- Thank someone for a speech or presentation
- Thank someone for accepting your advice or recommendation
- Thank someone for advice or a suggestion
- Thank someone for an inquiry
- Thank someone for information
Categories related to appreciation letters
Acceptance
Acknowledgment
Appointment
Compliment
Congratulation
Delegation
Encouragement
Farewell
Follow Up
Goodwill
Government
Response
Sales
Suggestion
Thank You
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