Memos are usually in-house correspondence to someone you've already established contact with .

The use of memos has expanded to cover the same sorts of purposes as letters. Currently memos sometimes used for:

1. requests
2. claims
3. adjustments
4. orders
5. sales
6. credit
7. goodwill
8. announcements
9. records of agreement
10. informal follow-ups to telephone conversations
11. report transmittals and
12. proposals.

While formal letter writing has decreased in the age of electronic mail (Email), memos will probaly survive because of their concise visibility.

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