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As some businesses are conducted online, what abt business writing for eg customer service? Would be less formal . What is allowed and not allowed? Like ‘Hello? Cannot!’
Good question. ‘Hello? Cannot!’ is a trending phrase and it’s funny!
B2B (Business-to-Business) writing is different from B2C (Business-to-Consumer) communication. Trending phrases, memes, short forms are accepted in social media and digital marketing posts, especially by fast-moving-consumer-goods type of business.
What can be accepted or not depends largely the nature of business, the platform, the image your company wants to establish, as well the context. If I am dealing with an aggrieved customer because my company’s product has caused a problem, I certainly would not want to be funny.
Even for ‘serious’ business, I believe it’s acceptable to be light-hearted in our communication. It helps to make your brand friendlier.
For people who don’t make the policies in the organization, my advice is to follow the guidelines set by the organization. What the marketing department is allowed to do, can be very different with how you should write an e-mail to customers.
Hope this answers your question.