Some parents still find thank-you notes important, while others don't. Parenting experts say teaching kids to express ...

Ashley Graef says one executive was so taken by her thank you note that he hired her to ghostwrite for him for several years.

She hand-wrote him a thank you note after their meeting, expressing her gratitude for his time. Graef tells CNBC Make It that he was taken by the gesture, noting that "nobody ever does this anymore." ...

Include the customer's name at the top of the note (i.e., "Dear Chloe.") This will make the thank you note seem more personal and less like a standard form letter.

Robert St. John says whatever he’s done, whatever he’s built, whatever he’s been blessed to be part of—it wasn’t done alone.