Persuasive and Sales Messages Introduction You are planning to write an e-mail to your manager to try to persuade him/her to allow you to attend a computer workshop that will require you to leave work early two days a week for ten weeks. Note: The primary reader is your manager, but a secondary reader may be your manager's superior if further approval is sought. Since your manager probably has no knowledge of the computer workshop, you would want to describe the class and explain why your attendance would benefit both the company and you