Friday, May 8, 2009

Business Writing that Works

Business writing is a skill that everyone can learn with practice. If you want to get your message across easily, then this is a skill worth learning. We feel that clear, simple and easy to understand writing reflects a clear (and intelligent) mind.

We would like to offer you some guidelines to create an interesting piece. To build a powerful article, white paper, blog post, book or ebook first consider the audience. Then insert some of your personality and your natural writing style to communicate.

Since the goal is for your reader to understand your message easily, here are 10 ways to win them over:

1. Use short words

2. Use clear words

3. Use words correctly

4. Use concrete words

5. Avoid unnecessary words

6. Write in the active voice

7. Use positive words

8. Use personal words

9. Use words that act

10. Use a thesaurus

And then, proof and revise! If you're writing in your own style, try to write as closely as possible to the way you speak. Then check to see if you wrote in simple, clear, easy to understand sentences.

If possible, ask someone to proof read your piece to help you check it. If no one is available, Read It Aloud to yourself. This is one time it is OK to talk to yourself. It may look funny, but you will catch a lot of the errors if you say the article out loud.

If you would rather hire someone else to do your business writing, call a professional firm. They have the resources to support you. Look for a company that has experienced writers that create:

  • articles
  • books
  • ebooks
  • white papers
  • reports
  • web copy
  • brochures
  • sales flyers
  • scripts for videos
  • scripts for audios

We hope that this information was helpful for you. Here's to successful, written communications!

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