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principles of business writing
Focus Adjust the scope and scale of your writing to influence the attitude and behavior of your readers. Develop a…
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Document Guidelines
Purpose and Audience Your purpose and your audience will determine many critical features of your document, including your format, strategy,…
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Business Writing Resources
This section assists users in developing business writing skills. Spelling Remember to always use spell-check before printing your document but…
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Keep the action in your content writing
Writing for the web should be powerful, direct and punchy. To do that, your sentence structure, word choice and style…
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Incorporate multimedia
Sometimes a picture—or infographic or video—really is worth a thousand words. Research shows that 90 percent of the information transmitted to the…
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Nix the jargon
The web is for everyone—not just technical experts. So make sure information is understandable for the educated non-specialist. Spell out…
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Know your audience
It sounds simple, but so many writers put pen to paper—or finger to keyboard—before thinking about who it is they’re…
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Key Points to writing a document
Use of language · Appropriate · Jargon · Plain English Content · Simple sentences and or statements · Use of dot points · Everything to the…
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WRITING FOR A PURPOSE
Get started Start by brainstorming and writing down any ideas that come into your mind. Logical order and sequence can…
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THE BUSINESS LETTER
A letter is a message written on letterhead paper and addressed to someone outside the organization. It is usually sent…
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PURPOSE OF EFFECTIVE WRITING
In business, in the workplace, and in our personal lives, we all stand to benefit from more effective communication skills.…
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9 Tips for Writing Great Business
Tip 1: Make Your Content Valuable and Relevant. When internet users type a topic into a search box on Google, Yahoo,…
