Business Communication Essentials, 7th Ed.
Chapter 4. Writing Business Messages
"If my marketer misses a typo while writing about a product, I want my packaging staff to catch it before the design gets sent to print.
"I took many writing classes in college but perhaps the most useful was one focused on business writing.
"According to our internal reports, here — in no particular order — are the ten most frequent catches by our editors in your press releases: .
According to Dean Evans (photo, left), "Poorly written or edited copy will adversely affect how people view your content.
The Writer's Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, features an article on the topic of writing clean, concise sentences.
"Pronunciation is the ugly sister of language teaching, coming way behind vocabulary and grammar.
Download this PDF file, the executive summary of Dietary Guidelines for Americans, to complete Message for Analysis 13.
"Words are everywhere, and many are strung together recklessly.
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Andrea Wenger (photo, left) is the membership manager with the Carolina chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC).
"Writing with numbers and figures is an overlooked skill despite the fact that we often include them in our communications.
"We reached out to the Global Language Monitor, which publishes an annual list of the year's top English words, to compile a ranking of the most popular business terms.
I wrote one of the most popular articles in our business writing blog, "Top Ten Irritating Phrases," in 2009.
Every writer needs a good editor, whether it's another person or an internal editor who can adequately judge, cut, and rewrite sentences.
Whether it’s email, Twitter, Facebook, or — going back to the ancient days — even business letters and proposals, the single most powerful word in business writing is “you.
Barbara Rozgonyi (photo, left) attended a recent Ragan Corporate Writers and Editors Conference and gleaned "37 sweet writing tips from 7 spectacular speakers.
Dave Johnson offers some tips on "catching typos before you click send.
"There’s all kinds of advice across the web about when to use which app for each small thing that needs doing.
A great list of grammar and writing tools for bloggers and the rest of us.
A great list of grammar and writing tools for bloggers and the rest of us.
Download the Dietary Guidelines for Americans for use in preparing your solution for Case 5.
Download this PDF file, the executive summary of Dietary Guidelines for Americans, to complete Message for Analysis 13.
Download this PDF to complete Case 11.
Follow LinkedIn’s etiquette guide for students and recent graduates to increase your response rate and to maintain positive networking connections.
This document describes several intriguing new examples of social networks designed exclusively for members of certain professions or industries.