Every piece of paper from your business card to your company's new website will represent your small business. Are you making the right first impression with your writing? To improve your business writing, here are ten quick tips to ensure that your pen is mightier than your competition's sword.
- Be specific
- Make your writing brief and timely
- Ask for action or explain what the next step is for the reader
- Answer the 5 "W" word questions: who, what, when, where and why
- Always include your contact information, no matter what!
- Spot an obvious mistake by reading your work out loud before you hit send or print
- Always use spell check
- Avoid acronyms
- Remember your audience and speak directly to them
- Hire an expert, like Maine Word, to write or edit all of your important documents
Writing is skill and to develop a skill takes practice. Maine Word is available to help you with all of your business writing needs - from developing your elevator speech to writing the content for your next brochure, blog or website. Maine Word can teach you how to do it for yourself or do it for you. For more information about Maine Word's writing and editing services, contact Caroline King at caroline@maineword.com.
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