Business Writing Tips: 8 Success Factors For Your Writing
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The goal with these business writing tips is not to be the next Charles Dickens but to write in such a way that you are always understood.
Use the tips below to make your business writing more clear and friendly to your work colleges.
1. Work on your writing plan.
If you make a plan before you start writing you can get all your ideas in order and this will ultimately make your writing more understandable, and also make sure you cover everything you need to.
2. Use the first sentence to explain why youre writing.
This will make your work clear and to the point. You will leave the reader in no doubt as to how best to respond.
3. Make it short
Your goal is to be understood in the shortest amount of time, so the reader of your work can start to take action on whatever you need.
Make your request so clear and simple that even Homer Simpson could understand it.
And no big fancy words please.
4. Make your writing flow
You can achieve this by using linking words such as and, because or However. Writing in a flowing style will make your writing more successful.
5. Find the right tone
This simply means that you should be looking to speak to everyone you work with in a polite and professional way, showing that you care.
Even if you have a good friend in the office, you should refrain from being overly familiar because your emails might get forwarded on.
6. End your message with a call to action
A call to action is a marketing term which means you always tell your prospect what you want to happen next. You want to include the same in every piece of business writing you put out there because without a clear call to action youre wasting your time.
7. Attention to detail
This means that all grammar and punctuation should be in the right place and no capital letters or nouns out of place.
8. The final check
Make it a habit to do one final check before you send anything. There is nothing worse than reading your masterpiece a few minutes later and realizing that you have made an error.