Posts Tagged ‘Business Writing’
Eliminate “Necessary” and “Unnecessary” for Better Communication in Writing
Get rid of these two major sources of uncertainty and ambiguity for better communication and to become a better writer… I forgot the number of times in private and corporate communications that I came across expressions, directions, or statements that went something like this: “All unnecessary travel requests should be postponed until further notice.” Even…
Read MoreWork from Home Securely with VPN
Secure Way to Work from Home We are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic which makes it hard to work from a brick-and-mortar office. But as writers we have an alternative: we can work through a VPN, or Virtual Private Network. Confidentiality and proprietary rights sometimes emerge as obstacles for writers to work from…
Read More5 Top Mistakes that Writers Make
We have almost 13,000 students enrolled in our eight Udemy writing courses so far (and we thank all of you for your support!). See: https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?src=ukw&q=ugur%20akinci Based on such extensive user data, we have identified the top five mistakes that students make while designing and writing their documents and papers. UNDERUTILIZED HEADERS and FOOTERS Some students do…
Read MoreWhat is the Readability Index of Your Writing?
How readable is your writing? Is there a good fit between what you’ve written and your audience? This is a question that must be answered truthfully and precisely by all writers. If your prose is not a good fit for your audience’s education level, then it won’t be understood and remembered easily. Enter: Readability Indexes…
Read MoreHow to Write a Great Topic Sentence for a Paragraph
© Ugur Akinci A TOPIC SENTENCE is the first lead sentence in a paragraph consisting of multiple sentences. The topic sentence summarize the main idea of the paragraph. It sets the expectation about what is to follow in the rest of the paragraph. You can even say it’s a “commercial” so to speak that “sells”…
Read More2 Methods to Avoid Gender Ambiguity
One of the hardest things in writing English is to avoid using the third person singular pronouns, unless you are writing for an exclusively male or female group. Every time I see a document with a sentence like “the operator must configure his or her machine according to…” I cringe. Some writers switch back and…
Read MoreHow to Write a Rate Increase Letter
© Ugur Akinci There are many times when you’d need to write a rate increase letter and deliver bad news without losing your customers or the other party. The best way to do it is to cushion the bad news with at least two pieces of good news and then dropping the hammer as though…
Read MoreHow to Write an Overdue Payment Letter
© Ugur Akinci A well-written overdue payment letter could be the difference between a business that gets paid on time and profits and one that goes bankrupt. This is not an easy letter to write due to its sensitive nature. You do not want to be impolite or threatening and lose the the other person.…
Read MoreHow to Write an Issue Case Study
A “case study” is similar to a “white paper” although white papers can be more technically detailed in nature. Simply put, they are both written to convince the reader that something (a product, a service, a company) works. That “something” could be a product/service, the story of how a product/service or method was implemented successfully,…
Read MoreHow to Write Direct Mail or Marketing Copy for Dentists
Dentists spend a lot of money on advertisement. Especially in large metropolitan centers where competition among medical service providers is high, dental professionals send a lot of direct mail pieces to residential addresses and/or place advertisements and commercials in all kinds of media. Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry practitioners are prime targets among all dentists for…
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