Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Starting A Tshirt Business
With that in mind here are seven simple ideas to help you improve your business writing immediately. Being able to communicate effectively through the written word is one of the most valuable skills you can have in the business world.
Something which is trivial to you may be of huge importance to them and vice versa, never forget. Try to use their language and take their priorities into account. Always consider how the matters you are writing about affect them. Think about your reader
See the world as your readers see it and then write your document to fit their perspective. 1.
Once you start cutting you'll be surprised how much you can remove. Take every opportunity to remove unnecessary words and even whole sentences and paragraphs. Your chances of being read rise dramatically the shorter you make each email and business report. Use fewer words
People are too busy to read loads of text. 2.
Buy and start', when the English language offers perfectly acceptable alternatives such as 'use, purchase and commence', why pad out a document with words like 'utilise? Slow readers down and risk losing them altogether, every time you use a longer than necessary word you lengthen the text. Your aim is not to impress but to communicate, everyday language
Remember, use simple. 3.
You'll also make life easier for your reader if you limit yourself to just one or two clauses per sentence and to no more than 25 words. Because if you cram two or more ideas into a sentence they start to fight each other and the message is harder to follow. Why? Write short and simple sentences
A good rule is to include just one main thought per sentence. 4.
You'll find it easier to write as well as easier to read. Simply choose your most important aim and focus your message around that. Give your emails a single objective
Trying to achieve several things in one email is a recipe for confusing and losing the reader. 5.
Be sure it sends out a positive message about you and your level of professionalism. As well as by influential people in the outside world, your email or report could be read by colleagues across your company including top managers. Mistakes can be distracting and reflect badly on the writer. Grammar and punctuation, as well as your spelling, pay attention to detail
Check your facts. 6.
Preferably get rid of them altogether. Try to keep these to an absolute minimum. Roman numerals and anything in italics, mathematical or scientific symbols, ampersands, asterisks, brackets, abbreviations, clutter includes things like foreign words. Almost everything else found in business documents is clutter. Remove the clutter from your text
Your documents will read better if they consist mainly of English words all in the same font. 7.
They will be more likely to respond to your document in the way you want them to, and finally. Your readers will be more likely to understand what you are saying, secondly. You will increase the chances of your words being read, firstly. Put these seven ideas into practice and you will see a significant change. Conclusion
It makes little sense to spend time drafting text that no one wants to read.
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