

Gaps in Grammar Skills
You and your employees don’t have to diagram sentences to brush up on essential grammar skills. But you should recognize how much grammar...


Write Email Messages at Third-grade Level for Success
You want your email message read, and usually you want a response. That’s especially true in marketing messages. How do you increase...


Struggle with Writing? Try Idea Mapping
Writing comes more easily for some than others. And many struggling business writers freeze when faced with a crucial or large writing...


Keep it "Short and Sweet" in Business Writing
Writing with clarity is essential, but writing with brevity is more difficult, especially in business writing. For example, a manager...


Misunderstandings in Email Messages
Instantaneous messages on social media or through email can be fraught with errors and create misunderstandings. Learning to write...


Using These 10 Words Incorrectly Reflects Poorly on You
When communicating in business writing or speaking, using the right word helps get your point across. Using the wrong word can backfire,...


Clarify Your Writing By Cutting Use of One Four-letter Word
If only there were one word to cut from your writing to make it more concise, clearer, what would THAT word be? Editors know the...


5 Business English Essentials for Non-native English Speakers
English is now only second to Mandarin as the most spoken language on the planet. When international business meetings occur, English...


Social Media Spotlight: LinkedIn
This month’s social media spotlight is on the platform designed for business networking, LinkedIn. The publicly held company was launched...


Six Subject Line Tips that Work
1. The best advice is to get to the point. For business communications in particular, it’s best to let recipients know what the message...