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Finances Sales Small Business Marketing System RESULTS Business clients Certified agencies ABOUT About Us Contact RESOURCES Newsletter Blog Podcast Invite John to speak Books Workbooks Find a certifi How Great Business Writing Gets Done Quickly Home Blog How Great Business Writing Gets Done Quickly Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and todays guest is Steve Aedy Enjoy _fbebGreat writers know a thing or two about how great writing is done. After all thats their job. For you the business owner or marketer who needs to do some writing its helpful to know what counts for your particular needs. I Think Therefore I Have a Headache Blogging for business is not like writing a great novel. Its about getting to the point in as few words as possible.
That means thinking which is painful and annoying but you have to do it. longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter. Letter Blaise Pascal The Provincial Letters KISS Keep Mobile App Development Service It Short Simple Blog posts are quick reads and are often skimmed for key points by people who are very busy. Respect that fact. Format your work with headings and bullet points. Keep your word count at or below words. This is truly a case of less is more. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time is wasted. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Ham and Eggs Beats Eggs Benedict Great authors know that simple is better fewer words beat lengthy prose and its more important to not be misunderstood than to try and make yourself understood with a lengthy explanation.
To write well express yourself like the common people but think like a wise man. Aristotle Never use a foreign phrase a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. George Orwell The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. Thomas Jefferson Ready Fire Aim A business blog post has a specific target to hit. That target doesnt always have to be a sales pitch or an attempt at customer retention. Sometimes that post is just a statement of how your business does business or some other nonsales theme.
That means thinking which is painful and annoying but you have to do it. longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter. Letter Blaise Pascal The Provincial Letters KISS Keep Mobile App Development Service It Short Simple Blog posts are quick reads and are often skimmed for key points by people who are very busy. Respect that fact. Format your work with headings and bullet points. Keep your word count at or below words. This is truly a case of less is more. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time is wasted. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Ham and Eggs Beats Eggs Benedict Great authors know that simple is better fewer words beat lengthy prose and its more important to not be misunderstood than to try and make yourself understood with a lengthy explanation.
To write well express yourself like the common people but think like a wise man. Aristotle Never use a foreign phrase a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. George Orwell The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. Thomas Jefferson Ready Fire Aim A business blog post has a specific target to hit. That target doesnt always have to be a sales pitch or an attempt at customer retention. Sometimes that post is just a statement of how your business does business or some other nonsales theme.