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Writing Email Subject Lines and Closings

Introduction to This Email Writing Training The subject line often determines how quickly the reader will read and respond to the email. Use the subject line as a valuable tool in your strategy to communicate successfully with the reader. Your goal is to make sure your email is read and the reader responds as you expect. The subject line is the first part of your strategy to write emails that have impact. In this training video, […]

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Email Quality Assurance Checklist

The Business Writing Center has developed the following Email Quality Control Checklist for businesses to distribute freely to employees. The checklist contains the 16 best practices we know result in clear, effective business email. When all business people in a company write emails that display the best practices, the business will run more smoothly and productively, writers will spend less time writing email because the best practices give a structure to the process, and readers […]

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10 Highest Ranking Online Business Writing Courses

Enrollments in the online business writing courses are the strongest indicator of which online writing courses are evaluated well by graduates. These are the 10 highest ranked online writing courses from the 45 Business Writing Center courses. 1. Business Writing Skills The highest ranking course is the Business Writing Skills course. It teaches the best practices business people must know to be able to write clear, effective, professional business documents, especially email, memos, letters, and […]

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What Is the Best Business Writing Vocabulary?

What many business writers refer to as “business vocabulary” contains difficult or archaic words and phrases people do not use in everyday speaking, such as “cognizant” instead of “aware,” “initiate” instead of “begin,” and “endeavor” instead of “try.” The writers feel using difficult or archaic words makes their business writing seem more professional and shows the writer’s intelligence. Using common, everyday words in business writing feels to these writers like it’s dumbing down the writing […]

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Common Business Usage Errors

https://businesswriting.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/testing-banner-cropped-300×300.jpgThe Most Common Business Grammar and Usage Errors Presented by the Business Writing Center, training business writers since 1997 Answer the following questions to test your understanding of 26 common business writing problems. The answers with circles permit you to select only one answer. The answers with squares permit you to select more than one answer for the question. 1. Which sentence is written correctly in American English? a) The field name was “Employee”. b) […]

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Writing in Specialized Areas

Writing in Specialized Areas All courses except the self-study courses have instructor feedback and coaching. You will take the courses from anywhere in the world, when you have time. Course materials are online or in books we assign. After you graduate, you receive a graduation certificate.   BWC480 Legal Proofreading Skills More… BWC215 Recording and Writing Meeting Minutes More… BWC217 Recording and Writing Meeting Minutes with Additional Minutes More… BWC485 Legal Writing Skills More… BWC360 […]

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General Business Writing

General Business Writing Courses The following courses contain training in general business writing principles. The methods apply to all business documents, with a focus on e-mail, memos, letters, and reports. The courses are self-pacing, so you decide when to work. When you complete an assignment or take a test, you send it by e-mail to your instructor. The instructor comments on the assignments and tests, coaches you through learning the skills you are having difficulty […]

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