APPEARANCES in 2009 * I spoke at Eskom‘s annual stakeholder conference in October 2009, on the topic of ‘Powerful Business Writing’. The audience, despite the prevailing national climate at the time, must have loved it, because they clapped and cheered. Here’s hoping that, somehow, their new comms skills stand them in good stead for whatever [...]
ARTICLE IN RESELLER NEWS Reseller News, a magazine published exclusively for the retail industry, re-printed an article I initially wrote for www.bizcommunity.com, entitled ‘Talking to your target market: 9 industry trends for 2009′. A GUEST POST FOR TIFFANY Robert Bravery / The Brave Programmer, of Integral Web Solutions, used my Bizcomm column, ‘Does your web [...]
Here are the answers to some of the language and related questions I am regularly asked by clients, colleagues and the public: Q: Please tell me if the use of RSVP has changed? To my knowledge it is French for respond if you please, and I have never added ‘kindly’ or ‘please’ for that reason. [...]
THE ONE ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE’S MONEY So, everyone hates writing proposals. It’s a hard job, a scary job, sometimes even a thankless job, but someone’s gotta do it. If you’re that someone, and you’ve searched the web for a standard proposal template to make your life easier, but never found one, here‘s a bit o’ Christmas-time help for [...]
Every type of project Copywriters and editors work on all kinds of projects, from corporate profiles to CVs, newsletters to websites, textbooks to brochures. Whether you’re a large corporation, a small business, a government department, an NGO or an advertising agency, copywriters and editors can help you enormously. Finding the right tone They can cut [...]
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