

Three Steps Prospects Take to Evaluate Your Proposals
Ever heard of a Red Team review? If not, here’s the deal: It’s basically a mock proposal evaluation, done to predict how the customer...


Four Quick and Easy Ways to Make Proposals More Persuasive
Reality check: Proposal evaluators don’t care about your company. Really. They’re not mean, they’re just busy, so they don’t want to comb...


Five Steps to Clearer Business Writing: The Bob Vila Edition
Clear, straightforward business writing can do a lot: get you hired, get you promoted, save you time, make you money, and save you money....


Eight Exercises for Strengthening Your Business and Marketing Writing
Writing skills are essential for today’s business professionals. Don’t believe us? Consider this: a study from SunGard, a data services...


Nine Steps to More Concise Business Writing: The Chopped Edition
In today’s world of ultra-tasking and information overload, being concise is more important than ever. Whether reading a short email or...


10 More of the Most Common Grammatical Mistakes in Business Writing
We couldn’t resist. Our last blog post started a good conversation, so we’re back for more. Following are 10 more of the most common...


10 Common Grammatical Mistakes in Business Writing
The most engaging, persuasive business writing is also the most conversational. So, you can, and often should, violate some stuffy...