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Guide To Effective Business Writing: A Detailed Framework For Becoming A Better Writer
Whether you are writing a letter, an e-mail, a memo or a report, it’s a reflection of you, sets the tone for your leadership style, and is essential to your success.
You must quickly and concisely express your point, and have it hit home so you get the results you want.
The key is knowing exactly how to make your writing strong – and avoiding the most common and embarrassing mistakes managers make every day.
In this Blueprint, you’ll discover the step-by-step process to strengthen your writing skills, increase your influence through words and get your point across clearly and concisely - and get the results you want, plus:
- Why good business writing matters
- How poor writing does more harm than you think – backed by research
- 15-step framework to become a better writer
- 14 things that sabotage your writing
- 10 Practical Tools to help implement the Framework immediately

Why Good Business Writing Matters
- Two mistakes that give your writing an exaggerated sense of importance
- Words that muddy your writing and kill the value and clarity of your message
- Why MORE is not better: 3 reasons we over-write
- Good writing vs. Poor writing: revised examples
- The steep cost of poor business writing – backed by research
- 2 keys to cut both reading and writing time up to 50%
- How poor writing kills productivity
The ResourcefulManager’s Framework for Effective Business Writing
- The #1 rule of business writing
- 5 questions to keep in mind when you’re writing – anything
- The #1 writing mistake we’re all guilty of making
- The ultimate goal of your first draft
- How to write in a conversational but professional tone
- 3 of the most overused words in writing – and how to avoid them
- 4 ways to eliminate ‘corporate speak’ from your writing
- The tried and true guideline to punctuation
- Proofing: The last line of defense
14 Things That Can Sabotage Your Writing
- #1 – Getting stuck on how to start
- #10 – Using $10 words
- #12 – Leaving out a summary
- #14 – Failing to fact check
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