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Business Writing For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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Business Writing For Dummies, 3rd Edition

by Natalie Canavor
February 2021
Beginner
432 pages
11h 57m
English
For Dummies
Audiobook available
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Index

A

  • abstract nouns, 66–67
  • action verbs, 67–68, 94–95, 204, 257
  • activity reports, 170–175
  • agendas, meeting, 377–378
  • articles for publication, 325–326
  • audience. See also specific written formats
    • brainstorming best content for, 33–36
    • connecting with, 195–197
    • defining, 27–30
    • as heart of core business message, 209, 211, 212
    • imagining, 35–38
    • making people care, 38–43
    • matching reading level to, 56
    • planning structure, 13, 14–15
    • in strategic writing, 12
    • when delivering bad news, 350
  • autocorrect software, 85, 129

B

  • backup memos, 362–363
  • blogs
    • articles for publication, 325–326
    • format, 305
    • headlines, 324–325
    • interactive strategies, 291
    • LinkedIn, 302
    • overview, 278, 317–319
    • subheads, 325
    • subject, choosing, 319–321
    • tone and style, 321
    • useful techniques, 321–323
  • book, writing
    • breaking writing into pieces, 412
    • drafting, 415–416
    • elevator speech for, 411
    • envisioning finished book, 410–411
    • folder system, creating, 413
    • livening up content, 416
    • marketing, 411–412
    • overview, 409–410
    • practicalities, assessing, 413–414
    • proposals, writing, 414–415
    • self-publishing options, 417
  • brainstorming best content for purpose, 33–35, 202
  • bulleted lists, 110–113, 156, 261–262
  • business documents
    • applying manager-think to, 361
    • correctness of writing for, 81
    • executive summary, 185–189
    • headlines, 189–190
    • overview, 169
    • proposals, 176–185
    • reports, 169–176
    • succeeding with, 18
    • writing tips for all, 190–192
  • business plan, 182–183
  • business writing. See also specific related subjects; specific written formats ...
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