by Cathy Miller | Jul 11, 2012
Businesses go to great lengths to protect their best secrets from competitors. Non-compete agreements threaten Proprietary information is omitted Business writing is full of deleted text What if you shared those secrets? Would disaster occur? Would your...
by Cathy Miller | Jun 27, 2012
If you had the opportunity for a five-year, estimated $60 million contract, would you go for it? Is that a rhetorical question? This is a sad tale of how bad business communication lost the potential sale. The Money’s in the Details Imagine my surprise when I...
by Cathy Miller | Jun 25, 2012
We love to slam bad business writing. It’s bad, boring, and barely read all over It’s annoying, pretentious and useless Admit it. We all use business jargon – even the pro writers. Don’t think so? Look at some of the jargon that made the...
by Cathy Miller | Jun 13, 2012
Are you an old business writer? Do you remember when cc: meant carbon copy? Do you know what carbon paper is? Or worse – you used it I’ve admitted it – I’m an old business writer. I don’t mind telling the world It’s one of the perks...
by Cathy Miller | Jun 11, 2012
What do you think of when you hear the term business writing? A corporate report? A technical white paper? Something boring and bad? If you own a business, you do some form of business writing. Emails Blog posts Social media marketing Assuming you don’t hire a...
by Cathy Miller | May 24, 2012
We love simple. Software that makes tasks easier Gadgets that organize our life Connection at our fingertips One of the most visited posts at this blog is Why is it so Hard to Keep it Simple? There’s obviously an interest in simple. So why do we make...
