Technical/Business Writing


Feature Writer: Terence P Ward
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Business and technical writing applications can range from complex corporate documents and business plans to something as small as a slogan or a business card.

Our experts offer business book reviews and how-to articles, suggest best practices for writing business newsletters, and dissect tasks like drafting a proposal or writing a speech. From marketing plans to thank-you notes, we strive to answer all your business writing questions.

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Marketing Using Blogs, Twitter, and the Web

In: Business Writing

In "The New Rules of Marketing and PR," David Meerman Scott lays out the best ways for a business to get noticed, and why ignoring them is a bad decision. more...

Contents of a Press Kit

In: Business Writing

Companies of all sizes should have a press kit compiled. Also called a media kit, it provides background information helpful to reporters, bloggers, and consumers. more...

New Rules for News Releases

In: Business Writing

The traditional formula of cultivating relationships with targeted journalists before sending press releases is giving way to news releases for all audiences. more...

Using White Papers for Marketing

In: Writing Reports

A white paper is a technical document that argues for a specific position or way to solve a problem. It is a business tool that demonstrates the expertise of the writer. more...

Listing a Business on Google Local

In: Business Writing

Google is the number one way that people find information about local businesses, so it makes sense to write the content that will be found in the local search results. more...

Technical Jargon of Wikipedia

In: Business Writing

Reading the English Wikipedia requires a decent vocabulary, but once one begins to edit articles there, a guide to the dense acronyms and jargon is useful. more...

Wikipedia as a Marketing Tool

In: Writing Reports

Wikipedia may be able to get the word out about a company, but its users are only interested in dispassionate, third-party information which educates. more...

Verifying Business Information in Wikipedia

In: Business Writing

The policy for Wikipedia is that all information included must come from reliable sources that can be verified. Incorrect information about a business can be removed. more...

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