Writing, Copyediting, Proofreading and PR

Selling in a foreign language

December 18, 2009

The Internet abounds with scary translations of signposts or menus that we can all laugh at, but presuming you don’t want your marketing materials to be mocked, here’s a few hints about getting it right.

Filed under: Copyediting, Copywriting, Guest posts, Marketing, Proofreading, Writing — Tags: english, french, lost in translation, mistakes, regional differences, translation — @ 10:18 am

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Is your firm a model of excellence?

December 16, 2009

Is your organisation a model of excellence? Think it could succeed if judged against the rigorous criteria of the Quality Foundation UK Excellence Awards?

Filed under: Awards — Tags: Awards, business, excellence, management — @ 7:00 am

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Are you challenging stereotypes in transport and logistics?

December 14, 2009

The MAN Everywoman Awards for Transport and Logistics look to challenge the stereotype of male workers in the sector through recognition of the sterling achievements of women in the industry.

Filed under: Awards — Tags: Awards, business, excellence, logistics, transport, women — @ 8:53 am

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Bloggers, are your messages being distorted?

December 11, 2009

Blogs can be a hotbed of miscommunication. Here’s my guide to three factors that can disrupt your messages.

Filed under: Featured, Marketing, Writing — Tags: blogging, communications, double meaning, miscommunications, misunderstandings, Social Media — @ 8:56 am

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Error avoidance! Minimise your mistakes

December 10, 2009

Errors in your writing can reflect badly on your business, so here are some pointers for effective proofreading.

Filed under: Copywriting, Featured, Proofreading, Writing — Tags: checking, grammar, meaning, mistakes, Proofreading, punctuation, spelling, typos — @ 8:00 am

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Remember Twitter back in 1996?

December 8, 2009

Twitter is, at its core, really an IRC system from 10 or 15 years ago, mostly doing away with the ‘live public forum’ aspect of the old systems, but connected via rapid Google indexing to the much larger public forum of the whole internet.

Filed under: Featured, Guest posts, Social Media — Tags: back to the future, chat, IRC, Social Media, twitter — @ 12:36 am

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Is your business that little bit Smarta?

December 7, 2009

The Smarta 100 is a list of the most innovative small businesses in the UK. Want to secure your place?

Filed under: Awards, Featured — Tags: Awards, entrepreneur, mumpreneur, small business — @ 10:43 am

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Has an innovative approach propelled your business to the fore?

The 2009 Startups 100 List is for those businesses which are less than 3 years old, and which innovating their way to success.

Filed under: Awards — Tags: Awards, entrepre, start-up — @ 9:26 am

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