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    Outstanding business English: Tips for email, social media and all your business comminications
    Outstanding business English: Tips for email, social media and all your business comminications
    Outstanding business English: Tips for email, social media and all your business comminications
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    Outstanding business English: Tips for email, social media and all your business comminications

    By Fiona Talbot

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    Outstanding Business English gives guidance to non-native English speakers on how to communicate clearly and concisely. With case studies and real-life examples that demonstrate how English is used internationally in business, and full of ideas to help you to get your communications right first time, Outstanding Business English sets the scene for describing the benefits of good Business English, ideal for multinational companies where communication is a priority. For intermediate to advanced English speakers, it focuses on the areas that are easy to get wrong. This book draws on the author's wealth of experience, using real-life international business scenarios to develop your skills and provide you with some answers that even your boss might not know. You will learn a system to help you quickly and easily write emails, letters, CVs, social media communications and more.Featuring sections on punctuation and grammar, checklists to help you assess how you are getting on before moving on to the next stage and with a chapter dedicated to how to write effectively for social media, Outstanding Business English has been praised by both native and non-native writers of English as an indispensable resource."English is illogical, eccentric and complicated by baffling etiquette. This brilliant guide for non-native speakers decodes the world's lingua franca and makes essential reading if you form part of an international team."Ben Walker, editor at DialogueReview.com
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLid Editorial
    Release dateMay 1, 2016
    ISBN9788416624591
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      Outstanding business English - Fiona Talbot

      Contents

      Out Standing

      Back Cover

      Front Page

      Preface

      Who is this book for?

      Be effective by writing content of value

      How does the book work?

      You may have to unlearn some things you learnt at school

      Get results!

      Introduction

      01 Why are you writing?

      Who are your readers?

      What’s the purpose of your writing?

      Readers take just a few seconds to judge your writing

      How formal or informal do you need to be?

      Your checklist for action

      02 Business writing for today

      Winning business through English

      Academic writing compared with writing for business

      Can you use ‘I’ when you write in business?

      Listen to readers’ feedback

      Choosing the right style

      Ideal communication

      The Word Power Skills system: four easy steps to success

      Your checklist for action

      03 Quality matters

      Shine through your writing!

      To make mistakes is only human?

      How readers can react to written mistakes

      Further costs of getting your writing wrong

      You can never fully outsource your writing

      Checking for mistakes

      Proofreading tips

      Your checklist for action

      04 Telling your story through social media

      There’s a new type of business writing

      Get into the social media mindset

      More about social media

      What are the key objectives?

      Some major platforms out there

      How do companies shine through their social media interaction?

      Writing that creates trust can create a community

      The long and the short of it: past, present and future

      Further writing tips for key channels such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

      What excites people so much they want to share it?

      Call people to action – and check it’s worked

      Telling your story

      Your checklist for action

      05 Defining business English

      ‘Standard’ and ‘variant’ English

      Writing for both native and non-native English speakers

      Some surprising problems with English for global business

      Define business English within your company

      Your checklist for action

      06 Writing English for global business

      Looking at how you use English at work

      Writing problems faced by non-native English writers

      Problems with non-native English writing for native English speakers

      Problems posed for native and non-native English writers alike

      Business writing as communication

      English continues to evolve

      Non-native English writers can have an advantage!

      Native English writers: beware of complacency!

      Your checklist for action

      07 E-mail and instant messaging

      General

      The rise and rise of e-mail

      E-mail scenarios to watch out for

      Multi-lingual and other e-mail threads

      Structure your e-mails

      Designing how you write e-mails

      Instant messaging and texting

      Your checklist for action

      08 Punctuation and grammar tips

      Why punctuation and grammar matter

      Punctuation and other marks

      Parts of speech and other grammar

      Paragraphs

      Verbs and tenses

      Agreement of subject and verb

      Comparison

      Fluidity in writing

      Your checklist for action

      09 Writing tips for everyday business

      Writing a date

      Time

      Numbers

      Measurements

      Your checklist for action

      10 Common confusions and how to avoid them

      Common confusions for both NE and non-NE writers

      Acronyms

      Active and passive

      Nominalization

      Your checklist for action

      11 Letter writing

      General

      An example of a letter asking for information

      Outline letter confirming a booking

      Stay ahead or stay behind

      Specific tips about addressing letters

      CVs/résumés and cover letters

      Your checklist for action

      Autora: Fiona Talbot

      Publicidad Lid Editorial

      Copyright Page

      Preface

      Don’t just be enthusiastic in #socialmedia. It’s passion, not management speak, that engages readers throughout all your corporate communications.

      Fiona Talbot

      Who is this book for?

      If you are in business (or are preparing to enter the workplace) and you grasp the inescapable fact that the written word takes centre stage in business communication today, then this is the ideal business English primer for you. Its extensive task-based guidance provides a toolkit for developing the highly prized workplace skills that bosses need.

      Increasingly, English is the language of choice in the information age, widely used on the web and in multinational gatherings. It may not be the predominant language of the group, but is the most likely to be understood by the majority – at least at a basic level – so becomes a powerful tool for communication and inclusion. In the age of social media, the English language has commercial global currency. It can give the power to reach out not just to English-speaking home markets but internationally too.

      So this book is aimed equally at native and non-native English speakers (who are proficient to intermediate level and above). Whichever you are, you will uncover valuable tips on how to get your business English writing right on every level.

      Be effective by writing content of value

      Effective writing is no longer just about traditional reports, presentations, letters and so on. Today, writing skills matter more than ever: in e-mail, instant messaging, infographics and social media – even in the fast-growing medium of video storytelling where meaningful captions and calls to action are key.

      Today’s need is for content of value. And content means every word you use in every business writing task you do. Everything should add up to make great corporate communication.

      Bosses need people who can write well, grab attention for the right reasons, influence, persuade, reflect brand and values and enhance reputation... all in the shortest time.

      And if you are a start-up operating from home, you too can have the same potential global reach as the large corporate. The rules of engagement involve writing to impress, sell messages, values, products or services, and create a following and brand reputation based on trust. These principles are the same for all.

      How does the book work?

      The book will work for anyone who is a native English speaker or proficient in English to intermediate level and above.

      It teaches my four-step Word Power Skills writing system which is now used worldwide. It’s about:

      identifying the right messages at planning stage, communicating these clearly and interestingly so that people understand you – and want to read on;

      being professional and getting the results you and your readers need.

      The book describes scenarios every office encounters and gives practical advice on how to write successfully. The real-life examples make great discussion points with bosses and colleagues – and you will be able to customize the tips for your every writing task.

      The beauty of the system is that it works across traditional and emerging new channels.

      You may have to unlearn some things you learnt at school

      Writing English for business today is unlikely to be the same as the writing you were taught at school or university. Apart from getting your punctuation and grammar right, the similarities often end there. With countries the world over facing a shortage of people with key communication skills, employers cry out for people who can impress, sell messages, values and brand, consistently and professionally.

      Get results!

      Just take a look at my methods, focus on the elements that apply to your business writing and make sure they become an intrinsic part of your real-life performance.

      Enjoy using word power as a free resource – indeed my clients find they buzz with it! Enjoy too the benefits of immediate results and sustainable improvements.

      Good luck on your journey to success!

      Fiona Talbot

      TQI Word Power Skills

      Introduction

      This book is an essential guide to keep with you, by your desk or on your travels. It provides a wealth of answers to help you impress and shine through effective business English writing for the modern workplace.

      Look on it as your introduction to being the best! By the time you reach the end, you will be more confident and more competent in writing English.

      As well as dealing with traditional writing, this book shows how writing for social media has turned the world of business writing inside out. It actually needs a whole new mind-set and an integrated approach to work.

      This ‘new kid on the block’ relies on the written word – and is vying for centre stage. It’s also making us reassess all corporate communication in its light. Responsive businesses will grasp the need to welcome its ascendancy; the complacent will fail to give it the attention it deserves. The only constant now is communicating professionally and credibly at all times – and the writing system you are shown throughout the book works across all tasks and every medium.

      You will be developing a key transferable skill that employers welcome and that can open doors for your career, since English is the global business language of today.

      Chapter One

      Why are you writing?

      Who are your readers?

      Throughout this book I use the terms readers, target readership, customers and audience interchangeably. A ‘customer’ can be a person who buys goods or services from a business, or can be a person you deal with in the course of your daily work. The term applies just as much to internal colleagues, suppliers, those in the public sector etc as it does to those who are external consumers.

      Your audience can be anyone and everyone

      Where you know your target audience’s profile, you have an immediate advantage. The digital age is all about customizing products and services to suit the individual customer. It works for communication too. By what means does your target readership like to receive messages? Are you able to match their needs and cultural expectations and engage their interest because you know their profile? It’s great news if you can.

      But there’s something new happening as well. The potential global reach of your e-writing (which includes social media) is really exciting. The business that operates from home can have as loud a voice as the large corporate. Your messages may (perhaps unexpectedly) be forwarded on by others, even go viral. So every business message, personalized or not, had better be professional! Nothing should be open to misinterpretation or cause offence, even unintentionally.

      Many practical examples and scenarios in this book relate to sales or customer pitches. Because we’re all consumers in our private lives, we can relate to and understand these examples. What I would like to stress is that the concepts apply equally to every scenario in the list that follows. Think of lobbying; think of politics; think of charities; think of fundraising; think of promotions.

      What’s the purpose of your writing?

      People sometimes think of business writing as a ‘soft’ skill as opposed to the ‘hard’

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