How To Write An Effective Business Writing
August 12, 2008 by Arun Pal Singh · Leave a Comment
Be careful when you write.
Words you use, sentences you phrase will reveal what you are.
We come across so many examples daily.
There are sales letters that I do not even bother to go beyond first few lines.
There are others which keep me hooked till the end.
What differentiates one from another?
-Use of the right language.
What is right language you might ask?
-It depends upon the occasion, I would say.
When you interact in the real world your facial gestures and voice modulation can to some extent compensate for the wrong selection of words though that too becomes difficult sometimes.
But internet is a faceless world.
Here your sole medium of communication is the written word. It is in your emails. It is in your sales letters. It is in your website, advertisements and not to speak of many other things.
So when you use wrong word on the net you will not be pardoned. Online business thrives on the written sentences. Whether they take a form of sales letter, a promotional article or communication with your potential customers, your writing will influence your business.
What you write forms a personality of its own. In language each word has a unique identity, a unique meaning. Further amalgamation of words into sentences forms a structure that may vary in the shape depending upon words chosen and how well they have been knit.
This whole process will differentiate a well built writing from a poor one.
This whole process will eventually distinguish an impact from a thud.
Yes! You should choose your words carefully and knit them diligently.
This is an ongoing process and can not be learnt in a day. But it can be learnt for sure.
First and foremost is writing with passion. Whether it is a sales letter or an email, when you get involved in the work you produce a better copy. Your mind works on a different level and your vocabulary is used to maximum.
Second is constant reading and increasing your vocabulary. Whenever you read something whether it is newspaper or a novel or anything you do come across new words. Note them down and look for exact meaning. Do not work by approximation to complete the reading. It might seem boring initially but it will end up forming a good habit and enrich your vocabulary.
Study the good works of successful people. Learn how they produce powerful statement using the same set of words. Note how everybody has a unique style that they can be identified with.
You too should develop your own style. No! Not a copy of someone but your own. Write as you comfortably write. Don’t imitate somebody in want of style. As you write naturally your style will take a shape.
Last but not the least, keep your grammar and spellings correct. Wrong grammar and spelling mistakes leave a very bad impression. It does not matter if your reader has a bad grammar but you will be judged by absolute standards.
Typos and grammatical mistakes are absolutely intolerable. Avoid them as you would avoid an allergic substance.
Follow these and you will have better hold on the language and better results in your business.
Your words are your weapon in this marketing arena. Make it sure that you possess the best ones and you are an expert user.
Power of The Written Word- How to Write Articles for Profit
August 9, 2008 by Arun Pal Singh · Leave a Comment
An Article is a quantum of information on a particular topic mostly intended for free distribution to serve as source of knowledge. However with a slight addition & twist that quantum can also serve as highly targeted advertisement method to your site.
The method has been used with success in offline world. But internet has lately made the articles evolve into a specialty. Easy availability, easy searchability and sheer volume of information make articles unique.
If you are in internet business articles can help you by more than one method.
- They make you expert in eyes of reader. A trust based relation has already been formed by the time are furnishes reading an article.
- When put on your site on they make your site rich in unique content. Your site gets higher ranking in the search engineers and that in turn brings more customers. Any customer who might be looking for information will come to your site and if he is a potential buyer he is more likely to buy from you because you are giving him the required information without any attached string.
- If you sell umbrellas and you also have exhaustive information on your site about umbrellas, you are going to outperform the one who doesn’t. It is so because by providing free information you are doing a service and will be put on higher pedestal.
- Submitting articles to various directories with your resource box attached will serve as non stop advertisement that aims at specific audience.
- You can use your articles to post in your newsletter. This way your stay connected with your readers and thus perform better than if you do not.
- Articles can help you to carve a niche of your own in ghostwriting business.
When writing an article one should take care of writing it well. One must make it interesting so that the reader is not bored. If the article is not well written your aim of writing article is defeated. A better written article studies unique and draws make readership.
To write a good article one has to take care of all the features highlighted in previous articles of this series. The knowledge of subject and command over language are very important aspects.
However because internet articles have become a specialty themselves, there are certain things one must remember while writing articles.
– An article must provide information that is useful to a reader. It should provide the necessary information even if they he never visits your site.
– Self-serving links must be in the resource box. Links in the text itself are blatant advertisement and are considered equivalent to spam.
– The article should not be a sales pitch or advertisement in itself. If you have written a press release it should be submitted to the press release site and not article directory.
– The article must be in simple, understandable and fluid language. A paragraph should not be more than 3-4 lines. A good article length is between 400-1200 words.




