3 Tips For Writing A Letter Of Complaint

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When it comes to putting pen to paper to complain to an organisation or individual, there’s a fine line you have to walk.

On the one hand, you need to clearly express your upset at whatever the cause of the complaint was, be it bad service, a poor quality product, a billing error or simply a failure to deliver at all.

On the other hand, it’s important to remain calm and objective. You don’t want emotive language or a hectic structure to cloud your intentions or undermine your sincerity.

Can You Rely On Your Spellchecker?

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Spellcheckers should be a writer’s best friend. Their job is to spot typos and misspelled words in your work – but relying on it too much might let you down badly. To avoid going to press with embarrassing mistakes in your work, you need to understand the limitations of software tools.

We’re all aware that English isn’t always written the way it’s spoken – or spoken the way it’s written. This means a lot of words are spelled the same way as other, unrelated words. Pairs of words like this are known as homophones.

7 Tips To Make Writing A Kids Book Child’s Play

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A few things in life are certain – we have all been children, and we have all known a parent or a parent-figure. Childhood experiences we hold with us forever, we remember them as a time we had the freedom to do anything and everything. Remember playing on swings and slides, or playing football in the park using your jumpers for goalposts. Such exciting times with no worries.

If it came to writing a book for kids, would you use these memories to aide your writing? It definitely sounds the best way to us. Using your experiences of your youth and your childhood to help you. Most activities you did when you were young, a child of today will more than likely be able to relate to.

A Little Advice On Structuring A Letter

We all need to write letters.  It doesn’t matter what purpose it’s for, be it a professional request or an informal note, we all have a requirement at some point to draft together a letter.

Whilst some people will be able to do so relatively easily for whatever reason, there are plenty more who have trouble with specific aspects – and very often, one such aspect is the way in which a letter should be structured.

When you need to write a letter, it’s highly likely you think it’s going to be easy.  You pick up a pen and paper or open up your laptop, write ‘Dear Sir / Madam’…and then get stuck.  You have an idea of what you need to say, but you don’t know where to begin or how to put it down in the correct way.

How Problematic Are Typos And Grammar Errors In Online Content?

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When we’re reading a newspaper article or a letter from a company, we don’t often have to react due to it being littered with spelling mistakes and grammar errors.  With these types of content, they’re checked so meticulously that issues are few and far between.

This isn’t to say they don’t happen, but the proofing process usually ensures mistakes are kept to an absolute minimum.

Understanding The Importance Of Using The Right Language In Your Content

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One of the most favourable qualities of any great writer is versatility.  Whether you’re looking at a formal press release, engaging website content or a sociable blog post, a great writer should be able to turn their hand to it all.

As part of this versatility and knowing what’s needed when, a particular skill is understanding the exact language that should be included dependant upon the audience.

Why Is Great Content So Important For Online Organisations?

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There are very few people who, before buying something, don’t head online first.  They may not have the intention of handing their money over online, but the vast majority of us will at least do some research on the internet beforehand.

A fantastic opportunity for businesses, no matter whether the customer had the intention of buying online or not, they could be persuaded to do so if the right techniques, tools and approaches are used, as it’s all about having the most effective sales process possible in place.

3 Reasons Not Everyone Can Be A Freelance Writer

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As more people have started to look for careers that are particularly flexible and better suited to their lifestyle, freelance writing has become increasingly popular as a job option.

Often meaning you can call your home the office and essentially giving you the freedom to work as much – or as little – as you wish, it’s the perfect career choice for many.

How Does A Blog Post Differ From A Professional Letter

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On the most basic of levels, all writing is the same. You pick up a pen or load up your computer, put some words onto a page and after a given length of time, you have your written document produced.

But in many ways, this is where the similarities between pieces of writing ends and the reality is there can be a huge amount of difference between articles.

Not something a lot of people are aware of, today we want to showcase the difference between a blog post and a professional letter (and in fact most other pieces of writing) and give you an insight into how the former needs to be written to ensure it’s as effective as it can be.

How To Write A Letter To Your MP

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Like the majority of the population of the UK you have probably been offering advice to the Members of Parliament and the Prime Minister on many occasions throughout your life, but what you shout at the television screen doesn’t really count.

For someone to really listen to your opinion you need to take notes down and convert them with your letter writing skills to express your concerns to your MP and share your thoughts, but how can you make sure that they take you seriously?