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How to Evaluate Business Correspondence

Writing is a critical communication skill for any business professional. Correspondence consists of memos, letters, and electronic mail. In accounting, correspondence is an effective way to make requests, persuade, propose, and deliver specific information. Words that Count is dedicated to assisting customers to not only write professionally, but also to evaluate business correspondence.
Audiences have predetermined expectations and attitudes about documents and the information within them. Audiences typically expect documents to have the following characteristics:
Content: The content in a document has to be correct and complete. Readers want to make sure that all the relevant issues have been addressed.
Appropriateness for Readers: The document has to be written with a particular reader in mind. Issues that are being discussed should be on a level the reader can understand. For most documents, it is better to focus on practical, explicit information and advice related to what is being discussed.
Conciseness: Documents have to be written as concisely as possible, given the reader's needs and the issues to be addressed.
Clarity: The style of the document has to be clear and readable. The words should convey the meaning with precision and clarity.
Coherence: The document should be structured so that it is coherent. The organization should be logical and the train of thought easy to follow. Main ideas should be summarized near the beginning of the document, and each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence.
Revision: The document should be polished and professional. It should be free of all spelling errors and typos; grammatical errors should not detract from the message.

Professional Writing Conferences: The Painless Way to Improve Professional Writing Proficiency by Manny C.

Even as professionals, many of us still find ourselves struggling with certain aspects of professional writing. We are not alone in facing these obstacles. This is a problem that is widespread and affects many people in the business world. As we well know, communication is vital to solving all problems in our professions and this is a problem that is no different. Often times, we forget that others are sharing our troubles. Fortunately for those struggling with writing discrepancies, there is a helpful solution. Look no further then Professional Writing Conferences.

Professional Writing Conferences are usually large scale seminars that incorporate many professionals from around the nation. These conferences are a collection of workshops, aimed towards assisting employees with their difficulties in many areas of the entire writing process. Whether you have trouble drafting memos or coming up with the final product for a research report, writing conferences assist you in sharpening your skills in various areas. Each workshop is taught by a reputable educator that is knowledgeable in that particular subject. Aside from honing your existing skills, these conferences are also a fine way to pick up some new knowledge in the field. With so many diverse professionals from all over the country these conferences are also an optimal way to learn from others and to help you understand that you aren’t the only one with writing blunders.

Business Planning: how to write a bisiness plan

A business plan does not have to be as complicated as it may seem to most people. In this video, FJ simplifies the process, into a few steps.

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Using these simple steps will get you on your way to a great business plan.

Understanding The Accounting Language

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Want results? Know your audience. by CodyC

Words that Count prides itself on getting results for its clients. If you're happy, we're happy, and results come from knowing who you are trying to get results from. One of the most common things you will do as an employee in an accounting firm is draft letters, memos, e-mails, etc.When writing professional correspondences, the first and often most important step is to analyze your audience. Knowing your audience, their expectations, and their attitudes will provide you a foundation on which to build. In an accounting firm, there are two general audiences: those within the firm and those outside of the firm, such as clients.

Writing within your own firm takes on many different forms. For example, a quick e-mail to a fellow coworker might be devoid of any formatting or grammar at all, but you should still be cognitive of content. Even informal e-mails can and will be read by unintended audiences at some point and therefore should not be anything you wouldn’t want your boss reading. If your audience is your entire division, however, then you will want to consider what is the action I want from my audience? This simple, conscious step will change the tone of your writing in a way that will be more likely to incite that action.

What should a writer consider when drafting to members outside of his or her own firm? First and foremost, this correspondence should always be professional in style, word usage, structure, grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. In this situation, the writer is representing the firm as a whole and should never disregard etiquette, no matter how close the relationship may be with the client. The next thing to consider is the audience’s attitude towards the subject. If the audience has a negative view on the subject your approach will be much different than if the audience’s view is a positive one. Lastly, you need to establish the purpose of your writing and what you want to get out of your audience. Is your purpose to be persuasive or informative? The video below is a fun example from the movie "Thank You For Smoking" that shows how incredibly useful it is to fully understand one’s audience, especially regarding those outside your own firm. The tobacco employee has traveled to the home of a man involved a very expensive and risky legal battle with the tobacco company.

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How to Write Persuasively. 26 March 2010. http://www.ehow.com/how_2122369_write-persuasively.html.

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Don't Mess Up! by ChadI

How many times have you seen an error in someone else’s writing? Or even better, how many times have you seen a typo in a professional’s work? Let me guess, your number is at least twenty. Words that Count is completely dedicated to absolute perfection when it comes to writing correctly and we want to pass that same passion onto you. We are dedicated to enhancing the professional communication, within and between accounting firms, through efficient drafting of any and all necessary documents. Please! Continue reading to see how you can become a guru at writing correctly.

There are many techniques to master before you can write correctly. We’ll discuss just a few so you can get on your way. Probably the most common mistake made by writers has to do with punctuation. Incorrectly placed commas and apostrophes can completely distort ideas and change meaning. Along with punctuation, make sure your jargon is accurate, be concise, and make it clear, just to name a few. If you’re able to get a firm grasp on these four areas, you’re sure to have a firm foundation for writing correctly.

Hopefully the PowerPoint presentation provided some stability to your writing. Writing correctly is extremely important and it is more important that you do. So go on, set forth, and never make a silly error again.

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How Accounting & Writing Will Increase Your Profits , JoeyR

This blog is to contribute to the writing process of accounting so i thought i would share some knowledge as far as writing and accounting. Writing in accounting will be extremely useful when you have to write one of your customers an email, a letter, whatever it may be writing is super important to know and understand how to use proper grammar everything to write very effective letters.

Not only is writing important to learn for accounting but in all aspects of your life. A well written email to one of your clients could totally change their decision about using you to do their taxes that year instead of using one of your competitors. Not only is writing effective emails useful to improving your business skills but writing an effective email to one of your associates is useful as well to improve the workplace environment and have a more effectively run workplace.

Enough about writing and how it is effective though, lets talk about how accounting and writing will effectively increase your sales, and revenue. Imagine this, an effective sales letter that you learned how to write through lets say a professional writing class. This is a super effective way to increase your profits, so take all of this information I have shared with you and use it wisely in the future because it will be proven to increase your revenue.