Business writings are little bit different from normal writings as it involves some technical aspects, it can be anything but the style is different from normal day to day writings. Therefore businesses are now a days hiring professional business writers. Sometimes they are also hiring freelance writers who can work from their home as a virtual assistant.
Business Writing includes:
An extensive range of writings comes under the head of business writings; it can be internal communications within the company or can be external too-
- Newsletter
- Resumes and Job Applications
- Copy writing
- Proposals
- Blogging
- Memos
- Letters
- Reports
- PPT (power point presentations)
- Press Release
- Marketing Brochures
- Web Copy
Newsletter:
It requires a journalistic style; newsletter can be for the employees of the company, clients or customers but the main thing is, it should be informative expressing the message of the management.
Resumes and Job applications:
Another important part of business writing is writing resumes and job applications, if you are concerned with corporate world, then you must know how to write resumes and job applications. The following points are important for effective resume and job application-
- Precise and concise
- Grammatically correct
- Strategic and diplomatic
- Must reflect the research quality
- Must reflect organizational and analytical skills
Copy writing, Marketing Brochures and Web Copy: it all requires promotional writing and sales skills.
Proposal and Report:
Proposals and reports must adhered to the following formats-
- Introduction
- Proposed solution
- Cost
- Statement and
- Most important thing is it should be as short as possible.
Reports can be of different types-
- Research report
- Feasibility report and
- Progress report
Report format-
- Introduction
- Body
- Conclusion and
- Recommendation
Blogging:
As I have already discussed in my Ghost writing article that a new opportunity or one can say that a new trend emerges in recent years is blogging, individual, business man even companies are also attracted towards blogging but they don't have time for that, that's why they prefer ghost writer for their blog to promote their products through blog.
Memos and Letters: Both requires direct, professional and unambiguous message.
PPT (Power Point Presentation):
This is the most important part of business writing, PPT can be anything sometimes based on proposals or reports, the most striking way to impart the information but the condition is, way of presentation must be appealing.
Press Release:
Press Release has no hard and fast rule but the main objective of press release is one can understand the purpose of your press release, it has following format-
- Headline
- 5 W's and an H (means who, what, when, where, why and how)
- Body
- Contact details and
- Conclusion
To conclude, Business writing is nothing but writing with a conscious mind, even though some technical aspects and some rules and regulations are there but once you start business writing you will find it easy and as normal as we write in day to day.