Business Writing Skills Considered
Well, I must confess, as an entrepreneur businessperson I never really cared much for writers.
In fact, in my mind I placed them in the same category with lawyers, stockbrokers, and used car salespeople.
That's not to say that everyone in those professions is bad, just that the reputation of those industries often gets hit pretty hard.
So, why did I previously in my life put writers in such a category? You see, in my mind I was always rather upset when they did a story in the newspaper about our company, and they would interview me for an hour, take a few of my sentences out of context, and write a story which wasn't exactly what happened.
Oh sure, most all the articles were really good, and did present my company, employees, and myself in a good light, but that doesn't mean the completed stories were completely factual, often they missed the point entirely, rather presented a something they themselves wanted to say.
An interesting thing happened after I retired, I accidentally became a writer - that is to say I started writing articles on the Internet, e-books, and even became a co-writer of a very popular business book which was in publication for almost 10 years.
It's funny how at one time in my life as a businessperson I had a negative connotation of writers, and later I became one.
There is something I did learn, and I'd like to share with you.
What I learned is this; Writing skills are very important for entrepreneurs and businesspeople.
Indeed, and I'd like to point out that writing skills in business are paramount.
So many entrepreneurs are absolutely talented, skilled, and literal experts in their area of expertise, but if they don't write well folks they do business with and their customers just don't see it.
How you write matters and the more you write makes you that much better - it's an important skill.
I should have started sooner.
Consider if you will there are sales letters, promotional material, e-mails, and all sorts of writing that the average business person does on a daily basis.
How you write matters because it dictates how other folks perceive you; your customers, your vendors, your employees, regulators, and other businesses in town.
If you don't write correctly you will look pretty silly and stupid.
This means you will lose credibility, something that is hard earned in business, but also very important.
Perhaps it's for this reason, that I realize I'd made a mistake in my younger days, as I didn't put much emphasis on writing, I see now I could've went further faster had I been a better writer.
Now, I did fine, but, I could've done it faster, better, and who knows? Now, I see the difference, and I think all businesspeople should consider this.
I hope you will think on it.
In fact, in my mind I placed them in the same category with lawyers, stockbrokers, and used car salespeople.
That's not to say that everyone in those professions is bad, just that the reputation of those industries often gets hit pretty hard.
So, why did I previously in my life put writers in such a category? You see, in my mind I was always rather upset when they did a story in the newspaper about our company, and they would interview me for an hour, take a few of my sentences out of context, and write a story which wasn't exactly what happened.
Oh sure, most all the articles were really good, and did present my company, employees, and myself in a good light, but that doesn't mean the completed stories were completely factual, often they missed the point entirely, rather presented a something they themselves wanted to say.
An interesting thing happened after I retired, I accidentally became a writer - that is to say I started writing articles on the Internet, e-books, and even became a co-writer of a very popular business book which was in publication for almost 10 years.
It's funny how at one time in my life as a businessperson I had a negative connotation of writers, and later I became one.
There is something I did learn, and I'd like to share with you.
What I learned is this; Writing skills are very important for entrepreneurs and businesspeople.
Indeed, and I'd like to point out that writing skills in business are paramount.
So many entrepreneurs are absolutely talented, skilled, and literal experts in their area of expertise, but if they don't write well folks they do business with and their customers just don't see it.
How you write matters and the more you write makes you that much better - it's an important skill.
I should have started sooner.
Consider if you will there are sales letters, promotional material, e-mails, and all sorts of writing that the average business person does on a daily basis.
How you write matters because it dictates how other folks perceive you; your customers, your vendors, your employees, regulators, and other businesses in town.
If you don't write correctly you will look pretty silly and stupid.
This means you will lose credibility, something that is hard earned in business, but also very important.
Perhaps it's for this reason, that I realize I'd made a mistake in my younger days, as I didn't put much emphasis on writing, I see now I could've went further faster had I been a better writer.
Now, I did fine, but, I could've done it faster, better, and who knows? Now, I see the difference, and I think all businesspeople should consider this.
I hope you will think on it.
