Comments on: Business writing: 6 ways to get your business voice right

By: Sharon Tanton

Sharon Tanton — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:23:02 +0000

Thanks James. I’m a big fan of the short sentence!

By: James Chapman

James Chapman — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:02:22 +0000

Fantastic article… love they way you demonstrated point 1!

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By: Sharon Tanton

Sharon Tanton — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:32:27 +0000

Glad it’s useful Nick, good luck with the blogging and tweeting. Emma, I don’t know that song, and would like you to sing it to me in the playground sometime. And will keep my fingers crossed for your proposal, Dick. Thanks all for comments.

By: sonja

sonja — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:51:28 +0000

Emma – is that the one that goes something like: “It’s not about you, it’s not about me…dah dah dah dah dah…it’s all about we…we-ah-we-ah-we” or words to that effect? I can understand why the kids like it!

By: Dick

Dick — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:17:02 +0000

Great, thanks Sharon. I’ve just rewritten part of a contract proposal as a result of reading this.

By: Emma Peddie

Emma Peddie — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:53:56 +0000

Brilliant Sharon! As always. I’d get you to write my copy anytime.

And re point 3 have you heard the We song by Neil Diamond? Grammatically it’s not exactly spot on but a cute song and my kids think it’s hysterical (fairly predictable as to why…).

By: Sharon Tanton

Sharon Tanton — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:51:28 +0000

Thanks Kristina – short and sweet so often best. Obviously you need longer sentences sometimes, but when in doubt, cut it short! I love Lizzie’s pic too, she’s very talented.

By: Kristina Hughes

Kristina Hughes — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:32:40 +0000

Brilliant and simple – am so guilty of using never ending sentences. I will be befriending those full stops from now on. Love Lizzie’s pic too.

By: Nick Hall

Nick Hall — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:41:21 +0000

Brilliant advice in a truly multi-media age. Only just starting blogging and tweeting, and this advice will be great to set me off on the right footing.

I also believe it’s incredibly powerful advice to remember for good old fashioned press releases and copy.

Oh yeah, and I really like that image too. With this advice my business is going up just like those balloons, baby.