Many times in today's day and age, people get confused on when they should write casually and when they should use proper business writing. You should not write to your boss or potential boss in the same manner you write to your friends in text messages. With that in mind, I have composed a few tips to help you determine when to write casually and when to use a proper business style writing.
1. Determine the Audience: Many times it would be more correct to have improper grammar and spellings if your writing to an audience at a rock concert or a skate park. You should be able to determine if it's the time and the place for slang or professionalism.
2. Writing to an Unknown Reader: There will be many times where you will have to write a letter or memo to someone who you have never met. In this instance, you want to be as professional in your writing as possible. Mispellings and grammatical errors will have the reader judging you as a person from your writing.
Determining if you should write casually or professionally is all common judgement. My personal tip would be if your unsure about the reader and how they would accept your casual writing, just write as professional as possible.
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Great blog Blake! Really useful but simple information that I will remember next time. Good job using very friendly language too!
ReplyDeleteNice job! I completely agree with what you wrote about people who have never met you that judge you on your grammar and spelling. Even if it's a simple mistake, people look at it and make assumptions about you. That's an extremely helpful tip for people to watch their grammar, especially when it's a correspondence with someone they have never met.
ReplyDeleteI like how you were very personal with this, and it is correct that people will judge you on grammar.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very important subject. I have nottice that when I write my e-mails I type just the way i would talk and it isn't very business like. I now know when and when not to do that
ReplyDeleteGood advice about writing professional when in doubt. Try and incorporate more visuals in your posts.
ReplyDeleteGood blog. I would like to see you incorporate more visuals. it can do wonders for your blog. :)
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