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Proof Communications Top 10 Business Awards To Enter In 2021

January 5, 2021

Winning a business award is an ongoing goal for many businesses, and receiving business awards is always an outstanding achievement for any company. Business awards give your business great exposure, a chance to grow, allow you to network with other businesses, and ultimately, build trust and credibility with your customers. In Australia, we like giving out awards to businesses who deserve it. So, here are the top 10 business awards you can enter in 2021, and when entries open: Telstra…

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How to not overcomplicate your sentences

September 22, 2020

Bios, Blogs, Business profiles, Grammar tips, Proofreading tips

Doing business is difficult enough without having to reach for the urban dictionary and thesaurus. In an effort to outdo competitors, it’s easy to become bogged down in over the top descriptions, adjectives and buzzwords. Stating your company will ‘provide innovative human resource solutions’ makes it harder for potential customers to connect with your message when ‘find the right person for the job’ says it all simply and clearly. Over-complicated sentences can confuse, mislead or simply bore the reader. The…

How to not overcomplicate your sentences was last modified on September 22nd, 2020 by Proof Communications Team

Huru voodoo, or when words go wrong

August 18, 2020

Blogs, Editing, English language, Typos

Translation news, now. This week it’s the story of Canadian brewery Hell’s Basement who came an embarrassing cropper after christening their new pale ale Huruhuru – a Māori word they thought meant ‘feather’. In fact, it means ‘pubic hair’. Awkward. Still, Hell’s Basement wasn’t alone. Also getting caught up in the lost-in-translation net was a Wellington leather outlet who’d gone the whole hog, naming their entire store Huruhuru. Cold comfort, but at least they’d done their due diligence. Although in…

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Filler Instinct

July 7, 2020

B2B documents, Blogs, Editing, Writing tips

Written business content needs to be free of filler words. Filler words (and phrases, for that matter) are those that you can safely jettison to make your key points sharper and your message easier to digest. But what’s so bad about a filler word? Hear ‘filler word’ and think ‘empty calories’ – they have the same effect. Like something that tastes good for about a nanosecond but which is ultimately unsatisfying (and does nothing for your hips). Filler words use…

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The ‘write’ words

June 25, 2020

B2B documents, Blogs, Writing tips

Do you have to write business documents for your organisation? Even the world’s best-selling writers struggle from time to time and rely on revision (and editors) to improve their drafts. They know that it takes time to write a good document, and that they don’t have to be word perfect first time round. Help! I’ve got writer’s block Facing a blank sheet of paper (or screen) is very intimidating. It’s not unusual for experienced writers to suffer from writer’s block,…

The ‘write’ words was last modified on June 25th, 2020 by Proof Communications Team

Never was a truer word spoken

May 13, 2020

Blogs, English language

One of the greatest wordsmiths in living memory, T.S. Eliot once said, ‘My name is only an anagram of toilets’. Typical self-effacing humour from such a brilliant writer, and testament to the power of anagrams to amuse, confuse and be just downright clever – as the following list so wonderfully demonstrates. For help with copywriting, proofreading or editing any of your business documents, contact Proof Communications on 02 8036 5532 or 0411 123 216 or head to the contact page.

Never was a truer word spoken was last modified on May 13th, 2020 by Proof Communications Team

No blogging, no kidding!

November 26, 2019

Blogs, copywriting, How to win business, Uncategorised, Writing tips

Your business doesn’t have a blog? Are you serious? It doesn’t have to be War and Peace or take a huge investment of time. But what it does need to do is engage with your readers and attract potential customers. But let’s be clear here. There are personal blogs and business blogs – two quite different animals. Personal blogs can veer from excruciatingly dull to downright cringeworthy – like a Christmas letter, and we’ve all suffered through reading one of…

No blogging, no kidding! was last modified on November 26th, 2019 by Proof Communications Author

Why having a website is like owning a caravan

August 20, 2018

B2B documents, Blogs, Case Study, How to win business, Websites

Having a website is like owning a caravan. If you’re serious about your business going places, you can hitch it up and travel together, regularly adapting content to expose your customers to different views and expand your following. Failing to keep website content fresh is like parking your van in the backyard and assuming customers will be kept happy by seeing the same old Hills Hoist. In her article, The Key to Updating Website Content Regularly (Without Losing Your Mind),…

Why having a website is like owning a caravan was last modified on August 20th, 2018 by Proof Communications Author