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"Writing today is not a frill for the few, but an essential skill for the many." --The National Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges

Good writing really matters when it comes to promoting or representing your business. Recent research has shown that many hiring managers consider a certain qualification above all others when making decisions on hiring and promotions. And that qualification is not experience, technical skill or business insight - it is writing ability.

And if you think the research is just talking about employees in marketing or communications positions, you'd be wrong. In fact, according to The National Commission on Writing, 2/3 of salaried employees in large American companies have at least some writing responsibility – everyone from administrative assistants to the sales force to the CEO. Whatever the field or position, the ability to properly use the written word plays a major role in career success.

If your writing skills can use a review, the following tips can help:

· Know what you want to say.
· Know your audience's language, needs and problems.
· Know what response you are hoping to elicit from this audience.
· Trust and believe your ear.

Allison Nazarian is president and chief copywriter of Get It In Writing, a Florida-based company that helps businesses nationwide harness the power of words to sell, inform and publicize. Allison can be reached at 561.487.3917 or anazarian@getitinwriting.biz.

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