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Australia’s important strata community has the opportunity to celebrate its successes each year at each state’s Strata Community Awards for…

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Founded in 1988 by businessman and multicultural marketing guru, Joseph Assaf AO, the annual Ethnic Business Awards are the country’s longest-running national business awards…

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B2B documentsBlogGovernment TendersTender writing tips

What does the Tenderer really want? How to ask questions during the Tender process. Once you’ve read all the Request for…

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B2B documentsBlogTender writing tipsThought Leadership articles

GM Proof Communications, Chrissy Crust had the pleasure of interviewing Roy Wakelin-King, Government Strategic Advisor for IMAB2B, focusing on the…

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BlogGrammar tipsProofreading tipsPunctuationWriting tips

A comma splice is a grammatical error that’s easy to identify. It’s when a comma separates two phrases (independent clauses)…

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B2B documentsBlogEditingGrammar tipsProofreading tipsPunctuationTyposWriting tips

Editing and proofreading your own work is tough. We’re too close to it to proofread it perfectly. A fresh pair…

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B2B documentsBlogGrammar tipsUncategorisedWriting tips

The extra comma  As you’ll remember from school, we use commas to separate items in a list. For example: I…

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B2B documentsBlogCopywritingGrammar tipsPreparation guidesStyle Guides

Big businesses have in-house style manuals or style guides which set out basic grammar rules and conventions, plus those used…

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B2B documentsBlogGrammar tipsTyposWriting tips

Affect vs. Effect ‘Affect’ is a verb that means ‘cause a change in’ or ‘influence’. ‘Effect’ is mostly used as…

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BlogGrammar tipsProofreading tipsPunctuationTyposWriting tips

When you’re typing or texting at speed, it’s easy to spell a word incorrectly. But mistakes can completely change the…

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BlogGrammar tipsProofreading tipsPunctuationWriting tips

A comma splice is a grammatical error that’s easy to identify. It’s when a comma separates two phrases (independent clauses)…

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Annual reportsEditingProofreading tipsProposal WritingTender writing tips

Annual reporting season is almost upon us! Yes, it’s that happy time of year when listed companies, government and not-for-profits…

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B2B documentsBlogGovernment TendersTender writing tips

What does the Tenderer really want? How to ask questions during the Tender process. Once you’ve read all the Request for…

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B2B documentsBlogTender writing tipsThought Leadership articles

GM Proof Communications, Chrissy Crust had the pleasure of interviewing Roy Wakelin-King, Government Strategic Advisor for IMAB2B, focusing on the…

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Annual reportsEditingProofreading tipsProposal WritingTender writing tips

Annual reporting season is almost upon us! Yes, it’s that happy time of year when listed companies, government and not-for-profits…

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B2B documentsEditingProofreading tipsTypos

Whether a writer doesn’t have time to focus on editing and proofreading, or simply doesn’t understand the importance of it,…

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BlogCopywritingEditingGrammar tipsProofreading tipsTypos

Take 5 seconds to read the following sentence:  Fifty florins for a flagon of fluff.  How many Fs did you count? Six? Seven?  There…

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B2B documentsBlogEditingProofreading tipsTypos

Some things in life are just plain wrong. Referring to a week at home as a ‘staycation’, and believing macramé…

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Award EntriesBusiness AwardsHow to win business

Winning business awards is the icing on the cake. When you achieve something big in your business, you naturally want…

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BlogCopywritingHow to win businessNewslettersWebsitesWriting tips

What is Direct response copywriting (DRC)? DRC is long-form copy that addresses the audience directly with the aim of sparking…

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B2B documentsBlogCopywritingHow to win businessPreparation guidesWebsites

Introduction to call to actions copywriting Many companies copywrite blogs, articles, tips and tricks for their websites in the hopes…

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BlogCopywritingHow to win businessProposal WritingWriting tips

What’s an unsolicited proposal?   An unsolicited proposal is when you approach a business or government with a proposal to provide your service or product, even though your service or…

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BlogGrammar tipsProofreading tipsPunctuationWriting tips

A comma splice is a grammatical error that’s easy to identify. It’s when a comma separates two phrases (independent clauses)…

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Proposal WritingWriting tips

Winning a grant in Australia needs a strategic approach that combines an understanding of the environment, clear reasons for seeking…

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Award EntriesBusiness AwardsWriting tips

Entering a business award can significantly boost your company’s profile, credibility and business opportunities. However, the process of award writing…

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Annual reportsEditingProofreading tipsProposal WritingTender writing tips

Annual reporting season is almost upon us! Yes, it’s that happy time of year when listed companies, government and not-for-profits…

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Annual reportsProofreading tips

Where do we even begin? Not proofreading an annual report can have significant repercussions, not least because it’s a summary…

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Annual reportsProofreading tips

Proofreaders for annual reports When you consider that your public facing or important stakeholder documents are going to be closely…

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