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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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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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BlogCopywritingEditingEnglish languageGrammar tipsPreparation guidesWriting tips

Professional copywriters and copy editors know the importance of clear, concise language to communicate strong messages and useful information when…

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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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BiosBlogBusiness profilesGrammar tipsProofreading tips

Doing business is difficult enough without having to reach for the urban dictionary and thesaurus. In an effort to outdo…

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BlogEnglish languageGrammar tipsProofreading tipsTyposWriting tips

(Plus one you may think is an error, but isn’t). One of the wonderful features of the English language is…

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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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Award EntriesB2B documentsBlogWriting tips

Winning business awards has so many upsides: They raise your personal profile and the profile of your business; clients or…

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Award EntriesB2B documentsBlogCopywritingWriting tips

Winning business awards has so many upsides: They raise your personal profile and the profile of your business; clients or…

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Award EntriesB2B documentsBlogBusiness AwardsHow to win businessWriting tips

Apart from the obvious advice of needing to enter in the first place, there are heaps of other ways you…

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Award EntriesB2B documentsBlogBusiness AwardsCopywritingHow to win businessWriting tips

A new report reveals business awards are 100% more likely to be won by companies who enter them than by…

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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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BlogGovernment TendersHow to win businessTender writing tips

Q: What’s the number one reason why, every year, more than 60% of tenders submitted to all levels of Australian government…

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Award EntriesBlogHow to win businessWriting tips

Winning business awards has so many upsides They raise your personal profile and the profile of your business; clients or…

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Award EntriesBlogBusiness AwardsHow to win businessWriting tips

There are so many benefits of winning an award, including: They raise your personal profile and the profile of your…

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BlogHow to win businessTender writing tips

Should you respond? Tender or proposal opportunities arise in many ways. But before you rush off and start writing your…

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B2B documentsBlogEditingHow to win businessWriting tips

Check out any online newspaper these days and you’re almost guaranteed to find another celebrity has felt compelled to post…

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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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Award EntriesB2B documentsBlogBusiness AwardsCopywritingHow to win businessWriting tips

A new report reveals business awards are 100% more likely to be won by companies who enter them than by…

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Award EntriesB2B documentsBlogCopywritingWriting tips

Winning business awards has so many upsides: They raise your personal profile and the profile of your business; clients or…

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Award EntriesB2B documentsBlogBusiness AwardsHow to win businessWriting tips

Apart from the obvious advice of needing to enter in the first place, there are heaps of other ways you…

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B2B documentsBlogBlogsCopywritingEditingHow to win businessPreparation guidesWriting tips

That business blog you started recently is no doubt coming on a treat. However, even the most ardent blogger can…

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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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