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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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BlogCopywritingGrammar tipsProofreading tipsTyposWriting tips

If you think that “never underestimate the importance of a comma” sounds like an exercise in uber-pedantry, then just ask…

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B2B documentsBlogCopywritingEditingGrammar tipsProofreading tips

Giving birth to a website is no mean feat. There are all the usual labour pains to contend with and…

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BlogProofreading tipsWriting tips

Read one character at a time. If you go too fast, you are likely to miss mistakes. Yes, you have…

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Annual reportsB2B documentsBlogProofreading tips

As an annual report proofreader, I see similar mistakes over and over. Yet, typos are rare. In a 150 page…

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B2B documentsBlogProofreading tipsTender writing tipsWriting tips

When it comes to writing B2B business development documents, it’s natural to write about your business. What happens though is…

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Annual reportsBlogGrammar tipsProofreading tips

Around the start of a new financial year, the team at Proof Communications is asked to proofread annual reports and…

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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 EntriesBlogBusiness AwardsHow to win business

Despite mountains of evidence, some business owners still remain unconvinced of the benefits of winning a business award. So, listen…

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Award EntriesB2B documentsBlogCopywritingPreparation guides

As the year winds down, many businesses enter a slower period. But there’s an upside: when there’s less work to…

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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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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 EntriesBlogBusiness AwardsHow to win business

Many individuals tasked with writing a company’s business award entries see it as being on par with being asked to…

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Award EntriesBlogBusiness AwardsHow to win business

Everybody likes the thought of winning business awards, it’s just that writing award submissions can be such a pain. Why…

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Annual reportsB2B documentsBlogHow to win businessTender writing tips

As any organisation knows, one size does not fit all: clients have different needs and companies must respond to this…

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B2B documentsBlogCopywritingEditingHow to win businessProofreading tipsUncategorisedWriting tips

Phew! You’ve just finished your first draft of an important business document and now all you need to do is…

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B2B documentsBlogCopywritingEnglish languageWriting tips

Online comments from an unhappy UK shopper have made headlines this month. After visiting major retailer John Lewis, Donna Hewer…

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B2B documentsBlogCopywritingEditingGrammar tipsHow to win businessProofreading tipsWriting tips

Most can write, but most can’t write well! Writing is hard: it’s not only thinking up the ideas, but articulating…

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Annual reportsB2B documentsBlogGrammar tipsProofreading tipsTyposWriting tips

If you’re writing a document that will be read by your board, your management team, investors, other stakeholders, clients or…

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B2B documentsBlogCopywritingProofreading tipsWebsitesWriting tips

A website sporting well-written business copy will immediately lift your brand above the competition. Your ‘voice’ will be heard because…

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Annual reportsB2B documentsBlogGrammar tipsHow to win businessProofreading tipsTyposWriting tips

It would be a crying shame if a document you’ve spent countless hours working on is riddled with errors when…

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B2B documentsBlogCopywritingEditingHow to win businessProofreading tipsUncategorisedWriting tips

Copywriting experts may instruct us to ‘write as you speak’, but there are times when it’s better not to. You’ll…

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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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