✍️ Business Writing

Guides to writing with clarity, precision, and persuasion in professional contexts. For anyone who wants their emails, reports, and proposals to actually get read.

The First Minute

by Chris Fenning • 2020

Most work conversations fail in the first minute. Three sentences can fix that.

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🗣 Workplace Communication 🧠 Structured Thinking ⚡ Brevity 📅 Meeting Management 🎯 Solution-Focused

The First Minute

Most work conversations fail in the first minute. Three sentences can fix that.

by Chris Fenning 2020

3.84

1k+ ratings

🗣 Workplace Communication 🧠 Structured Thinking ⚡ Brevity 📅 Meeting Management 🎯 Solution-Focused

The Minto Pyramid Principle

by Barbara Minto • 1987

How McKinsey consultants write: lead with the answer and build the case underneath.

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📋 Consulting Methodology 🧱 Structured Thinking 🔍 Problem Solving 📢 Business Communication 🏢 Mckinsey Methods

The Minto Pyramid Principle

How McKinsey consultants write: lead with the answer and build the case underneath.

by Barbara Minto 1987

3.97

4k+ ratings

📋 Consulting Methodology 🧱 Structured Thinking 🔍 Problem Solving 📢 Business Communication 🏢 Mckinsey Methods

HBR Guide to Better Business Writing

by Harvard Business Publishing • 2005

Your readers are busy. The playbook for business documents that get read and change minds.

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📝 Persuasive Writing ✂️ Editing Techniques 📧 Email Etiquette 📄 Proposal Writing ⚡ Writing Efficiency

HBR Guide to Better Business Writing

Your readers are busy. The playbook for business documents that get read and change minds.

by Harvard Business Publishing 2005

4.06

1k+ ratings

📝 Persuasive Writing ✂️ Editing Techniques 📧 Email Etiquette 📄 Proposal Writing ⚡ Writing Efficiency

Everybody Writes

by Ann Handley • 2014

Show up. Write badly. Revise. The practical habits that turn anyone into a better content writer.

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🎯 Content Marketing ✍️ Writing Craft 🗣️ Plain Language ⏰ Writing Habits 📋 Copywriting

Everybody Writes

Show up. Write badly. Revise. The practical habits that turn anyone into a better content writer.

by Ann Handley 2014

3.97

6k+ ratings

🎯 Content Marketing ✍️ Writing Craft 🗣️ Plain Language ⏰ Writing Habits 📋 Copywriting

Writing That Works

by Kenneth Roman • 1981

From emails to proposals, the enduring rules for business writing that gets read and gets results.

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✍️ Clear Writing 📐 Writing Structure 💼 Persuasive Writing ✂️ Editing Techniques 📊 Presentation Skills

Writing That Works

From emails to proposals, the enduring rules for business writing that gets read and gets results.

by Kenneth Roman 1981

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1k+ ratings

✍️ Clear Writing 📐 Writing Structure 💼 Persuasive Writing ✂️ Editing Techniques 📊 Presentation Skills

Making Things Happen

by Scott Berkun • 2001

The project manager's real work: balancing opposites that can't be balanced, and delivering anyway.

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🧱 Project Management 💻 Software Development 💬 Communication Skills 🤝 Team Dynamics 🔄 Iterative Design

Making Things Happen

The project manager's real work: balancing opposites that can't be balanced, and delivering anyway.

by Scott Berkun 2001

3.97

5k+ ratings

🧱 Project Management 💻 Software Development 💬 Communication Skills 🤝 Team Dynamics 🔄 Iterative Design

Writing for Busy Readers

by Todd Rogers • 2023

Most people won't read what you write. A behavioral scientist's rules for changing that.

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🗣️ Workplace Communication 🧠 Reader Psychology ✂️ Concise Writing 👁️ Attention Management 📝 Plain Language

Writing for Busy Readers

Most people won't read what you write. A behavioral scientist's rules for changing that.

by Todd Rogers 2023

3.87

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Workplace Communication 🧠 Reader Psychology ✂️ Concise Writing 👁️ Attention Management 📝 Plain Language

This book will teach you how to write better

by Neville Medhora • 2013

Your reader does not care about you. Copy that sells starts there and never gets clever.

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🧱 Copywriting Fundamentals 🧠 Reader Psychology ✍️ Headline Formulas 👤 Audience Personas 📬 Direct Response Copywriting

This book will teach you how to write better

Your reader does not care about you. Copy that sells starts there and never gets clever.

by Neville Medhora 2013

3.92

1k+ ratings

🧱 Copywriting Fundamentals 🧠 Reader Psychology ✍️ Headline Formulas 👤 Audience Personas 📬 Direct Response Copywriting

The One-Page Proposal

by Patrick G. Riley • 2002

One page. Six sections. All the facts, numbers, and persuasion a decision-maker needs.

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🧾 Business Proposals ✂️ Concise Communication 🚀 Startup Pitches 💡 Innovation Culture 🗣️ Employee Empowerment

The One-Page Proposal

One page. Six sections. All the facts, numbers, and persuasion a decision-maker needs.

by Patrick G. Riley 2002

3.87

164 ratings

🧾 Business Proposals ✂️ Concise Communication 🚀 Startup Pitches 💡 Innovation Culture 🗣️ Employee Empowerment

The Storytelling Edge

by Shane Snow • 2018

Oxytocin is the reason stories sell. The craft and system for using it deliberately.

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🎯 Strategic Storytelling 📣 Content Marketing 🧠 Neuromarketing 👥 Audience Building 🗺️ Content Strategy

The Storytelling Edge

Oxytocin is the reason stories sell. The craft and system for using it deliberately.

by Shane Snow 2018

3.42

346 ratings

🎯 Strategic Storytelling 📣 Content Marketing 🧠 Neuromarketing 👥 Audience Building 🗺️ Content Strategy

Excellence in Business Communication

by John V. Thill • 1990

Why your first draft should wait: a planning-first method for business writing that actually lands.

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✍️ Writing Process 🎯 Audience Analysis 💬 Persuasive Messaging 🏗️ Message Structure 🗣️ Workplace Communication

Excellence in Business Communication

Why your first draft should wait: a planning-first method for business writing that actually lands.

by John V. Thill 1990

3.83

206 ratings

✍️ Writing Process 🎯 Audience Analysis 💬 Persuasive Messaging 🏗️ Message Structure 🗣️ Workplace Communication

Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page

by Sam Leith • 2017

From Aristotle to email, the sentence craft that makes readers absorb ideas before they can resist.

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✍️ Writing Craft 📖 Style Guides ✂️ Editing And Revision 🏗️ Sentence Structure 🎯 Audience Awareness

Write to the Point How to be Clear, Correct and Persuasive on the Page

From Aristotle to email, the sentence craft that makes readers absorb ideas before they can resist.

by Sam Leith 2017

3.73

195 ratings

✍️ Writing Craft 📖 Style Guides ✂️ Editing And Revision 🏗️ Sentence Structure 🎯 Audience Awareness

The Pyramid Principle

by Barbara Minto

Build every document as a pyramid: answer on top, logic grouped beneath. The reader stops guessing.

3.87

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💼 Management Consulting 🧠 Structured Thinking 🔍 Logical Reasoning 🏗️ Information Hierarchy ✍️ Writing Methodology

The Pyramid Principle

Build every document as a pyramid: answer on top, logic grouped beneath. The reader stops guessing.

by Barbara Minto

3.87

181 ratings

💼 Management Consulting 🧠 Structured Thinking 🔍 Logical Reasoning 🏗️ Information Hierarchy ✍️ Writing Methodology

Word Up! How to Write Powerful Sentences and Paragraphs

by Marcia Riefer Johnston • 2013

Correct sentences are forgettable. The craft tools, from rhetoric to rhythm, that make yours stick.

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🖋️ Writing Craft 📖 Grammar Guides 🎯 Word Choice 🗣️ Rhetorical Devices ✂️ Editing And Revision

Word Up! How to Write Powerful Sentences and Paragraphs

Correct sentences are forgettable. The craft tools, from rhetoric to rhythm, that make yours stick.

by Marcia Riefer Johnston 2013

4.14

248 ratings

🖋️ Writing Craft 📖 Grammar Guides 🎯 Word Choice 🗣️ Rhetorical Devices ✂️ Editing And Revision

Writing Without Bullshit

by Josh Bernoff • 2016

Most business writing wastes the reader's time. The concise fix, from email to executive summary.

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✂️ Concise Writing 🗣️ Plain Language ✏️ Editing And Revision 📰 Inverted Pyramid 👁️ Audience Awareness

Writing Without Bullshit

Most business writing wastes the reader's time. The concise fix, from email to executive summary.

by Josh Bernoff 2016

4.01

727 ratings

✂️ Concise Writing 🗣️ Plain Language ✏️ Editing And Revision 📰 Inverted Pyramid 👁️ Audience Awareness

How to Write Clearly

by Tom Albrighton • 2021

Your writing isn't clear unless your reader says so. The reader-psychology method that works.

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📝 Plain Language 🧠 Reader Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Biases ✂️ Editing Craft 🗣️ Persuasion Science

How to Write Clearly

Your writing isn't clear unless your reader says so. The reader-psychology method that works.

by Tom Albrighton 2021

4.29

112 ratings

📝 Plain Language 🧠 Reader Psychology 🔄 Cognitive Biases ✂️ Editing Craft 🗣️ Persuasion Science

The Freelance Content Marketing Writer

by Jennifer Goforth Gregory • 2018

Find clients who pay $100 an hour for business writing, no tech background required.

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✍️ Freelance Writing 📄 Content Marketing 🔍 Client Acquisition 💰 Freelance Income 🎯 Niche Marketing

The Freelance Content Marketing Writer

Find clients who pay $100 an hour for business writing, no tech background required.

by Jennifer Goforth Gregory 2018

4.54

167 ratings

✍️ Freelance Writing 📄 Content Marketing 🔍 Client Acquisition 💰 Freelance Income 🎯 Niche Marketing

Effective Communication

by D.K. Publishing • 2015

Speak, write, listen, negotiate: the communication skills that define effective management.

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🗣️ Workplace Communication 📋 Management Skills 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🎤 Public Speaking

Effective Communication

Speak, write, listen, negotiate: the communication skills that define effective management.

by D.K. Publishing 2015

3.78

32 ratings

🗣️ Workplace Communication 📋 Management Skills 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🎤 Public Speaking

Improve Your Global Business English

by Fiona Talbot • 2012

Business English across borders: adapt your writing to any culture and never lose a deal.

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🌍 Global Business 🗣️ Cross-Cultural Communication 💡 Clear Writing 💼 Professional English 📱 Social Media Strategy

Improve Your Global Business English

Business English across borders: adapt your writing to any culture and never lose a deal.

by Fiona Talbot 2012

3.81

26 ratings

🌍 Global Business 🗣️ Cross-Cultural Communication 💡 Clear Writing 💼 Professional English 📱 Social Media Strategy

Simply Said

by Jay Sullivan • 2016

Your speaking, writing, and leadership share one failure point. Fix it and watch everything change.

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🏢 Workplace Communication 🎤 Presentation Skills 👂 Active Listening 📖 Storytelling In Business 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication

Simply Said

Your speaking, writing, and leadership share one failure point. Fix it and watch everything change.

by Jay Sullivan 2016

4.10

1k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Communication 🎤 Presentation Skills 👂 Active Listening 📖 Storytelling In Business 🗣️ Nonverbal Communication

Writing Skills for Public Relations

by John Foster • 2012

Tight sentences, headlines that earn clicks, and the legal traps hidden in everyday PR writing.

4.00

✍️ Public Relations 📖 Plain English 📰 Headline Writing 🔤 Grammar And Style ✂️ Editing Technique

Writing Skills for Public Relations

Tight sentences, headlines that earn clicks, and the legal traps hidden in everyday PR writing.

by John Foster 2012

4.00

5 ratings

✍️ Public Relations 📖 Plain English 📰 Headline Writing 🔤 Grammar And Style ✂️ Editing Technique

Developing a Business Case

by Harvard Business School Press • 2010

Build a business case that wins approval: define the opportunity, weigh alternatives, make the case.

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🧾 Business Proposals 🏢 Corporate Decision Making 🗣️ Stakeholder Persuasion 📊 Executive Communication 🔍 Structured Decision Making

Developing a Business Case

Build a business case that wins approval: define the opportunity, weigh alternatives, make the case.

by Harvard Business School Press 2010

3.76

96 ratings

🧾 Business Proposals 🏢 Corporate Decision Making 🗣️ Stakeholder Persuasion 📊 Executive Communication 🔍 Structured Decision Making

Public Relations

by Ron Smith • 2013

How PR builds trust, manages crises, and earns goodwill: a field guide for newcomers.

3.91

👥 Public Relations 🏢 Corporate Communications 🎯 Strategic Communication 📰 Media Relations 🛡️ Reputation Management

Public Relations

How PR builds trust, manages crises, and earns goodwill: a field guide for newcomers.

by Ron Smith 2013

3.91

23 ratings

👥 Public Relations 🏢 Corporate Communications 🎯 Strategic Communication 📰 Media Relations 🛡️ Reputation Management

Oxford Guide to Plain English

by Martin Cutts • 2004

Writing busy people finish: a complete system from sentence craft through page design.

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🗣️ Plain Language 📚 Writing Style Guides ✍️ Sentence Craft 🔍 Editing And Revision 👁️ Readability

Oxford Guide to Plain English

Writing busy people finish: a complete system from sentence craft through page design.

by Martin Cutts 2004

4.25

208 ratings

🗣️ Plain Language 📚 Writing Style Guides ✍️ Sentence Craft 🔍 Editing And Revision 👁️ Readability

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