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Are you “post pedantic”? Take the Plain Text test

22nd January 2014 by Paul Waddington

It’s great being a pedant. Many professional writers love nothing more than gleefully pouncing on a wayward apostrophe the way a predator picks off a limping herbivore. The bestselling 2003 book “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” played to this pleasure, offering delicious catharsis to all those who had secretly fumed for years about the “grocer’s apostrophe” […]

Filed Under: Business copywriting, Grammar

A tale of two ads: the power of good copy

6th February 2013 by Paul Waddington

Two ‘move your business here’ ads offer a perfect case study in how to do (or not do) great B2B communication.

Filed Under: Business copywriting

Plain Text October 2012 newsletter

4th October 2012 by Paul Waddington

Read the latest in our very occasional series of email newsletters.

Filed Under: Business copywriting, Social media

Caring for your copywriter

11th July 2012 by Paul Waddington

Congratulations, you’re the proud owner of a new copywriter. What next?

Filed Under: Business copywriting

From aha! to WTF? When good business writing goes bad

25th November 2011 by Paul Waddington

That dull marketing copy may once have been brilliant.

Filed Under: Bad writing, Business copywriting, Business jargon, Uncategorized

Plain Text is 10!

9th June 2011 by Paul Waddington

Marking a decade of B2B copywriting

Filed Under: Business copywriting, Uncategorized, Writing that gets results

Starting sentences with ‘And’, ‘But’ and ‘So’: the definitive answer

17th May 2011 by Paul Waddington

We nail this oft-asked question once and for all, for the benefit of businesses everywhere.

Filed Under: Business copywriting Tagged With: Powerful copywriting

Really bored of the Plain English campaign now

10th December 2010 by Paul Waddington

One person’s Plain is another person’s dogma.

Filed Under: Business copywriting, Business jargon Tagged With: Business jargon

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