Your Successful Messages Rob W. Neilly

You want your material to be read, heard, seen; right? Then you'll want to know a few hacks that help make that happen! Starting with your audience, to thinking about the editing and proofreading process, to meeting expectations: These are all things that can help you ensure your message is received.

In the business world especially, you're probably going to need a good subject line in much of what you write: from daily email and memos, to letters, to reports, and more. Having worked in Corporate Canada in administrative capacities for a number of years, and having taught communication skills to college students for over two decades, I have seen ... a lot of subject lines. (In some cases, I haven't seen any, and I talk about that in this episode.) So join me for a quick listen -- I'm going to try to keep these episodes down to five minutes or less -- as I discuss five best practices and tips for creating effective subject lines.

When I put my 'author hat' on, I allow myself to be verbose at times. In business writing, I'm usually concise. Let's call it efficient. Lessons learned from the school of hard knocks while working in various administrative roles in Corporate Canada and as a 25+ year contract college professor.