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Writing Tips

11 Ways to Improve Your Writing and Your Business is a booklet written for and distributed to participants in Sherry Roberts' business writing seminar. Use these tips to get a faster, more confident start when working with your memos, letters, reports, and news releases. For more comprehensive information, see our Books on Writing page.

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Contents

  1. Begin with one grain of sand.
  2. Give the who, what, when, where, and why.
  3. Step up to bat and take a few swings.
  4. Adopt a plain writing style.
  5. Keep it short.
  6. Give the reader a map.
  7. Be active.
  8. Cut unneeded words and prune windy phrases.
  9. Watch out for these four commonly misused words.
  10. Stress benefits, not features.
  11. Give your writing the conversation test.

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Active Listening: Hear What People Are Really Saying

Listening is one of the most important skills you can have. How well you listen has a major impact on your job effectiveness, and on the quality of your relationships with others.

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We listen to obtain information.
We listen to understand.
We listen for enjoyment.
We listen to learn.

Given all this listening we do, you would think we'd be good at it! In fact we're not. Depending on the study being quoted, we remember a dismal 25-50% of what we hear. That means that when you talk to your boss, colleagues, customers or spouse for 10 minutes, they only really hear 2½-5 minutes of the conversation.

Read more: http://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/ActiveListening.htm

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908-561-5492
55 Stirling Road, Watchung, N.J. 07069


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Save Housing, At Any Cost (again)

"Congress voted on Thursday to extend the tax credit and President Obama plans on signing it into law Friday morning. The $8,000 credit will apply to all contracts, for homes up to $800,000, entered into before April 30, 2010, and closed by June 30. It creates a new $6,500 credit for property owners who have lived in their home for at least five consecutive years."

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Income limits for eligible home buyers are expanded to $125,000 for single buyers and $225,000 for couples, from $75,000 and $150,000, respectively. To help guard against fraud, buyers are required to attach documentation of purchase to their tax return. From the NY Times:

Read more: http://njrereport.com/

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908-561-5492
55 Stirling Road, Watchung, N.J. 07069


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2009 MULTIFAMILY SOLAR FUNDING PILOT

The 2009 Multifamily Solar Funding Pilot provides a 0% loan to eligible affordable multifamily building owners for the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) renewable energy systems.

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View the Program Guidelines:

http://www.state.nj.us/dca/hmfa/gho/dprograms/multifamily/pdf/20090714_MFSOLAR%20Guidelines.pdf

Paul Stillwaggon,
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E-mail: njestates@gmail.com
Web: http://www.newjerseyestates.net
908-561-5492 (Paul S) 908-310-1358 (Cell)

NJ Estates Real Estate Group
Weichert Realtors

908-561-5492
55 Stirling Road, Watchung, N.J. 07069


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Preservation Outweighs Economic Blues in New Jersey

New Jersey, like many others states these days, is facing a severe budget crisis.

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In the interest of cost cutting and finding ways to save dollars, New Jersey could have dismantled its preservation and open space programs, citing the need to channel its limited funds elsewhere. Or New Jersey could have said preservation was not fiscally sound in a tough economic climate. Other states are certainly doing this so why not New Jersey too?

Read more: http://blogs.nationaltrust.org/preservationnation/?p=6944

Paul Stillwaggon,
For All Your Real Estate Needs
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E-mail: njestates@gmail.com
Web: http://www.newjerseyestates.net
908-561-5492 (Paul S) 908-310-1358 (Cell)

NJ Estates Real Estate Group
Weichert Realtors

908-561-5492
55 Stirling Road, Watchung, N.J. 07069


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Custom Build A New Home
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Real Estate Listings Blogs
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Our Testimonial Letters
Going Green/ Complete Info

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