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Phrases to Avoid in E-Commerce Writing
The ability to write good descriptions for products is an integral part of writing e-commerce pieces for CrowdSource. While there is much more to creating excellent copy than choosing your words carefully, it is a great place to start. Many words and phrases are overused, inappropriate or fluffy. Keep your e-commerce writing free of the [...]
Read It Here!
There are a few things that are overused by some writers in writing e-commerce style paragraphs, sometimes in articles as well. Referring to “here” within the content of writing product or brand information multiple times and using too many exclamation points.
Tips for Writing Effective Content
Keep the following eight tips in mind to write effective content that keeps your readers interested in what you have to say and provide relevant and useful information.
The Strength of Parallelism
Maintaining parallel structures in words, phrases, sentences, paragraph subheadings, how-to steps and bullet points greatly improves the readability of what you write. In addition, it places the same level of importance on each word or phrase. When ideas or items are similar, using parallelism reinforces the similarities you convey through your words.
Word Pairs and Spelling for Different Parts of Speech
If you struggle with choosing the correct spelling for words that are spelled differently depending on how they are used, this blog post is for you. Words like into/in to, onto/on to and others require different spellings in different situations. The spellings used depend on what you are trying to say as well as the [...]
The Art of the FAQs Article
If you find yourself struggling with how to construct a FAQs article, receive editor feedback pointing out things you did wrong or are tackling one for the first time, it is important to ensure you construct one in the correct way. This means writing an introduction paragraph and formulating questions someone interested in the topic [...]
Breaking Down How-To Articles
A well-developed how-to article transitions well from a brief introduction that tells readers what you intend to teach them and consists of at least two (more is better) detailed steps that explain things in a concise manner. To demonstrate how to write a great how-to article that flows and contains multiple steps, this post consists [...]
Comma or No Comma – When to Separate Adjectives
You often use multiple adjectives to describe the same noun. Sometimes, a comma is necessary to separate adjectives; other times, it is not. Knowing when to apply commas between adjectives clarifies your writing. This distinction is determined by the type of adjective used. Consider the following when you struggle with whether to use a comma [...]
Structure and Flow: Writing a Great Article
Rather than go in-depth on each aspect of structure and flow, this post shows you how to format an article that flows well and is properly structured.