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My customized onsite and virtual trainings help you and your staff build the writing skills you need to communicate with online readers.
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Need a speaker for your next meeting or conference? Leslie’s talks are funny, practical, and full of real-world examples. Your audience will leave the session saying, “I learned a lot, laughed a lot, and know what to do next to improve my content!”
Training
My customized on-site and virtual writing courses are hands-on and practical. I’ll use your organization’s writing samples to create a curriculum that helps your staff write better, in less time, and with less suffering.
Writing Services
We create crisp, clear content to convey your message, in your voice. We’re roll-up-the-sleeves writers, so let us know what you need: web content, blog posts, newsletter articles, knowledgebase articles or a style guide.
eBook: Channel Choice Guide for Improving Team Communication
Not so long ago, emails, face-to-face meetings, and phone calls dominated office communication. Today, that’s all changed. Much of our communication is virtual, not in person. Employees have access to many more channels including team messaging, text, and social media.
All these options should lead to more productivity, right? Not exactly. Having so many communication options has led to lots of confusion and to some bad communication! Fill out the form to learn more.
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Customer Service, Not Marketing, Should Respond to Complaints on Social Media
I’m not sure whether it’s a turf battle, a sibling rivalry, or a custody fight, but whatever is going on between the Customer Service Team and the Marketing Team is hurting customers who reach out...
Your Chatbot Needs Better Small Talk
If you work in customer care, you’ve been talking about chatbots for about a decade. Your organization may have been using a chatbot for almost that long. You’ve heard or participated in all the...
How to Develop a Quick Start Guide That Prevents Calls and Emails
To help customers get up to speed with a product or service, companies offer many types of documentation: user manuals, video tutorials, in-product help, even good old FAQs. Why? Because customers...
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Writing Workbook
Do your customer service agents write e-mails that include embarrassing grammar or punctuation errors? Do they fail to answer customers’ questions? Is their tone unfriendly or curt? The Clear, Correct, Concise E-Mail workbook, a cost-effective, self-paced or instructor-led curriculum, will help you solve your agents’ e-mail writing problems. Clear, Correct, Concise E-Mail uses real e-mail exchanges between customers and companies to provide hands-on practice in essential e-mail writing skills:
- Write clear, strong sentences
- Use a polite, personal tone
- Select the correct word and spell it right
- Punctuate correctly
- Write for global readers