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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Editing can save and bring money to your business.

I saw this sign during one of my trips to a grocery store. I stopped to think whether it made sense for the business to post it or not. Most likely, it was just a mistake; however, can you imagine how many people saw this sign?

Errors are made. It may be true that it is not the end of the world when you make a mistake; however, errors can cost you a lot of money. Imagine if there were 150 people who changed their mind about buying the product just because they saw the sign, that will be a few dollars of sales lost.  If you think that a loss of few dollars won’t greatly affect a company, think of a business handling a billion-dollar contract making an error on the terms of the contract. It would definitely cost a lot of money to have a contract corrected or they can even lose the contract because of an error.

It is important to always proofread business documents.Editing brings a lot of benefits to businesses. An error-free business document
  • Signifies credibility.
  • Increases the chances of having happy customers.
  • Saves the business some money on addressing this type of issues.  
Whatever type of document you are working on, you should never forget to edit. And that was my two cents.

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