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Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
➋ Use bullet points:
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Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
• Say up top how many items will follow. Five to ten items is ideal—anything longer is a book, not a newsletter. Trim it.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
The Harvard Business Review recommends 15 words max for your big point. We would advise the shorter, the better.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
➊ Grab people with the visuals and words you choose.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
- But people keep banging out emails, letters, memos, papers, stories and books like it’s 1980.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
• What the hell is this? • Is it worth my time?
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