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The Growing Impact of Business Communication: Communicating Globally

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When your company and your customers span the globe, some communication might get lost in translation. In these cases, tone analyzers, style guides, and fluency suggestions are invaluable in ensuring your business communication stays on-brand and considers multilingual professionals and customers. This infographic explores how teams in different countries use and accept Grammarly’s writing suggestions. Grammarly Business polishes business writing skills while unifying your company’s voice with a solution that keeps employees happy and customers engaged—no matter where they are in the world.  Learn more   and stay tuned for part four of our infographic series— How Communication Varies Across Teams . Ready to dive in?  Upgrade your team to Grammarly Business or contact us to request a demo. The post The Growing Impact of Business Communication: Communicating Globally appeared first on Grammarly Blog . Source: (https://www.grammarly.com/business/learn/impact-of-business-communica

How MarketStar and CloudTask Increased Chat-Driven Revenue by 40%

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Live chat is an enormously effective tactic for inside sales teams. Customers love its immediacy and convenience . And with real agents staffing the chatbox, live chat can lead to higher conversion rates and order values . Of course, to deliver a positive brand experience, live agents need to write polished, professional messages.  That’s true for any business, but it’s especially crucial for MarketStar and CloudTask sales agents, who staff the website chatbox for Grammarly itself. Grammarly Business is an AI-powered writing assistant that helps businesses grow by improving customer-facing communications—and customers who interact with the company online have high expectations for clear, accurate communication. Better Results Through Better Communication Set your team up for success with Grammarly Business Get Started The opportunity MarketStar and CloudTask agents help meet the expectations of potential Grammarly customers while answering

How Grammarly Helps You Learn to Write for Post-Grad Life

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If college graduation is on the horizon, you’re probably looking toward the future with a mix of excitement and nervousness. The good news is all your hard work in college has set you up to hit the ground running at the start of your new career. No matter the industry you’re heading into, the skills you’ve been developing will serve you well—research, critical thinking, time management, and yes, writing.  However, you’re likely to find that writing in the “real world” is quite different from writing in college . From shifting your tone from academically formal to professionally personable to writing concise emails vs. ten-page papers, your communication needs are bound to change. Grammarly can help! Write with confidence Grammarly helps you communicate at all stages of life Write with Grammarly Keep it readable It’s common for academic papers to feature long, complicated sentences. After all, the audience is likely to be well versed in the m

Back to School: Pearson English Podcast

This month the podcast panel poses questions from parents to English language school director Vanessa Hartson Walker. They discuss the issues around going back to school after months of disrupted learning caused by the pandemic, and how teachers can advise parents on how to support their children.   Vanessa is the director and founder of  Kids Can , an English language school for children and teenagers in Rome, as well as a teacher trainer and one of  Pearson’s Live C lasses  trainers.    Listen to the  Back to School  podcast now!    How to support children going back to school   For many children, parents and teachers around the world,  September means going back to school . Yet, with such a turbulent 18 months behind them, some parents are feeling a little nervous about the new term and what lies ahead.    To help answer some of the queries and concerns that they have, we asked our listeners two main questions: What are you most worried about when your children go back to scho

Back to school tools: Tricks and tips for hybrid teaching

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At this year’s  Pearson English Spring Days , a number of panelists came to offer their insights and expertise on hybrid learning and how to get the best out of hybrid classrooms.    One of those was guest speaker, Kasia Janitz-de-la-Rue. She offered  her insights into how teachers and students worldwide are coping  with extended hybrid learning. She also gave advice on how we can increase engagement and motivation through the use of different approaches and tools.    If you’re looking for some technology-related advice for the upcoming academic year, then read on to find out more about Kasia’s tips and tricks for hybrid teaching.    What is hybrid teaching?   By now, many of us are  familiar with online learning . During much of the lockdown, many schools closed which meant a move to an online classroom via computers or mobile devices. A number of us also experienced  blended learning classes . These mix face-to-face lessons with online learning separately.    Yet, hybrid learni

How to Create a Brand Voice

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Effective communication is the foundation of good business, and using the right brand voice is instrumental in connecting meaningfully with customers and clients. Of course, the opposite is also true—a poorly developed or inconsistent brand voice can just as easily breed doubt, even distrust. Understanding how to create a brand voice will lay the groundwork for successful internal and external communications. Let’s dig a little deeper into why that is and how your brand can make—and maintain—a voice that’s right for your organization. Better Results Through Better Communication Get your teams on the same page with style guides Get Started Why brand voice is important Brand voice is the bridge between your brand and your audience. It’s how you get to show your audience not just what you do or offer, but who you are as an organization—your personality and values. When you develop a brand voice, the consistency you maintain will define your b

Days of the Week in German & Easy Ways to Remember Them

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Guten Tag! "Tag" in German means "day" - but what day is it? How do you talk about the days of the week in German? German Days of the Week Monday Montag Tuesday Dienstag Wednesday Mittwoch Thursday Donnerstag Friday Freitag Saturday Samstag Sunday Sonntag Learning German is easy if you approach it the right way, and the German days of the week are easy to learn too. Most of them are similar to the English ones, and the rest aren't too hard to memorize. Below, I'll tell you everything you need to know about the days of the week in German. I'll cover what they are, where they come from, and how to use them. On top of that, I'll give you some tips and tricks for how to remember them. Table of contents German Days of the Week “Monday” in German: Montag “Tuesday” in German: Dienstag “Wednesday” in German: Mittwoch “Thursday” in German: Donnerstag “Friday” in German: Freitag “Saturday” in Germ

German Prepositions – The Ultimate Guide (with Charts)

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German prepositions include words like bis , mit , über and durch . They’re words that go before a noun (or pronoun) to provide extra information -- usually something about the noun’s position in time or space. Examples of English prepositions include “until”, “with” and “before”. What makes German prepositions more complicated than their English counterparts is that you also need to worry about case . Every noun and pronoun in German must have one of four cases :- nominative, accusative, dative or genitive. And the case you choose depends on the word’s role within the sentence: The nominative case denotes the subject of the sentence: Der Hund ist schwarz - “The dog is black” The accusative case denotes the direct object of the sentence: Ich sehe den Hund - “I see the dog” The dative case denotes the indirect object of the sentence: Ich gab dem Hund den Ball - “I gave the dog the ball” The genitive denotes possession : Das ist der Ball des Hundes - “That’s the