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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

As 2011 comes to a close, the editors of HBR.org are taking a look back at the most popular blog posts of the year to find out what most preoccupied you, our readers. HBR's 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011. by David Silverman. Silverman's basic philosophy on cover letters? Nine Things Successful People Do Differently.

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How to Succeed in Business Writing: Don't Be Dickens

Harvard Business Review

A memo, report, business plan, email, and so on, all have in common that they ask the reader to do something, which is usually either to part with their own money, someone else's money, or take some other action that will ultimately result in cash trading hands in a manner beneficial to the author of the document. Business Writing.