Action verbs provide power and muscle for better business writing. Unfortunately, most business content lacks strength, relying on weak verbs such as: is, am, are, was, were, be, being and been.
Challenge yourself to create robust writing by replacing being verbs with action verbs. To get started, highlight all the being verbs in your draft blog, email, web copy or report. Then replace the verb with one from this list of 50 action verbs for business writing listed by 9 current U.S. growth industries.
Banking: Audit, balance, calculate, invest, resolve
Education: Comprehend, evaluate, instruct, learn, study
Elderly Services: Adapt, confer, involve, revise, understand
Healthcare: Assess, listen, monitor, screen, transfer
Information Technology: Code, develop, implement, network, program
Manufacturing: Assemble. generate, manufacture, procure, purchase
Professional Consulting: Guide, implement, motivate, organize, recommend
Research and Development: Analyze, extract, invent, research, solve
Sustainable Energy: Convert, fuel, generate, output, renew
Now a chance to up your cool factor. The following verbs were added to dictionaries this year. To view definitions or further expand your vocabulary, check out Social Strategy 1.
- Tweet and re-tweet
- Friend and de-friend
- Crowdsource
- Upcycle
- Blog and micro-blog
- Chillax
- Riff
Feel free to share your favorite new verbs or to illustrate how you improved your writing with powerful, action verbs.
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