As the summer winds down, here’s a businesslike quiz to get you in a back-to-business mindset. We’ve got a little something for everyone, including one headline, though most of these sentences do come from one especially poorly written website, which I visit whenever I’m in need of bad sentences or a good laugh (or both). You might see the same mistake presented more than once, but, then again, some of these basic mistakes are made over and over and over…it’s good to identify, recognize, and avoid them before they make it into print!

  1. The jacket also features princess seams on the side for a complimenting fit!
  2. The center has it’s own operating suite that has been accredited by the American Association of Amubulatory Heathcare.
  3. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of messages this seller receives, they are unable to respond to your specific question right now.
  4. We provide reasonably-priced, catered meals for parishioners.
  5. It’s wonderful to know that we have attributed to your success.
  6. The Board of Directors is comprised of 19 elected officers and directors and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), an ex officio member without voting privileges.
  7. The staff is committed to providing assistance and support in serving the individual member in their efforts to improve their communication and leadership skills.

These next sentences come from an inbound marketing company and its client.  The writing is so jaw-droppingly bad that at first I hesitated to include it, thinking I’d be making fun of some foreign person who speaks English as a third or even a fourth language. I admire people like that. As it turns out, the client company is in New Jersey. (No New Jersey cracks, please; my father’s family is from Short Hills.) The marketing company is in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is practically the epicenter of smart people in America. Both these companies charge big bucks to write content. It’s amazing, that’s what it is.
Well, it’s been my observation that people who can’t spell hire companies that can’t spell, but everybody’s happy because no one knows the difference. The first three  five  eight NINE (I had to stop somewhere!) sentences are what the client company says about itself on its site, and what follows is what the marketing company says about this particular client on its site. Lemme ask you a question: would you hire these people—any of these people—to write for you?
I call this the blind leading the blind over a cliff.

  1. We have a team of trusted and experienced copywriters and bloggers behind us that enables us to do what we do – great inbound marketing.
  2. He is a passionate hobby chef, BBQ master, and known almost all Simpsons episodes by heart.
  3. It starts by educate consumers on where food comes from and how locally grown fresh fruit and vegetables can impact your life for the better.
  4. We believe by enabling sustainable businesses to market successfully, helping you promote sustainable way of life, wholesome living and healthy eating habits.
  5. It personal, informative and valuable to your prospects.
  6. Get a free 30 minutes consultation.
  7. You know, you need to create outstanding content, attract visitors to your website and convert leads into paying customers. 
  8. Simply, submit the form on the right and we will contact you to schedule a meeting right away. 
  9. Our experienced Inbound Marketing consultants will help you define smart marketing goals based on your business objectives and create a road map with you how to achieve them. 
  10. “We can launch campaigns across a variety of online properties simultaneously with HubSpot – and measure the results in real time,” Valentine says.
  11. Since partners with HubSpot, they now have increased to 20-30 leads per month from inbound marketing mainly.
  12. This enables them to offer their clients a truly business changing inbound marketing platform.
  13. Because resources were limited and a marketing budget virtually non-existent, the team cobbled together a system of about ~20 disparate tools to manage our social media, SEO reports, email marketing and blogging, e.g., HootSuite, MailChimp, Google Analytics, Raven Tools and many more.
  14. The company had created a variety of issues that were holding them back from success.
  15. This did not only impact the agency’s service offering and packaging but also how they were priced.
  16. “I live in my HubSpot portal. The mobile app allows me to keep a close eye on my client’s and our growth 24/7.
  17. The company decided to fully leverage this opportunity to completely re-invent themselves.
  18. Now, the team is crafting 2-3 strategically planned, buyer persona specific blog posts a week while building and engaging with their social media channels on a daily basis.
  19. Within the last 12 months, she has created more than 25 conversion paths and various premium content offers, such as “The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Inbound Marketing” and “The Social Media Scheduling Cheat Sheet”.
  20. Each marketing campaign included landing pages, thank you pages, call to actions, follow-up emails, promotion emails, blog posts, and social media messages.
  21. These leads will then be enrolled in targeted email marketing campaigns slowly and carefully building trust by providing helpful guidance in order to move them deeper into the sales funnel.
  22. But the send and pray approach was highly ineffective, because her prospects were not yet qualified enough for budget, need, authority and timeline or educated enough about what she was proposing to see the value of her work.
  23. The company was not only able to sign up their first three monthly inbound marketing retainers, but also received numerous website projects and short-term marketing campaigns as well.
  24. The plan for 2015 is to triple the agency’s monthly reoccurring revenue and move to 90% retainer based work by the end of the year.

And these last sentences are from other sources.

  1. What the GOP Is Calling for When They Advocate Defunding Planned Parenthood
  2. In the drop-down menu next to “Apply to”, make sure to click on “Whole Document” to apply this size to the whole document.

Major OUCH! This is from a “Senior Writer” job post at a university-affiliated, international nonprofit: Performs other related duties as equired.