• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/15

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

15 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back

demographic information

-such as age, gender, income, and geographic location

psychographic information

social, political, and personal references

reader benefits

feature in your persuasive messages, bear in mind that such benefits can be intrinsic

intrinsic benefits

benefits that readers will get automatically by complying with your request

extrinsic benefit

not really main feature of the event but definitely central to it

common-ground persuasion technique

present a problem that you and the readers share

summarizing the plan for requests

-open with words that gain attention and set up the strategy


-develop the strategy using persuasive language and the you view point

sales message

one of the most widely disseminated forms of business communication

Stressing the You-viewpoint

successful sales message bases its sales points on reader interest

Proposals

share certain characteristics with reports



Both: require that info be carefully gathered and presentedd

Types of Proposals

internal or external



solicited or unsolicited

Solicited Proposal

written in response to an explicit invitation offered by a company foundation or government agency that has certain needs to meet

unsolicited proposal

is one that you submit without an official invitation to do so

RFQ (Request for proposals)

primary means by which organizations solicit proposals

Proposal Componenets:

1. the writer's purpose and the reader's need


2. the background


3. then need


4. the description of your plan


5. the benefits of the proposal


6. cost and other particulars


7.evidence of your ability to deliver


8. concluding comments