You've misspelled a client's name in your newest project proposal. The presentation you spent hours perfecting still contains multiple typos your brain skipped over. Your website is full of outdated or incorrect information.

The thing about mistakes is you don't know you've made them until— well, until you know you've made them.  Chances are typos and misinformation occur in your business documents more often than you realize. Your most forgiving readers may wonder about the quality of your work. The least forgiving will just move on to a competitor. 

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Yes, ladies and gentlemen, even the most powerful man on earth needs a proofreader to check his documents.

From The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:

Someone might want to look into whether an impostor took President Obama's place during his trip to Russia.

In a release touting an agreement between Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev over how to craft a follow-up to the START arms reduction treaty, the White House claimed the document had been signed by one "Barak Obama."

Whoops:

Looks like Barack Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, needs to be sure all the President's proofreaders aren't on summer vacation.  Give us a call if you need backup, Rahm. Our same-day turnaround means your documents will be polished and ready before tomorrow morning's national security meeting.

As for the rest of you, you may not be the most powerful man on earth, but we can still provide you with error-free documents in time for tomorrow morning's meeting.  Contact us today.

Related: Little Errors, Big Mistakes and Conclusive Evidence on the Need for Proofreaders

I can hardly believe this one.

Hat tip to Mighty Red Pen.

Anyone who has been in business for a while knows even the smallest errors can be extremely costly and undermine the credibility of your organization. So, why not make your mistakes big?

Huh?

Okay, so that’s not really what I mean. What I am referring to is a great tip I ran across today at the Business Writing Blog. The article was titled "Make It Big (to Proofread)" and offered a simple, painless way to get better results when proofreading your documents.

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