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Subject:Re: Acronyms in Marketing Material From:Kornika King <kornika -dot- king -at- gmail -dot- com> To:David Tinsley <dtinsley -at- ndigital -dot- com> Date:Tue, 7 Oct 2014 11:51:13 -0400
David,
Thank you for your response! That was my thought but I'm receiving push
back on first including "MAS" in parentheses.
The reasoning I was given was that it wasn't visually appealing and
unecessary since the abbreviation would be used on the same flyer.
-K.
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 11:39 AM, David Tinsley <dtinsley -at- ndigital -dot- com>
wrote:
> Yay, so long as you define it on first use, as in:
>
> "My Awesome Software (MAS) is a complete solution for ..." and then
> later, "MAS will help you ..."
>
> David
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> Yay or nay?
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> For example, "My Awesome Software is a complete solution for ..." and then
> later, "MAS will help you ..."
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