Archive for April 2009
Article Marketing – Should You Use Keywords? Drawback #1
PRINCIPLE 1 – Choose a Method (Keywords or not?) We live in a keyword-crazy age. Everybody’s swearing by the keywords. I have to admit that keywords are a must if you are doing any search engine marketing. But in article marketing…? There are some free as well as expensive software products and membership-only websites that…
Read MoreArticle Marketing – 7 Principles of Success
For the last three years I’ve been writing articles regularly with the specific purpose of marketing my own information products as well as those of others. So far I’ve published over 1,000 articles on various article marketing sites like Ezine Articles, Web-Site Articles, American Chronicle, HubPages, Xomba, and others. I’ve learned a lot during these…
Read More5 Things You Might Not Know You Can Do on Google
1. Enter “define” in the Google search box, then a colon, then a space, and then the word or expression you want defined. 2. Find out what Google thinks about just about anything or anyone (including you) at www.googlism.com 3. Enter an airplane’s tail number in the Google search box to find out the plane’s…
Read MoreTechnical Writing – Importance of Participating in Project Team Meetings
Most technical writers, especially in the high-tech sector, work as a part of a project team. When the product is already finished and the technical writer is called in to provide the documentation after the fact, this may not be the case. But for those products that are still in development, a technical writer should…
Read MoreBook Review – Managing Writers by Richard L Hamilton
(A book review by Sarah Maddox of ffeathers.com. Here is an excerpt…) I’ve just finished reading Richard L. Hamilton’s new book entitled “Managing Writers, A Real World Guide to Managing Technical Documentation”. It’s a good read, with useful information for managers, writers and technical communicators alike. Book review – Managing Writers by Richard L Hamilton…
Read More10 TWITTER Tools for Writers
Twhirl http://www.twhirl.org/ · runs on both Windows (2000/XP/Vista) and Mac OSX · connects to multiple Twitter, laconi.ca, Friendfeed and Seesmic accounts · displays notifications for new messages · shorten long URLs (using digg.com, bit.ly, snurl, twurl or is.gd) Twitterific http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific · Supports multiple Twitter accounts · Replies and direct messages are displayed inline · Delete…
Read MoreTechnical Writing as a Career – An Introduction
(An informative and introductory article written by two Indian technical writers…) By Pradip Kumar Nath & Hemprabha Chauhan Technical writing, a form of technical communication, is a style of formal writing and is used in fields as diverse as computer hardware and software, aerospace industry, robotics, finance, consumer electronics and biotechnology. Technological Writers explain complex…
Read MoreTranslation and Localization in a Recession
by Nabil Freij GlobalVision International I’ve answered many calls recently from localization managers complaining that their budgets are being cut, asking for advice. If you are suffering from the same symptom, here are a few pointers to consider. Don’t panic! In a recession, it is normal to cut budgets in an effort to reduce costs.…
Read MoreTechnical Book Review – "Letting Go of the Words"
© 2009-2010 Ugur Akinci There are some books that can launch a career. This is one of them. After reading Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works by Janice (Ginny) Redish and digesting its main principles, you can easily put up a web site and start marketing yourself as a “Content Strategist.”…
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Writing Articles – Don’t Jump Tracks without Warning
When writing articles, avoid “jumping tracks” in the middle of your copy by shifting from one topic to another without any advance warning. The result would be confusion on the part of your readers and erosion of trust in your abilities (and perhaps even “good will”) as a writer. If you’re going to shift from…
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