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Article Marketing – 7 Principles of Success

By Ugur Akinci | April 16, 2009

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…

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5 Things You Might Not Know You Can Do on Google

By Ugur Akinci | April 14, 2009

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…

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Technical Writing – Importance of Participating in Project Team Meetings

By Ugur Akinci | April 14, 2009

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…

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Book Review – Managing Writers by Richard L Hamilton

By Ugur Akinci | April 12, 2009

(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…

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