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Technical Writing – How to Design a Twitter Background to Market Yourself as a Technical Writer

By Ugur Akinci | February 8, 2009

I hope you’re on Twitter already. It’s a great social networking service through which you can market your technical writing and documentation services with great efficiency. You can increase the effectiveness of your Twitter account by custom designing a new background instead of the default background that your Twitter account comes with. A great majority…

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Technical Book Review – "Spring Into Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists"

By Ugur Akinci | February 8, 2009

© 2010 Ugur Akinci Spring Into Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists by Barry J. Rosenberg is definitely one of the better technical writing books out there. You can tell it was written by an industry professional who himself spent quite a few years in the “trenches,” trying to solve one pesky documentation problem after…

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Three Sources of Employment For Technical Writers

By Ugur Akinci | February 7, 2009

Basically, there are three ways to get a job as a technical writer: 1) On your own, as an independent freelancer. 2) Through a job agency, as a contractor. 3) As a company employee. Each offers different benefits and advantages, depending on your skills as a technical writer, your background and your personality. ——————————————————– 1)…

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Technical Writing – How to Use Twitter to Market Yourself As a Technical Writer

By Ugur Akinci | February 7, 2009

If you’re to make a single change in the way you market your services as a freelance technical writer, it should be to get on the Twitter – in case you still haven’t. It’s addictive, informative, and fun too. Twitter is a free social networking service through which you can exchange 140-character messages with the…

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