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Optimizing for "Hot Keywords of the Day" – A Contrarian View

By Ugur Akinci | February 2, 2009

Here is a contrarian view on writing articles based on “hot keywords of the day”: I believe in making our articles 100% Search Engine Optimized to get the maximum attention of the search engine bots. That’s a must. There is no question about that. But I still cannot reconcile myself to start writing articles on…

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India: Technical Writers Have a Bright Future in $1.5 Bil Industry

By Ugur Akinci | February 2, 2009

“There is a requirement of 200,000 to 250,000 people with such skill sets,” says Rakesh Shukla, founder of technical writing firm, TWB, which also runs a training institute. Simply put technical writers are people who communicate technical information in a manner that even non-technical reader can understand. And Rakesh says that in the next 4…

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An Unexpected Dividend of Article Marketing…

By Ugur Akinci | January 31, 2009

Let me share the true story of something that happened to me thanks to article marketing… Over 2 years ago when I was writing articles on anything and everything that caught my fancy, I wrote an article about a world-class pianist after listening to one of his amazing performances on my car radio. I was…

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Career Stuck In Neutral? Move Sideways To Find A Related But Different Job

By Ugur Akinci | January 31, 2009

Sometimes things don’t go as planned in life… People come and go, things change, and a career that has once sparkled may just start to sag in the middle and fray over the edges. So what do you do? Just sulk in your corner and play the blues? That’s certainly one alternative and the easiest…

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