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Selected to "Content Experience Strategist Top 200" List

By Ugur Akinci | October 5, 2017

I’m honored to be selected one of the TOP 200 Content Experience Strategists by Mindtouch.com. Thank you Mindtouch! I appreciate it.

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How to Write a Great Topic Sentence for a Paragraph

By Ugur Akinci | October 4, 2017

© Ugur Akinci A TOPIC SENTENCE is the first lead sentence in a paragraph consisting of multiple sentences. The topic sentence summarize the main idea of the paragraph. It sets the expectation about what is to follow in the rest of the paragraph. You can even say it’s a “commercial” so to speak that “sells”…

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How to Write Questions with Binary YES/NO Answer

By Ugur Akinci | October 2, 2017

When the answer to a question is either YES or NO, you need to pay attention to make sure the readers are not confused. One way to do that is NOT asking a negative question. For example, consider the following question: “Do you refuse extra insurance?” Even though “Yes” is an affirmation, if say yes…

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How to Write a Conditional Sentence Correctly in Technical Writing

By Ugur Akinci | September 29, 2017

A conditional sentence in technical writing tells the user to do something IF a certain condition is met. That is, the CONDITION always comes FIRST. But sometimes this fine point is neglected. In some if not all cases this may lead to catastrophic results. For example, here is how NOT to write a conditional sentence:…

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