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August 14, 2010 Interesting Links

Posted by on Aug 14, 2010 in news | 0 comments

Tweet IBM acquires marketing automation firm Unica for $480M August 13, 2010 Panda gives birth at advanced age of 17: report (AFP) August 13, 2010 Scientists: Newly found fault caused Haiti quake (AP) August 13, 2010 Father Writes About Losing His Daughter In Combat August 13, 2010 Ten of the best wicked uncles in literature August 13, 2010 Family of 4 killed by wrong-way driver – CNN August 13, 2010 – =( 10 Freelancer Mistakes...

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Proposal Writing Blog Series, Day 5: Cost and Past Performance

Posted by on Aug 13, 2010 in proposal writing, technical writing | 1 comment

Tweet This is part of a five-day blog series on how to write a winning proposal. It will go discuss actually writing the proposal. If you want to get more in-depth information, examples, and what to do before the proposal, check out my “How to Write a Winning Proposal” handbook. Cost Section During the Reviewing the RFP Process section, I mentioned that usually the RFP has a Section B, which details the way the organization wants the...

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Proposal Writing Blog Series, Day 4: Technical Solution

Posted by on Aug 12, 2010 in proposal writing, technical writing | 0 comments

Tweet This is part of a five-day blog series on how to write a winning proposal. It will go discuss actually writing the proposal. If you want to get more in-depth information, examples, and what to do before the proposal, check out my “How to Write a Winning Proposal” handbook. You have written the Management Approach, and now it’s time to start talking about the actual solution. You have done all the analysis, talked to SMEs, and...

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Proposal Writing Blog Series, Day 3: Management Approach

Posted by on Aug 11, 2010 in proposal writing, technical writing | 0 comments

Tweet This is part of a five-day blog series on how to write a winning proposal. It will go discuss actually writing the proposal. If you want to get more in-depth information, examples, and what to do before the proposal, check out my “How to Write a Winning Proposal” handbook. We have discussed the Cover Letter and the Executive Summary. We now get to the first main section: The Management Approach. I’ve written project plans...

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Learn to Say No, Even in Business

Posted by on Aug 10, 2010 in random words | 0 comments

Tweet                 I’ve always had a problem saying no to people. I feel horrible when I disappoint someone, so I am constantly saying yes. Saying no is something that I am learning is not such a bad thing to do at times. Before I became a full-time freelance Technical Writer, I was blogging for several blog teams. In addition to that, I was also guest blogging.  One thing about blogging is...

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