Three Important Tasks Not to Forget When Writing Proposals
Tweet Sorry about not writing for awhile. I was working on this proposal, and now I’m gearing to work on a few others. Clients always come first. Time management and scheduling are huge when you are writing a proposal. You want to ensure that you have plenty of time to hold reviews, have rewrites, and deal with any minor obstacles that might come your way.In a perfect world, you wouldn’t need to do anything but write the proposal and...
Read MoreFive Industry Best Practices to Improve Your Proposals and Technical Documents
Tweet Every time I turn around, there is a new “industry best practices” model that every organization is trying to adopt. The funny thing is that they are very similar to one another. There is CMMI, ISO, Six Sigma, and the list keeps going. If you don’t know, industry best practices are business processes that assist companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations in maintaining the highest level of quality in the...
Read MoreTechnical Writer Looking for Writing Gigs or Telecommute-Friendly Company
Tweet City: Fairfax, VA Education: Bachelor of Arts Profession: Technical Writer/Business Analyst Drinker? Socially Height: 5’7″ (170 cm) Smoker? No Seeking: Writing Gigs and/or Telecommute-Friendly Company Intent: To have it all About Me I am a Writer/Analyst with over 11 years of professional experience in the information technology (IT) field. I have worked on worked on several projects where I collected,...
Read More24 Apps to Aid Your Writing
Tweet Writers need to be on top of things, so that they never miss a deadline and their writing is well researched and written. Here is a list of 24 apps that can aid writers with their writing: Source: etsy.com via Lily on Pinterest Keep Track of Research Material Evernote There are tons of blog posts on how Evernote can aid you in everything, from business to personal. I love that it syncs to all my systems, regardless if...
Read More3 Lessons Writers Should Learn to Not Piss Off Editors
Tweet I am co-Editor-in-Chief of a local DC blog. We got a few requests to increase the amount of posts that we published, and so we decided that it was time to hire some bloggers. Everything was great for awhile, and we were really happy with the way things were going. A few investors were interested in turning our blog into a magazine. I was a bit weary due to the issues that well-established magazines and newspapers are having in...
Read MoreTechnical Writers Should Have Multiple Personalities
Tweet I’ve always said the coolest part about being a writer in the technology field is that you are a “Jack of all Trades.” You have to be in order to keep up with the Developers, Project Managers, and Business Analysts. This is what makes us so valuable, and keeps the phone ringing when we have our resumes out there. We have touched all kind of documents, even ones that really had nothing to do with IT or proposals. This is why we...
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