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Creating a Style Guide For Your Documents

Posted by on Jun 10, 2010 in proposal writing, technical writing, tips | 0 comments

Tweet Here is my latest video stressing the importance of having a style guide for your company’s documentation. A style guide makes it easier to start writing and editing your documents before giving it to your team and clients. Tomorrow, I am going to follow up and go in-depth on how to actually go about it. The video provides a high-level overview of how go about it. Question is do you have a style guide for your...

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Starting a Business Is About Taking Risks

Posted by on Nov 3, 2009 in tips | 10 comments

Tweet Yesterday, I decided to update my writing goals. I made them more short-term than I usually do because I am thinking about January 2010. It’s the day that I go from being a part-time freelance writer to a full-time one. Last week, I told my boss that I had to follow my heart, be true to myself, so I was leaving at the end of January. He asked me to stay and told me that he will give me time to reconsider, but I don’t...

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Getting to Know Your Clients is Always a Plus

Posted by on Sep 17, 2009 in tips | 0 comments

Tweet Everyone has good or bad stories to tell about people they have worked with or for. It’s a fact of life that everyone has different personalities and quirks, and not everyone is going to get along. Currently, I am one of the experts who is helping a client gather requirements for a new system that will help collaborate a bunch of legacy systems into one. During this process, I am working for two months in a conference room,...

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5 Tips to Make Clients Like You During Meetings

Posted by on Sep 2, 2009 in tips | 0 comments

Tweet Freelancers are constantly having to meet with clients.  It’s different than if you work for a company because they usually have everything set in place to conduct a successful meeting.  One thing that a company doesn’t have, and you do, is YOU.  You are the deciding factor for a client to make his/her final decision to work with you or not.  Last week, while in Tampa, I met with over 20 different clients.  I had a...

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How to Make Your Business Trip Feel Like Home

Posted by on Aug 27, 2009 in tips | 0 comments

Tweet I’m in Tampa for the week on business and just found out that I will be returning next week.  Traveling for work is always a disruption of every day life.  It’s even worse because I have to leave the kids behind.  Next week I am going to do things in a different ways. Kids Will Come With Me – I am going to have the kids come with me this time.  While I have to go to these meetings during the week, I will have my mother...

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