technical writing tips and articles for companies and individuals

Posts Tagged "Writing and Editing"

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...

Read More

Why You Need to Hire a Freelance Writer Today

Posted by on Mar 8, 2010 in tips | 0 comments

Tweet We all hear the reports and media coverage about how the economy is not doing very well.  Additionally, last week, there were discussions that the unemployment rate has dipped down to 10.1%.  This is due to companies and organizations not being able to keep their in-house staff because of not business not running to the full speed that it had before the economy got worse. Even though you have to unfortunately reduce your work...

Read More

How to Mix the Old With the New When Writing a Proposal

Posted by on Aug 17, 2009 in proposal writing | 0 comments

Tweet I have read many technical documents that are collages of past documentation. The worst is when it’s a proposal. Why? Proposals are vehicles for companies to get more business. If the proposal looks like a bad cut+paste job of past proposals, it could cost you the contract. I have seen proposals where writers even forgot to omit the last organization’s name, and the paragraphs had dissimilar phrases. Many businesses...

Read More