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Are Online Teleseminars Effective to Help Teach Online Marketing? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Lance Winslow   
Sunday, 12 July 2009 15:11

It is amazing the number of tele-seminars that are available for people that want to learn online marketing. Many of these popular seminars are run by people who are quite well known in the online world, and they fetch a pretty good price to simply login to watch and listen. One has to ask if these are really effective for those that are viewing them; will they really learn enough to help them make a good living in the online world?

 
Start a Technical Writing Business PDF Print E-mail
Written by Lisa Paredes   
Sunday, 12 July 2009 14:57

Are you good at writing? If you love to write on different topics, there is a way to earn money from it. Nowadays with so many technology companies, there is a great need for good technical writers that document, explain and teach how to use particular equipment, certain software or application and information systems.

 
When to Use a RFP Versus a RFQ? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mike J. Williams   
Sunday, 12 July 2009 14:55

Should we issue a RFP, RFQ, RFI, ITQ? This is a good question and one we hear often. We will try our best to give you a simple answer to help you make a decision when such a case arises.

 
Good Technical Writing PDF Print E-mail
Written by Janet Basdell   
Sunday, 12 July 2009 14:54

How to lose $35million in three months - A company once lost $35million in one financial quarter, due to the failure of one product. The company was Coleco; the product was the Adam computer, and the blame was-at least partly-put down to 'manuals which did not offer the first-time user adequate assistance.'

 
Technical Writing - An Elite Technical Publication - "Pictures of the Future" by Siemens PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ugur Akinci   
Monday, 22 June 2009 13:59
Siemens corporation's "Pictures of the Future" (POF) bi-annual publication has won the STC (Society for Technical Communication) Washington DC Chapter's BEST OF SHOW Award in the 2008-2009 Technical Publications Competition (in which I served as a Lead Judge). Let's remember that POF is published on behalf of a R&D department that spends 3.4 Billion Euros a year for 8,000 inventions (or 21 inventions EVERY day!), developed in 150 corporate locations around the world. It's a great publishing and communication responsibility that Pease and his team discharged very well indeed.
 
7 Tips For Enhancing Your Value As a Technical Writer by Drawing Great Labels in Adobe Illustrator PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ugur Akinci   
Monday, 22 June 2009 13:58

You can enhance the value of your services as a technical communicator and writer if you learn how to draw labels. Thousands of companies out there need labels to market their products. While some of these labels are rather elaborate and require the skills of a trained graphic artist, not all labels require that level of artistic skill. There are many businesses in the industrial, manufacturing and hi-tech fields that require simple labels consisting of the product name and similar basic information that you can easily create and supply in the form of a label. Read this article to learn the 7 useful productivity tips to create such basic labels in Adobe Illustrator...

 
Technical Writing - How ADP Solved Its "Web-Based Tutorial Storyboard Template" Problem? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ugur Akinci   
Monday, 22 June 2009 13:57
The ADP technical writing team tackled a well-known problem faced by all who develop storyboards for online training modules. Changes to the final HTML module is very difficult to make once the initial development and review phase is over. Yes, the SMEs wanted to see a "finished prototype" before giving a green-light. But who said this had to be an HTML prototype? What if the whole module could be simulated in MS Word, as a Word document with a FORM that looked exactly like the finished product?
 
A Great Time to Retrain For Technical Communicators and Writers PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ugur Akinci   
Monday, 22 June 2009 13:55

The U.S. and the world economy is going through some dire straits as these lines are written. But have you considered that the economic recession might also be an excellent time for retraining? That way, when the economy bounces back, you'll be in an excellent position to take advantage of the new opportunities out there. Here are 4 suggestions to bolster up your training as a technical communicator...

 
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