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What Is Product Information

What Is Product Information

Today, we live, communicate, and learn in an information space. Moreover, we trade in this space, and it is now normal to speak of knowledge monetization and information products. In the long run, the latter may materialize, for example, become real books sold in hard copies – this may happen when your information product becomes…

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Posted in Technical Writing on 11/23/2022

Who Is a Document Reviewer?

Who Is a Document Reviewer?

There are a lot of professions that allow you to work with documentation. However, reviewing documents is one of the most challenging tasks because of the necessary knowledge of fields of law. This blog will explain what a document reviewer does and how much money this specialist makes. What Is a Document Review? Document review…

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Posted in TechComm Career Path on 11/16/2022

Outsourcing in Technical Writing: Pros and Cons

Outsourcing in Technical Writing: Pros and Cons

Any company owner would like their business to be self-contained. This means a fully balanced process using human, financial and material resources of its own. Such a company would have one great advantage – it would be fully independent of external factors, like procurement, staffing, creation of intellectual property, etc., or these factors would be…

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Posted in Technical Writing on 11/9/2022

Introduction to Release Management

Introduction to Release Management

Some time ago, when the IT industry was still ‘young’ and software products were not so many and diverse, releasing a product was mainly focused on such aspects as design, development, testing, and QA. It was mostly about building a product or a feature. The demand on the market was high, and customers were ‘hungry.’…

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Posted in Technical Writing on 11/2/2022

Dreadful Deadlines, Spooky Structures, and Other Fears of Tech Writers

Dreadful Deadlines, Spooky Structures, and Other Fears of Tech Writers

“If you fear change, change the fear.” There’s Halloween in the air. We’ll be dressing in costumes, and someone may light bonfires to ward off spirits 🙂 It’s a gut-wrenching (but at the same time fun) time, a high time to reflect upon the fears that technical writers face at their work. Technical writing is…

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Posted in Technical Writing on 10/28/2022

2022 API Survey by Postman: Points of Interest

2022 API Survey by Postman: Points of Interest

It’s the fourth survey made by Postman – the world’s leading API platform. The biggest ever report was held within four weeks in June and July 2022. It contains the thoughts of more than 37,000 developers and API professionals on topics that include the economy, employment, remote work, the tools they use, and their views…

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Posted in Technical Writing on 10/26/2022

What Is a Product Launch Plan?

What Is a Product Launch Plan?

A product launch plan is a strategy developed to introduce a new product to potential customers. Some may think it is just a list of actions to create a buzz around the product, like trade shows, publications in the mass media, press releases, online product promotion, etc. However, all this effort may be in vain…

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Posted in Technical Writing on 10/19/2022

Component Authoring and Technical Writing

Component Authoring and Technical Writing

Every time we come across instructions, manuals, online ‘help’ articles, or other technical documents, we have to deal with the results of component authoring. However, many people still don’t understand what it is and why component content has become the basis of every ‘standard’ text, from a restaurant menu to complex packages of technical documentation….

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Posted in Technical Writing on 10/12/2022

How to Optimize Content for Search Engines

How to Optimize Content for Search Engines

It’s not enough just to write helpful content. Since people use search engines to find information, every website owner should know how search algorithms work. Otherwise, all your great articles can be lost somewhere on the Internet. This blog will explain how to optimize your posts to improve SEO rankings. What Is SEO? Search engine…

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Posted in SEO Lifehacks on 10/5/2022

Top 5 Courses for Technical Writers

Top 5 Courses for Technical Writers

Currently, many content writers are facing the problem of being very limited in choosing the fields where they can apply their skills. These are usually the fields of marketing, PR, GR, advertising, media relations, etc. It means that a content writer is often a copywriter working in the field of the so-called social sciences. The…

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Posted in TechComm Career Path on 9/28/2022