Tag Archives: Web Writing
Summary: Writing for the web is very different from what you learn in school. The rules about grammar, structure, format, and narrative often don’t apply. In this tutorial we identify best practices on how you can improve your web writing, especially if you write for a company, corporate, or government agency. The University of Chicago “Most […]
So, you wanna blog every day, huh? Sure, you do. Sure, you do…. Ok, before I show you how to write blogs posts every single day, including weekends, let’s back up for a second and look at WHY you might want to do this, what benefits it offers, and also the possible downside to […]
It seems snobbish, doesn’t it? Dividing people into different categories. On one side, formally-educated writers; on the other, dynamic bloggers breaking down the old rules. So, which one is best? Writer v Bloggers: Which One Are You? Let’s flip this around. In reality, neither are ‘best.’ They both offer different types of services. However, I […]
Sep
Can Twitter really, really make you a better writer? It’s just texts, right? I avoided Twitter when it first came out. It seemed trite. Silly. I had better things to do. But… something gnawed away at me. Maybe I was the one missing the point. Worse, maybe I was missing out on business leads, sales […]
Mar
To quote Van Halen, ‘everybody wants some.’ And what you want is traffic. Why write a blog if no-one visits, right? I have 17 technical writers’ blogs in my Google Reader & RSS feeds. Most are fine but… if they used some of the following tactics, they’d get more traffic, comments, money and Nobel prizes. […]
I was brought up to believe that Times New Roman was THE font for printed manuals. They’re was no ifs, buts, or maybes about this – Times New Roman and make it size 11. But what’s the best font for writing on the web? Look at the different fonts used on the CNN, Yahoo and […]
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