Articles
Writing Articles with Keywords – Two Disadvantages
To write articles with keywords is one of the main methods of generating content that will receive Internet traffic. You make a keyword search, find out what’s hot these days and write on that topic. It makes sense, doesn’t it? The more popular a topic, the more it will be searched on the Internet, and…
Read More5 Methods to Finish What You’ve Started to Write
(Copyright-free photo courtesy of unsplash-dot-com) © Ugur Akinci Finishing an article, a book or a presentation is as important as starting to write it. The enemies of half-finished writing projects are many. So are your “friends”. Here are five time-tested ideas to finish all your writing projects on time and in good shape. 1)…
Read More
Writing Niche Articles with Modular Writing Technique
Introduction Writing specific, sharp niche articles that draw pictures in the imagination of your readers is the secret to success in article and blog writing. You need to fine-tune your article copy towards a specific niche by using the modular writing technique. Let’s say you wrote an article on “How to find a job you like?” At…
Read MoreHealth Newsletter Ideas for Health Related Articles
Health newsletters are sent by doctors, hospitals, clinics, insurance and all kinds of health-care companies to their clients and patients to keep in touch and maintain a good business relationship. Writing health related articles to meet the need for a constant stream of fresh health related articles is an excellent niche for writers. The typical…
Read MoreTechnical versus Content Writing
Technical versus content writing — are they the same or different? The answer is YES and NO. It is similar to content or article writing in the sense that you need to create prose that is easily understood, logically consistent, and conveys useful information. Where it separates from regular non-fiction writing is in its procedural…
Read More
7 Tips to Write Effective Technical Magazine Articles
Introduction Writing effective technical magazine articles could be great to heighten your visibility as a technical writer. There are many respectable industry magazines and journals like STC’s INTERCOM where you can try to publish your articles both to share your valuable knowledge with the vast technical writing community out there and to market your services…
Read More
How to Insert a Placeholder to a MS Word Document for a Book or Article Citation
Introduction Insert a placeholder to an MS Word document when, while working on the document, you would not have the citations at your fingertips. Problem Yet if you stop to make a search for the citations you may lose your rhythm and momentum. Solution So it makes sense to keep going full-steam ahead and to…
Read MoreEasyBIB Automatic Bibliography Tool and Citation Maker
EasyBIB is a great online automatic bibliography tool that comes in both free and paid versions. It is versatile, comprehensive, and comes with productivity features that I’m sure all students, scholars, and writers would appreciate. The tool is easy-to-use and free to use for all, which makes it an excellent choice for students who need…
Read MoreHow to Explain Things "In Other Words"…
When writing to explain and convince, it’s sometimes necessary to reexplain things bu using different words and phrases. It is unrealistic to expect people to understand what you’re talking about the first time you write about it. Sometimes you need to explain the same concept or idea multiple times and in different ways to make…
Read MoreWriters: Searching Through the Job Ads is not Marketing
© Ugur Akinci Generally speaking, we writers are not good at marketing our services. We love what we do and yet expect to be “discovered” and paid well for it too. Think again. This blog entry was prompted by an email from an obviously-very-qualified reader who asked whether she needs to get a technical writing…
Read More