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Defining technical writing | TACTICS Blogs Information Mapping
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TACTICS Blogs Information Mapping. May 11, 2011 at 8:36 am. So what do you do? That’s cool, what do you write about? Oh not like that, I’m a technical writer. Oh right, okay. So umm what’s that? But I can’t simply describe my job as ‘adding value’. That’s even more ambiguous than where I started. What I mean is that when a user reads some documentation for the first time their experience has a flow on effect. A satisfied user will come back (loyalty). They will talk about it in a good way (promot...So, t...
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April | 2010 | TACTICS Blogs Information Mapping
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TACTICS Blogs Information Mapping. Archive for April, 2010. Writing effective email subject lines. After seeing some particularly bad email subject lines lately, we thought it was about time for a blog about writing effective email subject lines. Here are a few tips:. Put the important words near the beginning of the subject line (e.g. Office party: Ideas for venue? This is especially important if the subject line is long. Don’t write the subject line in all caps. All caps are harder to read. Although yo...
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June | 2010 | TACTICS Blogs Information Mapping
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TACTICS Blogs Information Mapping. Archive for June, 2010. Corporate governance is defined as the structures and behaviours by which a company is directed and managed. It influences all company decisions, and guides how directors and managers meet expectations, ensuring they are responsible and accountable in their respective roles. Once transparency is obtained, the key is maintaining, reviewing and improving the content. June 17, 2010 at 3:10 am. Articles vs Blog Posts. When does an online article beco...
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Shorten those words! Or just spell them wrong… | TACTICS Blogs Information Mapping
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TACTICS Blogs Information Mapping. Or just spell them wrong. May 3, 2011 at 9:16 pm. Mobile phones started it, online chat continued it, Facebook made it mainstream and Twitter took it to a whole new level. Bashing the English language has become the norm. If you use proper grammar and spell everything out in full nowadays, you’re the weird one! There’s the common conception that there is a language called txt speak . And there is, but not as you know it. Generation Z (are we up to that yet? FTR for the ...
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August | 2010 | TACTICS Blogs Information Mapping
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TACTICS Blogs Information Mapping. Archive for August, 2010. Socially responsible sparkle: Give Family a Break. Go on a break and support a good cause if that doesn’t make you feel good, I don’t know what will! From 1 to 30 August, you can bid for $1 reserve accommodation and dining options throughout New Zealand’s InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to raise money for the Salvation Army on www.sella.co.nz/ihgsalvationarmy. Twitter sparkle: Oldest Twitter user passed away. For August (what’s left o...
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May | 2010 | TACTICS Blogs Information Mapping
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TACTICS Blogs Information Mapping. Archive for May, 2010. Why does business writing have such a bad reputation? Not just the policy or procedural stuff either, even the new-age marketing blurbs are stale. The words you see on every second business website like cost-effective end-to-end solutions or value-added services tell you next to nothing, and what businesses need to remember is that for the trigger-happy internet consumer, the click of a mouse button is all it takes to leave. Part of the content de...