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Video Blogging – 9 Ways To Stay Motivated & Find Your Mojo

March 1st, 2010 · View Comments · Video Blogging

Once the initial wave of enthusiasm wears off, where do you find the motivation to give yourself a kick start? What do you do to make your next video or blog post? Here’s what I do to get myself working again.

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Video: How to Create a Call to Action on Your Blog

February 23rd, 2010 · View Comments · Video Blogging

What do you want people to do after they’ve watched your video? Most beginners forget to ‘close the sale’. Their efforts go into making the video, getting it up on YouTube, but forget its original purpose. It’s easy to do when you’re in a hurry or engrossed in the technology. But you want people [...]

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#1 Mistake When Making Your First YouTube Video

February 12th, 2010 · View Comments · Video

What’s the most common mistake people make when shooting their first video? Christopher Ming Ryan points out that most video-makers don’t get in close enough to the person talking. This lessens the impact of the message. Zoom in. Frame the face. Here’s some tips from Ivan.

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Technical Writing News – Nov 6th

November 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Reviews

New technical writing screencasts, Madcap win an award, and the Intercom editorial calendar is finally announced. What more could you want?
Here is a quick roundup of this week’s technical writing news.

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What are Your Favorite 10 Technical Writing Tools?

November 4th, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing

I’ve used the same technical writing tools for the last 5 years. A few products have come across my desk but nothing that really blown me away.
Here’s a run-down of what I use to write my technical documents. No order of preference. Which should I keep? Which should I replace?

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Instant Site Thumbnails for Your Blog with PageGlimpse

October 14th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

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What’s the fastest way to take a screenshot of a website, turn it into a thumbnail, and get it on your blog? How about if you could automate this?
Most of us hit print screen, take it into Snagit or PhotoShop, play with the size until it’s right and then save. Well, here’s a [...]

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How to Create Printer Friendly Page | No Coding Skills Required

June 29th, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing

How to Create Printer Friendly Page | No Coding Skills Required

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How to Create Printer Friendly Page | No Coding Skills Required

June 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

How to Create Printer Friendly Page | No Coding Skills Required

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Process Design Tutorial #5 | What do I need to capture in my business processes?

June 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Process Design Tutorial #5 | What do I need to capture in my business processes?

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Process Design Tutorial #5 | What do I need to capture in my business processes?

June 26th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

Process Design Tutorial #5 | What do I need to capture in my business processes?

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What’s The Social Technographics Profile Of Your Customers? Forrester Research knows the answer

June 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing

Forrester’s Social Technographics classifies consumers into six overlapping levels of participation (see short presentation). Based on its survey data, they can see how participation varies among different groups of consumers, globally.

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What's The Social Technographics Profile Of Your Customers? Forrester Research knows the answer

June 24th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

Forrester’s Social Technographics classifies consumers into six overlapping levels of participation (see short presentation). Based on its survey data, they can see how participation varies among different groups of consumers, globally.

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How to Improve your Style Guide

June 22nd, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

How to Improve your Style Guide. PerfectIt does not require any kind of configuration. Once you install it, you can use it straight away to find mistakes in any MS Word document. This article is for users who want to get even more out of PerfectIt by fine-tuning it to search for particular errors or to enforce a style guide.

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Groundswell – How Social Media Technoloiges Really Work

June 16th, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing

I’ve been reading this book most of the weekend. It’s a terrific exploration of social media and how social media technologies are effecting corporations and companies from a business perspective. I thought you might want look at these links as these are the footnotes to the book and provide some very interesting material. Worth a [...]

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Process Design – How many swim lanes should I add to the flowchart diagrams?

June 16th, 2009 · View Comments · Technical Writing

How many swim lanes should I add to the process design diagrams?Another part of the process design package is the flowchart diagrams. One area where I’m getting a little stuck is deciding how many swim lanes to add to the Visio diagrams. To get things rolling I have created three Visio diagrams with 2, 3 and 4 swim lanes. Take a look here.The question is: which one will be business analysts use the most?Regards,IvanTwitter @ivanwalsh
Another part of the process design package is the flowchart diagrams. One area where I’m getting a little stuck is deciding how many swim lanes to add to the Visio diagrams. To get things rolling I have created three Visio diagrams with 2, 3 and 4 swim lanes. Take a look here.

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