Business Writing, Technical Writing
I use this simple approach to help small businesses write RFP and RFQ responses…for winning gov’t + military contracts Writing a response to a government or military RFP (request for proposal) or RFQ (request for quotation) can be pretty intimidating. Don’t let the...
Business Writing, Technical Writing
If it’s been awhile since you’ve sent out a resume or cover letter, you may be surprised by how SHORT they are today. And with so many people sending out resumes this year (unemployment has skyrocketed with the COVID-19 pandemic), you’ll want to make sure your resume...
Business Writing, Technical Writing
Sending out your resume? Be prepared to share it with a VERY busy recruiter. TheLadders used eye-tracking software to study how 30,000 recruiters looked at resumes. They discovered that recruiters spend only 7.4 seconds on a resume before making a decision. Here are...
Marketing Writing, Technical Writing
Should you use 1 space after a period—or 2 spaces? There are lots of opinions about this, and several studies have even been done to answer this question. If you ask The Chicago Manual of Style, they recommend 1 space after a period. But other publications argue for...
Marketing Writing, Technical Writing
No matter what type of writer you’re looking for—technical writer, training developer, proposal writer, marketing writer, or business writer—here are 9 interview questions that I’ve used in the past with good results: Tell me about the types of documents you’ve...
Business Writing, Editing, Proofreading, Technical Writing
BY PAULA PETERS, author of The Ultimate Marketing Toolkit There are lots of good ways to proofread a document quickly and efficiently, but it’s hard to be perfect—unless you use multiple proofreaders, or unless you do multiple rounds of proofreading. This is...
