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How to get started on building a personal brand as a Technical Writer?

by mirza_rizvi on 1/28/23, 9:54 AM with 13 comments

• by jaclaz on 1/28/23, 10:01 AM

  >How to get started on building a personal brand as Technial Writer?

  I would start with double checks on spelling ... /s

  Seriously, a typo can happen to everyone, but when they happen, particularly in short text or in a title they immediately give (at least to me) the impression that there has not been enough attention/diligence, which is not a good sign, particularly for technical writers.

• by lm28469 on 1/28/23, 1:27 PM

  That's a very vague question so accept my very vague answer, I'd do what people are recommended to to do when they're trying to find their personal art style. Find ~5 people that inspire you, try to figure out what part you like about them/their "personal brand", mimic and improve on that

• by Sevii on 1/28/23, 3:27 PM

  There are a few books on it like 'Writing for Software Developers' and 'Write Useful Books'. Working with Hit Subscribe is an option for getting a better idea of the workflow. Then its really just a game of building up your blog/books and maybe sales with companies.

• by brudgers on 1/28/23, 3:07 PM

  [Metaphor]

  When the phone rings, always answer and say "Yes."

  When you get big, hire other writers to maintain the "Yes."

  That's what a B2B brand is.

  [\Metaphor]

  Good luck.

• by Eumenes on 1/28/23, 12:37 PM

  Help some open source projects write some documentation

• by cpach on 1/28/23, 1:13 PM

  What’s your goal? To land a job? Write a manual? Write a book?