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Entries Tagged as 'Communications'

17 Ways to Write, Respond, and Process 85 Emails a Day

May 20th, 2010 · View Comments · Productivity

Lost time is lost money. If you run your own company, every minute counts. And, it’s no different if you work for someone else. Lost time = lost money. Email is great for generating business but when it takes over your day, then it becomes a problem.
Help me answer every email in the same biz [...]

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Subscribe to any Posterous Blog via Email

February 24th, 2010 · Comments Off · Social Media

You can now subscribe to any blog on Posterous by email. They’ve updated its autopost tool so that your friends on Facebook and Twitter can stay updated with your blog as well as friends that are not on these networks but want to stay connected. FYI: You can also publish blog posts to Posterous [...]

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Don’t Feed The Trolls!

February 10th, 2010 · View Comments · Communications, Facebook, Google, How To, Linkedin

I have a troll. Do you? Trolls slither over the internet. They start as lurkers, then get brave, creep out and spit things at you. 10 out of 10 trolls feed on attention. Negative or positive – they don’t care. Attention is the oxygen that keeps them going. Here’s the story of how I found my troll and what we may do next?

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Technical Writing News – Nov 6th

November 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Adobe FrameMaker, News, Reviews, STC, Salary

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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Robohelp or Doc-to-Help – which one do you recommend?

November 2nd, 2009 · View Comments · Adobe RoboHelp, Content Management, Dita, MadCap Flare, Reviews

I have a choice. Robohelp or Doc-to-Help? My client has given me permission to use whatever tool I want to do the next batch of tech docs — and they’ll buy the software. No cost to me. Which one should I choose?

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