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Breaking the SilenceHow to Build Influence as a Tech Writer
Jacob Moses | Host of The Not-Boring Tech Writer | Tech Writer at Rainmaker Digital
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Who’s the Ginger? (My name is Jacob, thank you.)
• Tech Comm. graduate from the University of North Texas
• Host of The Not-Boring Tech Writer podcast
• Technical Writer at Rainmaker Digital
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INFLUENCE
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CREATE CONTENT
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Tom Johnson’s I’d Rather Be Writing
idratherbewri4ng.com
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Sarah Maddox’s FFEATHERS
ffeathers.wordpress.com
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Three Steps to Build Your Influence
There are three steps to building your influence:
1. Find what to share. 2. Learn how to share it. 3. Choose where to share it.
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Find What to Share
Think about your tech comm. skill or passion. Hard Skills/Passions: • Single-source authoring • Writing with a friendly, conversational tone. • UX Design Soft Skills/Passions: • Building community • Communication between Docs and Support • Collaboration
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Find What to Share
Learn How to Share it
Choose Where to Share it
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Learn How to Share it
How are you going to differentiate yourself from other technical writers?
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Photoby:CharleneMcBride
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Learn How to Share it
How are you going to differentiate yourself from other technical writers?
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Learn How to Share it
Content Tilt: “Your content tilt is what separates you from everyone else in your market.” “It’s your unique perspective on your content niche, which creates an opportunity for you to attack, lead and, ultimately, own the category.”
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Learn How to Share it
How to find your unique perspective:
• Your experiences • Your associations
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Learn How to Share it
Your experiences: • a strategy that worked well for you • a story
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Learn How to Share it
Your associations: Connections you make that initially seem unrelated on the surface. • Transitioned from Support to Documentation • Your interests outside of technical communication
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Sarah Maddox’s FFEATHERS
ffeathers.wordpress.com
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Sarah Maddox’s FFEATHERS Sarah Maddox’s FFEATHERS
ffeathers.wordpress.com
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Sarah Maddox’s FFEATHERS
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TRUST YOUR ASSOCIATIONS
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Learn How to Share it
Anne Lammot in Bird by Bird: “Take the attitude that what you are thinking is valuable stuff, and then be naïve enough to get it all down on paper.”
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Find What to Share
Learn How to Share it
Choose Where to Share it
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Choose Where to Share it
Find the best medium to share your content. • Blog • Podcast • Email newsletter
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Choose Where to Share it
Blog: • Wordpress.com • Medium • The Rainmaker Platform
You don’t waste precious time setting up your site, when you could be creating content.
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Choose Where to Share it
Wordpress.com (not Wordpress.org): • Your site is free (excluding your domain). • Quick onboarding. • Automatic security updates.
Wordpress.com
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Choose Where to Share it
Medium: • The platform is free. • Quick onboarding. • Automatic updates. Two options: • Create a profile • Create a publication Medium.com
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Choose Where to Share it Profile: https://medium.com/@jacobscottmoses
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Publication: https://parksify.com/
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Medium.com
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Choose Where to Share it
The Rainmaker Platform: • Built on the WordPress framework. • Advanced content tools – podcasting, Learning
Management System (LMS) courses, membership sites, built-in email marketing service.
• $125/month
RainmakerplaMorm.com
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Choose Where to Share it
Find the best medium to share your content. • Blog • Podcast • Email newsletter
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Choose Where to Share it
Podcast: Three tools: • Microphone • Recording and editing software • Place to host podcast
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Choose Where to Share it
Microphone: • Built-in microphone • Blue Snowball Mic ($49.00) • Blue Yeti Mic ($128.94)
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Choose Where to Share it
Recording and Editing Software: • GarageBand (free for Mac users) • Audacity (free for Mac and PC users) • Skype • Paired with Call Recorder
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Choose Where to Share it
Place to Host the Podcast: • SoundCloud • Buzzsprout • PodBean
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Choose Where to Share it
Find the best medium to share your content. • Blog • Podcast • Email newsletter
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Choose Where to Share it
Email Newsletter: • MailChimp (free up to 2,000 subscribers and/or
12,000 emails a month). • TinyLetter
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MAKE YOUR PLATFORM YOUR COLLEAGUES
PLATFORM.
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Choose Where to Share it
Find Your Colleagues: • Write the Docs Meetups • Write the Docs Slack Channel • Write the Docs Hashtag • Tech Comm Hashtag
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Find What to Share
Learn How to Share it
Choose Where to Share it
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Anne Lammot in Bird by Bird: “Take the attitude that what you are thinking is valuable stuff, and then be naïve enough to get it all down on paper.”
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Contact Me
Email: [email protected] Twitter: @jacobscottmoses LinkedIn: Jacob Scott Moses The Not-Boring Tech Writer
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