Looking for a roadmap, suggestions...anything that will be helpful tbh
How to get started on building a personal brand as a Technical Writer?
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#2>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.
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#3>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.
Thanks :) fixed it.
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#4Help some open source projects write some documentation
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#5What’s your goal? To land a job? Write a manual? Write a book?
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#6What’s your goal? To land a job? Write a manual? Write a book?
I am already in a job. Looking to build a personal brand around my work. Mainly worked on WordPress plugins' user manuals, tutorials, and so on. There are not much ideas on the internet about a specific technical writing personal branding guide.
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#7Help some open source projects write some documentation
Currently looking at how I can help with the official WordPress documentation from (https://make.wordpress.org/) here. But I am confused about how it gets documented on who did what.
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#8That'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
Re: How to get started on building a personal brand as a Technical Writer?
#9What’s your goal? To land a job? Write a manual? Write a book?
I am already in a job. Looking to build a personal brand around my work. Mainly worked on WordPress plugins' user manuals, tutorials, and so on. There are not much ideas on the internet about a specific technical writing personal branding guide.
But why? What are your motivations?
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#10What’s your goal? To land a job? Write a manual? Write a book?
I am already in a job. Looking to build a personal brand around my work. Mainly worked on WordPress plugins' user manuals, tutorials, and so on. There are not much ideas on the internet about a specific technical writing personal branding guide.
I guess it’s quite close to the playbook for building a personal brand as a developer?
I would image these thngs could be useful: Write a newsletter, give conference talks, build a portfolio. Write a book. Use social media if you’re into that kind of stuff. (Instagram, YouTube, Mastodon, whatever suits you.) Have a website/blog for your longform articles on the subject.
HTH, good luck!
PS.
Be persistent and be patient. Set realistic goals so that you will not burn out and don’t be too dissapointed if it doesn’t go as fast as you would like.
For a given time frame, i.e. a year or so, it’s probably not possible to be prolific in all the areas I mentioned. So maybe pick 1-3 areas and focus on them, based on what you would find most fun.