The right quote is essential when you’re replying to an inquiry from a potential client. There’s no set formula for creating a quote because each project is different. There are, however, certain elements you can include in your quote to increase its effectiveness.
Here are some tips that will make it easier for you to create [...]
How to Create a Quote for a Freelance Writing Job
August 12, 2006 by Aurora | No Comments
How to Create Writing Quotes for Website Content & Copy, SEO Articles, Ezine Articles, Advertorials, and Press Releases
August 12, 2006 by Aurora | No Comments
A professional writing quote should be clear, concise, and informative. The goal is to tell the client exactly what you’re going to do for them and how you’re going to do it. The more detailed and professional the quote, the better chance you have of nailing the job.
Tip: for maximum effectiveness, make good use of [...]
Back on Track and Writing for Wikipedia
August 12, 2006 by Aurora | No Comments
If you’re looking for specific information about writing, editing, or the like, please let us know; we can probably help. If you have writing or editing questions you’d like answered, leave a comment and we’ll reply.
Recently there have been a slew of questions about writing for Wikipedia. Writing for Wikipedia is actually quite easy; here [...]
Today’s Troublesome Tripe: Techno-babble
May 22, 2006 by Aurora | No Comments
Bad technical writing. It screams at you from every proprietary page of a comprehensive, network-enabled, specialized technology and advanced application company’s website…
What?
Welcome to the land of techno-babble. Fraught with pitfalls, sinkholes and swamps, it is a land where heavy paragraphs drag you down; sentences trip you up; your eyes glaze over strange words; and service pages provide hazy “solutions.”
Sadly, many people get lost [...]
Leave the Suffix -ize Alone
May 16, 2006 by Aurora | No Comments
A growing phenomenon in the world of words is the use of the suffix -ize. Though it’s acceptable to summarize and harmonize in good taste, there’s rarely, if ever, a reason to utilize or prioritize. Don’t smack -ize onto a noun to create a verb. It sounds worse and a better word always exists.
The word utilize is especially annoying. Use works [...]
