Social Media Guidance for Technical Writers

Welcome to episode 012 of the Technical Writing Success podcast from Curt Robbins & Associates.

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Today’s show teaches listeners how to navigate the waters of social media to promote their career, company, products, and services.

Hosts Daphne and Fred share their analysis of the article "Social Media Guidance for Technical Writers" from the Curt Robbins & Associates Technical Writing Agency that was published on August 29, 2024.

An excerpt from the article: "A number of rules should be followed and performed on the regular with all of your social media accounts. Personally, I use LinkedIn (LI) and X (formerly Twitter). Facebook lacks the professionalism I'm seeking in a social media platform while at the same time providing too many distractions and angry opinionated rants. Instagram is a waste of time for most serious IT professionals and technical writers. I know many who use only LI.

"A focus on no more than two or three platforms will help you to be more effective on each of them. It's easy for us to spread ourselves too thin and become markedly less effective on each network. I'm an advocate of quality over quantity; thus, my strategic choice of only two networks."

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