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Subject:RE: Out of Work Tech Writers From:"Dick Schellens" <dick_schellens -at- gdt1 -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:48:58 -0400
Hi Suzanne,
Here's an idea. When I was between regular tech writing positions quite a few years ago, I created a little brochure using a PaperDirect blank and sent out about 700 of them. I got about a 5% response rate (pretty good for direct mail) and landed a couple of projects. At the time, I didn't think of myself as "between regular jobs".... I considered it the beginning of my new tech writing company/service. (then a regular job came along and I grabbed it). The point is that advertising works and companies NEVER see an ad for an independent tech writer, because (almost) no one advertises.
Just mho.
Dick Schellens
Lyme, NH
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