Business development for technical writers
These resources are for freelance technical writers who provide independent authoring services.
Technical writers: artists or language engineers? discusses the SIC code for technical writers.
Setting fees is one of the hardest aspects of freelance work. This spreadsheet will help you.
Cost of employment. Use the spreadsheet to estimate the cost of employing a technical communicator. That will help to put your fees into perspective.
Writers, authors, or communicators? A few thoughts by various contributors on how to explain what a technical writer does.
Business networking and referral groups
UCE, spam and contract law. Although current (June 2004) legislation allows you to send unsolicited commercial email to a business, your contract with your ISP prohibits it.
Promoting your freelance technical writing business. Workshop notes from a presentation to technical writers on 24 April 2004.
Going Solo 
GoingSolo_ISTC_2002.doc
A workshop on becoming a freelance technical writer. Presented at the ISTC conference, Bosworth, September 2002.
Tender loving care 
HowToWriteATender.pdf
This article shows how to write a tender. It originally appeared in Communicator 7:1, Spring 2001.
Tips for reducing junk email (spam). These tips will help you to avoid receiving junk email. They also give you guidelines for preventing its spread.
See also 
www.getslightlyfamous.com is an excellent resource on how to build your brand and promote your business.
STC Consulting and Independent Contracting SIG contains many resources for freelancers.
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