#CJE3XC0H3-announcements

hey @everyone and happy wednesday 🌞 sorry for the delay, Monday was a holiday 🇺🇸

💻 new on the blog

I crowdsourced 5 Lessons Non-Technical Writers Can Learn from Technical Writers (s/o @Alexey Klochai, @Kasper Siig @Dana Cass for your insight 💡) it covers:
• tips for independent research
• why you should write with a small audience in mind
• focusing on explaining rather than mastering topics...and more
👉 you can read it here 👈

P.S. Today's the last day for May's deal → you can post any freelance gig on the job board for just $20 💸

🏆 May's member of the month is @Saloni Ordia, freelance content and copywriter here are her highlights:

Marketing advice ✴️
Instead of just relying on keyword research tools, tap into the power of customer insights. Connect with your target audience directly via surveys, social media interactions, and customer interviews. A deep understanding of your audience is the starting point for making the best content.

With surveys, you can collect measurable data and assess client opinions, preferences, pain areas and feedback. Whilst they convey their requirements, you can tailor your content approach accordingly.

Customer interviews are more personalized, offering qualitative data which goes beyond the surface level of information. This qualitative knowledge enables you to develop content that connects with your audience on a more profound emotional level, resulting in a stronger relationship.

Tools I use everyday 🧰
Semrush, Copyscape, Mixmax, What's my SERP, & Grammarly

Essential reading 📚
The tall lady with the iceberg (there's a pdf version attached)

🧵 okay, here are some great recent threads
• interesting convo @Alexander Boswell → Over the past year-ish I’ve had link building agencies reaching out to me to partner with them on getting their clients links in articles I write (with them providing relevant quotes). Content managers that work with freelancers: what are your thoughts on this? Do you typically frown upon this practice?
• really cool to see what people are working on @Aarushi singh→ I’m curious how many of you have a side project aside from freelancing for clients?
• great resources here @Emma Lamont → Just doing a little research and am wondering which tool everyone uses to do their capacity planning?
that's all for today. have a wonderful week!
cierra 👋