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Do you have a BLOG? Do you aspire to start as a TECHNICAL CONTENT WRITER? I have a few tips for you.

Here are 10 lessons from my TECHNICAL BLOGGING journey and a few Bonus tips. 🔥

A Mega Thread 🧵 👇

 1. Any day is an Auspicious day to START.

Do not get stuck thinking when is the right time. Any time you have a topic in hand and the willingness to start is the right time.

For me, it started with helping my colleagues with customer documentations. Anything can be a trigger.
2. Find your NICHE

The topic IDEA is always around you. There are two possibilities,

1. You are good at something
2. You want to be good at something

These possibilities build your niche in the technical areas. Tap on what you want to learn or share. You got your topic.
3. You Need to READ To WRITE

Yes, It's hard to create value with writing without reading. Build a reading habit to write better. Start side projects to write using your first-hand experiences.

Reading and side-projects around a technical area give you ample ideas to write.
4. Your Writing Is Your Reflection.

You are unique, your style is unique, your expressions are unique, your writing will be unique too. Your writing style is a reflection of who you are.

Be AUTHENTIC. Inspiration is ok but No need to borrow the style. Your style gonna work.
5. Hobby to Habit

It's perfectly fine to start writing as a hobby. I did the same way. But to get the most out of it or build a career around it, you need to translate the Hobby into a Habit.

You do it by putting yourself on a roadmap like 1 article a week for a month!
6.1. Plan Your Content and Strategy ahead

You need to have a plan. Note down each and every topic that comes to your mind. You may not end up write articles for all of them but note them down.

Have a plan for at least a week ahead.

I use the Notion tool to plan.
6.2. Writing is the combination of Science and Art. There is a creative part like building graphics, deciding the flow of the topic, how to structure the article.

Do the creative work when you are most active in the day. Do not hurry because of tiredness or other work.
7.1. Content Structure

Primarily 4 areas to focus on,
- Cover: An image that is related to your content.
- Title: A precise title of the topic.
- Description: A short description of the content
- Content Body: The actual content where you want your readers to focus.
7.2. Cover

Give attention to the cover image. Gradually I realized, the more time you give to a cover design, the more creative you become about it. The good news is you don't have to be a UX expert for that.

I use Canva(free plan) to create the cover. Here is a few samples.
7.3. Title

The cover and title are the most visible things of your article to your readers. When they visit your article, it is 100% assured, they will read these. So use them as the entry card to your article content.

Here are a few title structure works best for me

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7.4. URL and Description

A description(aka, meta description) is very useful for your article's SEO. A search engine like Google suggests the title, description, and URL SLUG within a character limit.

You can use any SERP tool to frame all of them. Here is an example 👇
7.5. Content

Ok, now the heart of the article, the actual content. I've seen much great content that doesn't get the deserved traction because it is not organized well. Structure the content body in multiple logical sections.

Use headings. Going up to 3 levels down is fine.
8. Understand Who you are writing for

It is important but you don't have to know at the beginning. Once you move from Hobby to Habit, you may have to find your target readers.

Are you writing for beginners? Intermediate, or experienced? Stick to it for a while before changing.
9. Review & Publish

Review the draft well for spelling mistakes, grammatical issues. You can use the following tools,

- Grammarly
- Hemingway App
Note: You still need to review it manually a couple of times after using the tools. Publish as you want. Again, no auspicious time.
10. Republish & The after facts

I encourage republishing your articles to many other platforms. Please make sure to set the 'canonical' URL so that the search engine doesn't count the republished piece as a duplicate.

After publishing?

https://t.co/yLy8HWrChT
A few Mythbusters

I believe in these,

- WORD COUNT doesn't matter for your own blog.
- It's fine if you are writing on EXISTING topics.
- PERFECTION is subjective. Don't go for it.
- Views will come only when u are CONSISTENT with writing.
- A good blogger is a Gr8 EDITOR.
Bonus: Platforms & Opportunities

Where to start from? Check out these platforms,

- .@hashnode
- .@freeCodeCamp News
- .@ShowwcaseHQ
- .@ThePracticalDev
- .@thedevdojo

With quality blogging comes many opportunities,
- Paid writing
- Freelancing
- eBooks
- Jobs
Here are the links to the tools that I have mentioned in this thread,

- Notion: https://t.co/Mw1XRgj5if
- Canva : https://t.co/0eK2MeI9Fa
- Grammarly: https://t.co/RUK30KLGd9
- Hemmingway App: https://t.co/dGuY10U8G6
- SERP: https://t.co/oT4X2Aaxj9
A bit about me & my blog,

- My technical writing experience is a little more than two years.
- Overall, I have written close to 200 articles so far including my Hashnode powered blog, freeCodeCamp news, CSS-Tricks, and paid engagements.

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https://t.co/ovStFFRmdv
That's all for now. I'm glad to share my experience with you. AMA.

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कुंडली में 12 भाव होते हैं। कैसे ज्योतिष द्वारा रोग के आंकलन करते समय कुंडली के विभिन्न भावों से गणना करते हैं आज इस पर चर्चा करेंगे।
कुण्डली को कालपुरुष की संज्ञा देकर इसमें शरीर के अंगों को स्थापित कर उनसे रोग, रोगेश, रोग को बढ़ाने घटाने वाले ग्रह


रोग की स्थिति में उत्प्रेरक का कार्य करने वाले ग्रह, आयुर्वेदिक/ऐलोपैथी/होमियोपैथी में से कौन कारगर होगा इसका आँकलन, रक्त विकार, रक्त और आपरेशन की स्थिति, कौन सा आंतरिक या बाहरी अंग प्रभावित होगा इत्यादि गणना करने में कुंडली का प्रयोग किया जाता है।


मेडिकल ज्योतिष में आज के समय में Dr. K. S. Charak का नाम निर्विवाद रूप से प्रथम स्थान रखता है। उनकी लिखी कई पुस्तकें आज इस क्षेत्र में नए ज्योतिषों का मार्गदर्शन कर रही हैं।
प्रथम भाव -
इस भाव से हम व्यक्ति की रोगप्रतिरोधक क्षमता, सिर, मष्तिस्क का विचार करते हैं।


द्वितीय भाव-
दाहिना नेत्र, मुख, वाणी, नाक, गर्दन व गले के ऊपरी भाग का विचार होता है।
तृतीय भाव-
अस्थि, गला,कान, हाथ, कंधे व छाती के आंतरिक अंगों का शुरुआती भाग इत्यादि।

चतुर्थ भाव- छाती व इसके आंतरिक अंग, जातक की मानसिक स्थिति/प्रकृति, स्तन आदि की गणना की जाती है


पंचम भाव-
जातक की बुद्धि व उसकी तीव्रता,पीठ, पसलियां,पेट, हृदय की स्थिति आंकलन में प्रयोग होता है।

षष्ठ भाव-
रोग भाव कहा जाता है। कुंडली मे इसके तत्कालिक भाव स्वामी, कालपुरुष कुंडली के स्वामी, दृष्टि संबंध, रोगेश की स्थिति, रोगेश के नक्षत्र औऱ रोगेश व भाव की डिग्री इत्यादि।
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@world_sanatan
THE LAST STAND OF PAVAN KHIND - THE 300 BATTLE OF INDIA

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A #story from #Thiruvilayadal puranam- one of divine leelas of Bhagwan Shiva

#threadseries #madurai

Koodal Kaandam

Story 21 - it is about how stone elephant came to life and ate sugarcane - When Raja Abhisheka Pandyan met Ellam Valla Siddhar

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Raja Abhisheka Pandiyan went ahead to meet Ellam Valla Siddhar on the premises of the temple.On seeing the arrival of Raja, people surrounding Siddhar moved back. Abhisheka Pandiyan introduced himself to Siddhar &asked about his whereabouts.Also his purpose of visit to Madurai.

Raja asked why he performed magical acts, does he expect anything from him or people of Madurai.

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Abhisheka Pandyan was shocked to receive such a reply from Siddhar,& he decided to test the power of this Siddhar. By that time, Raja saw a person in crowd having Sugarcane.

Raja took Sugarcane from that person.
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@luciame16
Some thoughts on episode 54 of #Hercai

If you ever cross the distance and come to me, come with love that blooms in your heart.
~ Şems-i Tebrizi

#Reyyan #Miran #ReyMir #EbruŞahin #AkınAkınözü
#HercaiThoughts


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I have to make a note before writing about this episode. I was the person (still am) who thinks that bringing back D. was a bad idea. I repeat it that for me the writing of S1 and S2 is like tossed into the bin with that plot evolution, but they had to invent something+
#Hercai

2
+ to be able to continue to prolong the general story after Aslan’s story did not work out. All the suffering of M., all the crying seems for “nothing” for two seasons and we viewers are also kind of fed up in seeing him cry all the time when with the upcoming episodes+
#Hercai

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+he is justified the most to cry. With her resurrection now the attention shifts back to Miran’s storyline and I don’t know if I like this to be honest. This said, Dilsha is here and we have to deal with her.
#Hercai

4
So, my comments are going to be how I find they wrote her into the story, the details we get to know, the flashbacks we get to see, the way it was filmed and directed, with leaving out if I agree on it or not but describing along the way what I saw.
#Hercai
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Dr Catherine Pemble is #SocialDistancing
Dr Catherine Pemble is...
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Right, screw it. Here's a thread on *that* FBLive by Alex Cairnie about #Govanhill. Lets do a watch-through shall we? (Mind, I'm a resident of Govanhill, and a sociologist. I'm also 5'3, and a visibly queer woman so if half his claims are true I should be living in terror)

00:30: Welcomes viewers and uses points out that his videos are only getting attention b/c they're 'horrific'. Directs folk to his Youtube page. So already clout hunting.

1:08: "I've been warned to stay out of Govanhill. I'm a marked man" (proceeds to use a beanie as a disguise)

1:30 "Laughing and joking aside, here's somebodys front garden." Proceeds to show litter and claim its thrown from windows and this is 'common'. I know a handful of streets with litter issues like this, but its neither common nor unique to #govanhill and other deprived areas.

2:10 "Don't be under any illusion I'm only showing you the bad bits" - only shows you the bad bits.

3:45: He's had offers of help, but hes said no because hes not responsible for 'anybody elses safety' Good lord.

5:01: "Its not that bad. But its not all good either" -Correct

6:00: TW: child abuse - He starts claiming to have been contacted by a health professional and told about child abuse 'in the area'. Huge ethical issues here as the 'professional' who has 'been in the game a long time' is reporting to Facebook Dude and not authorities.
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