What drives you to go it alone as a freelancer/independent consultant?
- Setting my own work hours. (20%, 9 Votes)
- Getting away from corporate politics / constraints. (18%, 8 Votes)
- Working on a variety of projects. (18%, 8 Votes)
- Opportunity to make a better income. (16%, 7 Votes)
- Handling all aspects of a project. (9%, 4 Votes)
- Unlimited career / skills growth. (9%, 4 Votes)
- No luck finding a permanent position in tech comm. (9%, 4 Votes)
- Something else (Please tell us!) (2%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 20
Start Date: September 11, 2012 @ 9:29 am
End Date: No Expiry
Are you thinking of changing careers?
- Yes, I want to get out of technical communications completely. (28%, 11 Votes)
- No, I love the challenges and variety. (28%, 11 Votes)
- Yes, I want to move into another communications-related field. (21%, 8 Votes)
- No, but I am thinking of changing jobs. (8%, 3 Votes)
- Yes, I'm having a hard time finding work in tech comm. (5%, 2 Votes)
- No, but I'm getting ready to go out on my own. (5%, 2 Votes)
- I'm not ready to think about it right now. (5%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 39
Start Date: September 4, 2012 @ 10:03 am
End Date: No Expiry
Which professionals have better career prospects: Technical Communicators or Marketers?
- Technical Communicators (57%, 17 Votes)
- Marketers (43%, 13 Votes)
Total Voters: 30
Start Date: August 28, 2012 @ 10:15 am
End Date: No Expiry
How do you prefer to consume technical communication content?
- Online help or web-based content that's easily findable. (36%, 23 Votes)
- Printed books that I can hold in my hands and refer back to. (22%, 14 Votes)
- eBooks that I can highlight and review any time (19%, 12 Votes)
- Videos that give me quick and to-the-point assistance (11%, 7 Votes)
- Interactive content that I can consume on any kind of device (9%, 6 Votes)
- Something else (please tell us) (3%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 35
Start Date: August 14, 2012 @ 9:53 am
End Date: No Expiry
What kinds of traditional marketing content have you been assigned to create?
- Brochures, white papers or case studies (22%, 10 Votes)
- Newsletters or other relationship marketing material (17%, 8 Votes)
- Proposals in response to Requests for Information (RFI) (15%, 7 Votes)
- Copy for print advertising (11%, 5 Votes)
- Direct mail (or email) content for product promotions (11%, 5 Votes)
- Data sheets and specifications (11%, 5 Votes)
- Something else (please elaborate!) (7%, 3 Votes)
- Scripts for videos or interactive advertising (4%, 2 Votes)
- Sales presentations (2%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 13
Start Date: August 7, 2012 @ 12:45 pm
End Date: No Expiry
