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# 📖 Awesome Technical Writing and Blogging Resources 🚀

This a well-structured **Awesome List** repository for **Technical Writers & Bloggers** that covers everything from writing guides to monetization strategies.

*A curated list of the best resources, guides, and tools for technical writers and bloggers to improve their craft, get published, and monetize their content.*

## 📌 The Structure (Table of Contents)

- 📖 Guides & Resources
- 📜 Style Guides
- 📝 Writing Best Practices
- 🖋 Markdown & Formatting

- 🛠 Tools & Software
- ✍️ Writing Tools
- 📊 SEO & Analytics
- 📄 Documentation Platforms

- 🏆 Where to Get Published
- 🌍 Tech Writing & Blogging Platforms
- 🏛 Paid Guest Posting Opportunities

- 💰 Monetization Strategies
- 🔥 Affiliate & Partner Programs
- 🎯 Ad Platforms for Blogs
- 📚 Self-Publishing & Selling Digital Products
- 🛍 Freelancing & Consulting

- 🔗 Useful Links & Communities
- 👨‍💻 Technical Writing Communities
- 📚 Must-Read Blogs & Books

- 👏 Contributing
- 📜 License

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## 📖 Guides & Resources
### 📜 Style Guides
- [Google Developer Documentation Style Guide](https://developers.google.com/style/)
- [Microsoft Writing Style Guide](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/)
- [Apple Style Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleStyleGuide/)
- [Write the Docs Guide](https://www.writethedocs.org/guide/)

### 📝 Writing Best Practices
- How to write clear and concise technical documentation.
- Structuring blog posts for readability and engagement.
- SEO techniques for writers.

### 🖋 Markdown & Formatting
- Basic Markdown Syntax ([Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org/))
- Advanced formatting tips.
- Useful Markdown editors: **Obsidian**, **Typora**, **Mark Text**.

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## 🛠 Tools & Software

### ✍️ Writing Tools
- [Hemingway Editor](http://www.hemingwayapp.com/)
- [Grammarly](https://www.grammarly.com/)
- [ProWritingAid](https://prowritingaid.com/)
- [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) (For note-taking and writing)

### 📊 SEO & Analytics
- [Google Analytics](https://analytics.google.com/)
- [Google Search Console](https://search.google.com/search-console)
- [Ahrefs](https://ahrefs.com/)
- [Yoast SEO Plugin](https://yoast.com/)

### 📄 Documentation Platforms
- [GitBook](https://www.gitbook.com/)
- [ReadTheDocs](https://readthedocs.org/)
- [MkDocs](https://www.mkdocs.org/)

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## 🏆 Where to Get Published
### 🌍 Tech Writing & Blogging Platforms
- **Medium** ([medium.com](https://medium.com/))
- **Dev.to** ([dev.to](https://dev.to/))
- **Hashnode** ([hashnode.com](https://hashnode.com/))
- **Smashing Magazine** ([smashingmagazine.com](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/))
- **CSS-Tricks** ([css-tricks.com](https://css-tricks.com/))
- **FreeCodeCamp Blog** ([freecodecamp.org/news/](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/))

### 🏛 Paid Guest Posting Opportunities
- [DigitalOcean Community](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/pages/write-for-digitalocean) ($300 per tutorial)
- [Linode Write for Us](https://www.linode.com/docs/contribute/)
- [Toptal Engineering Blog](https://www.toptal.com/developers/blog)

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## 💰 Monetization Strategies
### 🔥 Affiliate & Partner Programs
- **Amazon Associates** ([Amazon Affiliate](https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/))
- **Impact** ([impact.com](https://www.impact.com/))
- **CJ Affiliate** ([cj.com](https://www.cj.com/))
- **ShareASale** ([shareasale.com](https://www.shareasale.com/))
- **Tech product affiliate programs (ex: DigitalOcean)**

### 🎯 Ad Platforms for Blogs
- **Google AdSense** ([adsense.google.com](https://www.google.com/adsense/))
- **Ezoic** ([ezoic.com](https://www.ezoic.com/))
- **Mediavine** ([mediavine.com](https://www.mediavine.com/))
- **BuySellAds** ([buysellads.com](https://www.buysellads.com/))

### 📚 Self-Publishing & Selling Digital Products
- **Gumroad** ([gumroad.com](https://gumroad.com/)) (Sell eBooks, PDFs, courses)
- **Teachable** ([teachable.com](https://teachable.com/))
- **Substack** ([substack.com](https://substack.com/)) (Paid newsletters)
- **ConvertKit** ([convertkit.com](https://convertkit.com/))

### 🛍 Freelancing & Consulting
- **Upwork** ([upwork.com](https://www.upwork.com/))
- **Fiverr** ([fiverr.com](https://www.fiverr.com/))
- **Toptal** ([toptal.com](https://www.toptal.com/))

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## 🔗 Useful Links & Communities
### 👨‍💻 Technical Writing Communities
- [Write the Docs Slack](https://www.writethedocs.org/slack/)
- [Technical Writing Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/technicalwriting/)
- [Google Tech Writing Courses](https://developers.google.com/tech-writing)

### 📚 Must-Read Blogs & Books
- [Everybody Writes](https://annhandley.com/books/everybody-writes/) by Ann Handley
- [On Writing Well](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53343.On_Writing_Well) by William Zinsser
- [Docs for Developers](https://docsfordevelopers.com/)

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## 👏 Contributing
*Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit a PR to add more resources.*

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## 📜 License
MIT License.