writes Great Customer Technical Documents
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Communicating is not formatting.
Formatting can get in the way
Great tech docs work for you.
Clients with great tech docs.
Here are some of the tools I’ve used.
Your customers have paid a lot of money and received good training for your high-
If they open the docs and find the answer, they’re back in business and all you hear is how great your machine is.
If they call you, they have to deal with time zones, having the right guy out to lunch and other disasters – but if great tech docs solve the problem, you’ve just kept another customer. That silence is your bottom line improving.
HIGHER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
LOWER CUSTOMER SERVICE COSTS
CUSTOMERS MAKE BETTER USE OF YOUR PRODUCT
THAT HAS TO MEAN BETTER SALES
There may be few things more boring than tech manuals. On the other hand, there are few things as good as finding the answer to a sticky problem with a complex machine.
Customer documentation, which includes tech manuals, tech videos, integrated Help
systems and other tech info for customers, can be essential for a company that delivers
high-
Customer documentation is not looked upon by every company as essential. For the complex instrumentation that you sell, great documentation is essential. I am committed to getting you the good quality docs you need in order to remain viable.
If your customers can depend on our technical info, your customer service people
might spend less time on redundant questions about how to operate the equipment -