TECHWR-L is the oldest and largest technical writing
community on the Internet and includes two major
components:

• The TECHWR-L discussion list has more than 3000 direct subscribers worldwide.
• The TECHWR-L site serves more than 200,000 page views per month and provides a unique combination of quality-focused content, features, and services unrivaled by any other Internet-based technical writing community.

Why sponsor TECHWR-L? In short, sponsoring TECHWR-L provides an opportunity for your company to support technical writers and the information products they develop:

• TECHWR-L is free
  TECHWR-L provides technical writers worldwide with targeted discussions, material, features, and services for free.
• TECHWR-L provides timely information The TECHWR-L discussion list provides technical writers with nearly immediate answers to questions they have in their day-to-day jobs. Additionally, the TECHWR-L site publishes new articles regularly; other site resources, such as Classified Ads and the Calendar are refreshed and updated on a daily basis.
• TECHWR-L provides focused information TECHWR-L provides information and resources that are focused on just technical writing topics, with a minimum of fluff or extraneous content. Well-refined and consistently-enforced TECHWR-L list rules help keep mailing list traffic focused on technical writing issues. Similarly, the TECHWR-L site focuses on just technical writing topics.
• TECHWR-L is there when you want it and how you want it The TECHWR-L list is available in regular or digest formats, as well as through a newsgroup, giving technical writers choices for reading list mail. Additionally, the TECHWR-L Premium Announcements mailing provides list members with a collection of ads and announcements of interest to technical writers that's sent once per day.
• TECHWR-L offers a worldwide network Just by lurking on the TECHWR-L list, technical writers can learn what others in the industry are doing, what problems they're facing, and what solutions they're implementing. A valuable resource for lone writers and large writing teams alike, TECHWR-L provides a worldwide network that can help technical writers find solutions that they may not be able to get within a company or writing team.
• TECHWR-L has no strings attached Technical writers can lurk or participate in the list or visit the site as their time allows, according to their information needs. Further, we do not rent, sell, or otherwise make mailing lists or contact information available to anyone, making participating in TECHWR-L a safe and prudent choice.
• TECHWR-L draws on diversity The TECHWR-L list subscribers come from more than 40 countries; the TECHWR-L site currently draws visitors from more than 75 countries and is actively working on expanding its author base to include a wider variety of voices.
• TECHWR-L encourages involvement TECHWR-L provides a number of ways for technical writers to share their expertise and knowledge, if they choose to. List members can participate onlist or offlist, as well as participate anonymously if needed. Additionally, TECHWR-L offers opportunities to get involved as a freelance author, contribute to the site, or act in volunteer capacities in other areas.

As a result of your sponsorship, you will:

• Help support us in "doing the right thing." In developing TECHWR-L, we chose not to use paid subscription or fee-based models but, instead, chose to develop the TECHWR-L list, Web site, and variety of services as free resources. We would like to continue making TECHWR-L and its variety of services available at no cost to the technical writing community because we think they meet a significant information need. In short, we think providing these services for free is simply the right thing to do.

• Help support us in making the TECHWR-L community available.
• Help us manage the growth of the community and do so by providing quality content and features.
• Help us continue to acquire new original content, as well as develop new features, services, and materials that meet the changing needs of the technical writing community.
• Help us have resources to ensure site quality, improve content and features, and make resources more widely available.

Different levels of sponsorships are available, including annual and monthly sponsorships:

Annual Sponsorships

We offer four levels of annual sponsorship:

Monthly TECHWR-L List Sponsorships

You can reserve monthly list sponsorships for $500 per month for top placement (bottom of the list messages, but above the other ad) and $400 for bottom placement. During the month of your sponsorship, your sponsorship message--up to three lines--will appear at the bottom of every TECHWR-L message posted to the list. That's several million exposures per month. Contact us for more information or to set up your monthly sponsorship.

Monthly TECHWR-L Daily Announcement Sponsorships

You can reserve TECHWR-L Daily Announcement sponsorships for $300 per month for either of the image ads included in this HTML-based mailing. During the month of your sponsorship, your sponsorship badge will appear in every Daily Announcement (daily, obviously) sent to the list subscribers. Contact us for more information or to set up your monthly sponsorship.

You can find more information about the Daily Announcements,
including a sample Daily Announcement, at the Daily Announcement page. The direct link is http://www.techwr-l.com/dailyannounce.

Which sponsorship should you choose? While both monthly and annual sponsorships will help support the technical writing community, the sponsorships can meet different needs. For example, monthly list sponsorships might be a good choice if you have a product or service to sell. Your sponsorship message can include up to three lines of text and advertise or announce products or services that your company offers. Annual sponsorships, on the other hand, might be a good choice if you don't necessarily have a product or service to sell but want to gain visibility in the community or show your support for the technical writing industry. Of course, other factors might also affect which sponsorship would be better for your company. Let us know what questions and needs you have. We'll be happy to work with you and provide additional information.

Thank you for considering sponsoring TECHWR-L! If you're not already familiar with the TECHWR-L list, we welcome you to browse the Archive or subscribe to the list and see what it's all about.

For more information about TECHWR-L and sponsorships, contact us (admin@techwr-l.com). Thank you!