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Scribe SEO Plugin Review
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
Recently, I installed the Scribe SEO WordPress plugin, because I suddenly needed to know if I was missing out on some big secret as an SEO content writer. I also needed to know if the plugin would be beneficial for my clients.
Turns out the answers are “no” and “for a little while.” (more…)
How I Wasted $20 on Fiverr.com: A Review and Monkey Video
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
What if I were to tell you that for $5 someone would make a video for you? Draw an illustration? Write your message on their beer belly and take a photo? Yes, a giant beer belly.
There is a site where you can have all these things done and more, each for only $5. The site is called Fiverr.com, and it’s one of my favorite websites as of late. It’s an incredible resource if you are looking for something awesome and low quality.
You’re probably wondering why you would ever want something low quality. I’ll tell you why you might… (more…)
A Guide to Social Media Planning
Monday, July 5th, 2010
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve talked about social media planning and how small businesses need to think about their goals online. I’ve created a free, downloadable guide to complement those blog posts. The guide walks you through the process of developing a social media plan as well as providing a few tips on how to effectively use social media.
Download your Guide to Social Media Planning from my writing freebies page.
Free Web-Based Collaborative Writing Tools
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
The cloud. You know, the cloud is that space where all the Internet tubes are stored and where software developers make it possible for us to use their goods without going to BestBuy.
Thanks to the cloud we can use software without having to download anything to our computers (usually).
From a writer’s perspective, one of the most important things to come from the cloud has to be the collaborative writing tool. (more…)
Ten Steps to a Successful Track Changes Experience
Monday, June 7th, 2010
Here’s the scenario. You send the first draft of your company’s web content (that you’ve written in Word) to a co-worker only to have the document returned with red lines and comments all over it. You reply, “I can’t even read this thing! What happened?”
I’ll tell you what happened. You’ve been hit with Track Changes, and it’s not such a bad thing.
When passing a Word document between users, the Track Changes feature makes it easy to see the edits/additions the other users have made. Track Changes means you don’t have to print a document to mark your edits and you don’t have to use all kinds of funny font types and colors to indicate your changes (that’s when things really get messy). (more…)
10 Tools for a Copy Editor’s Toolkit
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Copy editors use a variety of tools to do their jobs effectively. In this post, you will find 10 of the most important. If you have tools you think belong in the copy editors toolkit, let us know in the comments.
1. Notebook
Just because copy editors don’t write entirely NEW content that doesn’t mean copy editors don’t take note of exceptional writing. When coming across copy you love (or copy you hate), jotting down those ideas in a notebook can come in handy later. And what copy editor doesn’t love a Moleskine notebook like this one?