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Exploring the Best Remote Freelance Jobs: 10 Places to Find Work

Make a Living Writing

Companies across various industries rely on skilled writers to create engaging content for their websites, blogs, social media, and marketing materials. Editing and proofreading Editing and proofreading are indispensable services for authors, publishers, businesses, and academics.

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How Databricks Saves $1.4M Annually with Grammarly

Grammarly

However, the in-house editorial team was still small and mighty. We’re surrounded by words, and words are still how we communicate,” said Neil Hamilton, Databricks’s Head of Editorial. The only way our editorial team can keep pace is tools like Grammarly.” They send over 2,100 documents annually for editorial review. “We

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An Editor’s Musings on Perfection

Copywriter Collective

Perhaps these traits are why they fell into copy editing and proofreading in the first place. Which surely should’ve been put through the grinder of a more rigorous editorial process than web stuff, right?) In this piece, I don’t mean to bash editors or proofreaders! Perfectionistic. With super high standards.

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How To Become A Freelance Editor In 10 Straightforward Steps

Make a Living Writing

Fact-check and proofreading Depending on the type of content, editors may verify facts, figures, and references to ensure accuracy. Editors perform a final proofread to catch any remaining typos, formatting errors, or minor issues before the document is ready for publication.

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How To Find And Work With A Professional Editor

The Creative Penn

Some experienced authors only use proofreaders for their novels, but personally, I still work with a professional editor on every book and I learn something every time. Many editors use content marketing to find clients — for example, blogging about editing tips, writing books on editing, or appearing on podcasts.

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How to Become A Copy Editor (Even As A Beginner)

Make a Living Writing

As a copy editor, you’ll be in charge of editing writing before it becomes published, making sure it’s polished, and making sure it meets the editorial guidelines of the publication, which is what makes it different from proofreading. Copy editors work in a wide variety of writing industries, too. Publishing companies?

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How We Built Our Guest Posting Program

Buffer

Each week, we (the Content team) would receive overflowing inboxes filled with requests to post articles on the Buffer blog. In 2012, we regularly had writers like Matt Ragland share their unique perspectives on the blog. First, we repurposed our existing blog guidelines and style guide.

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