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AI Made Me Want to Trademark My Name. Here’s How I Did It.

Jane Friedman

A quick, discouraging search online made me think Id only get one chance to get the application right, it was impossible to trademark an authors name without the help of a lawyer or legal service, and while the governments filing fee was a flat $350, the legal process could cost thousands of dollars.

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GST For Freelancers in India – Updated 2023

Write Freelance

It was introduced in 2017 to replace the indirect taxes levied by central and state governments separately, resulting in double taxation. Here’s everything about GST you should know as a freelancer in India. You can use any GST rate calculator or visit the government website to find the applicable rate for your service.

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6 Tips to Keep Your Copywriting Lean, Focused and SEO-Friendly

Copywriter Collective

As with any creative process, copywriting often generates a significant amount of content which doesnt make it into the finished copy. After all, most topics have more depth than can fit into the average word count of a piece of copy. A good structure, meanwhile, has a number of benefits beyond improving readability.

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How to Train a Journalist in Content Marketing

Content Marketing Institute

It’s also a profession that has a special place in democracy – holding governments, corporations, and individuals accountable. The first sign they’re not effectively making the gear switch to content marketing is turning in what feels like lazy copy. To succeed, a journalist must really want it. Gosh, but that can give you an ego.

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How Printing Innovations (and More) Created an Enduring Class Divide in Books

Jane Friedman

They identified material fit for reproduction and offered favored printers the exclusive right to copy it— “copyright.” In 1623, the preface to the First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays denounced the “surreptitious copies” that had “maimed” his work. Printers were appalled: Authors wrote, printers copied. Anyone could copy them.

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Dealing with Cryptocurrency in Your Freelance Businesses? Quick Tips on Filing Form 8300, Report of Cash Payments Over $10,000

Freelance Union

government. Your freelance business must keep a copy of every Form 8300 it files, as well as any supporting documentation and the required statement it sends to customers, for five years from the date filed.  When e-filing, filers must also save a copy of the form prior to finalizing the form submission.

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A Primer to Boost Your Content’s Readability

Content Marketing Institute

When the Dutch government used readability tools , it found its content’s readability level (C1 – see scale below) was too high for the majority of readers in the Netherlands, who are at a B1 readability level. Scrub your copy of buzzwords, geekspeak, jargon, and acronyms. Make sure the flow of copy is natural and not forced.