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20 Online Proofreading Jobs for Beginners (2024 Guide)

Smart Blogger

And freelance proofreading has allowed me to make more money, while still doing work I love! In this post, I’ll give you all the answers you need to become a professional proofreader, whether you want to work online, remotely, be an employee, or freelancer — it’s your choice. What is Proofreading?

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How to Write a Blog Post: A Full Breakdown of How We Do it at Buffer

Buffer

  For example, take a look at how our Content team worked together back in 2017 to plan our editorial calendar. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at my typical writing process from start to publish. After proofreading the draft, I’ll tag the team in our public Slack channel for review.

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Before You Hire a Developmental Editor: What You Need to Know

Jane Friedman

Today’s guest post is a Q&A by Sangeeta Mehta ( @sangeeta_editor ), a former acquiring editor of children’s books at Little, Brown and Simon & Schuster, who runs her own editorial services company. Defining “copyediting” and “proofreading” was a straightforward task that sparked little debate.

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Is an Editor Worth the Money?

Jane Friedman

I’m a few pages away from finishing a first draft of a multi-generational novel that runs about 500 pages, which I plan to pitch to agents and traditional publishers. Note that I have published a nonfiction book before with an indie publisher but this is my first novel. Is an editor worth the money?

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Building Your Content Marketing Team? 14 Skills for New, Growing, and Mature Programs

Content Marketing Institute

While I shared a framework useful for restructuring your team and/or making hiring decisions (which will be published shortly on this blog), today we’re digging into the various skill areas your team needs to cover. It’s imperative to start out with a solid strategy (and, no, a strategy is not your editorial calendar ). Click To Tweet.

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15+ Online Editing Jobs for Freelancers (& Beginners) in 2023

Smart Blogger

What Editing is Not Proofreading and editing are two different roles. Editors look at the big picture, while proofreaders are razor-sharp grammar checkers. Editing roles can involve proofreading serivces, so it’s helpful to be an all-around word nerd , but it isn’t essential. What Do Freelance Editing Jobs Involve?

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The Nuts and Bolts of Becoming an Independent Editor

Jane Friedman

Some of the more common roles for an editor within this space are developmental editing, ghostwriting, coaching, cowriting, copy editing, proofreading, and marketplace assistance through the traditional or self-publishing avenue–but this is hardly an exhaustive list; when it comes to your suite of services, the possibilities are nearly endless.