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Content Outsourcing: Ways to Avoid Common Quality Problems

Content marketing is the process of planning, creating and sharing content with the people in your target audience. Sharing content with others can help you drive organic traffic to your website, convert leads into customers and keep long-term customers engaged with your brand. Although content marketing has many benefits, it can be difficult to find […]

How Often Should Website Content Be Updated?

While there is currently no industry standard, updating or refreshing website content every 3-6 months is an excellent best practice. This general guideline helps ensure accuracy, recency, and helpfulness. Ideally, content updates will be tied to performance, meaning pages should be constantly updated based on how they are performing. The most important things are to: […]

How Freelancers Support In-house Teams

When you work with freelance writers, you get the benefits of accurate, well-written content without having to hire a full-time writer or assign extra tasks to busy in-house team members. As for finding freelancers, it’s easier than ever. According to CNBC, the gig economy has grown over 15% from 2010 to 2020 as more Americans […]

How to Scale Content Creation

Creating a single piece of well-written, effective content isn’t an easy task, but dozens? Hundreds? It’s an enormous project that requires a solid strategy for scaling.  When done correctly, scaling your content creation can: Scaling can’t be done by just hiring a couple of writers and editors and pointing them at a content calendar.  To […]

25 Types of Web Content

The sheer amount of content out there is unprecedented and kind of overwhelming. Every brand wants to stand out. Every business wants to rank. Almost everyone is pumping out content to do it.  What does this mean for you?  It means your audience isn’t just consuming, they’re comparing. The question really isn’t if you should […]

How to Use a Semicolon: Guide & Examples

These days, you’re more likely to see a semicolon winking at you in casual messages than in an article or blog post. Many writers are unsure of how to use a semicolon; it’s easier to simply avoid it. Notice what we just did? 😉 Once you understand how a semicolon works, this endearing little symbol […]

Are Seasons Capitalized?

You’re writing a feature on the Summer Olympics or a blog post about the winter solstice. But — wait. Are seasons capitalized? Many writers are uncertain whether the words winter, spring, summer and autumn begin with a capital letter. You’re not alone if you turn to Google to answer the question. Let’s clear up the capitalization confusion […]

Writer Spotlight: Richard S. — To Infinity, and Beyond!

As a freelance writer, you’re probably familiar with the charms of working at home: the short morning commute to your desk, the flexible dress code, and the pleasure of having your pet as an office mate. Still, writing is a solo gig, and when you’re spending hours working alone, it’s understandable if you start talking […]

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