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What are the best tools and apps for freelance copywriters?
I am both a copywriter and a fiction author. I started using Grammarly because I was unsatisfied with the quality of proofreaders I hired for my novels. That being said, Grammarly has many advantages for authors AND copywriters, but it often misunderstands the meaning of your sentence and may offer suggestions that are not appropriate. Please, folks, use it for sure. It corrects your spelling and it tells you if you (or Word's autocorrect) has used the wrong form (discreet vs discrete) but you MUST evaluate each suggestion it makes. I find that at least a third of the time Grammarly makes a suggestion, it is because it does not understand the context of the sentence. This includes inserting commas as well as omitting or correcting words.
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How do you write copy that engages and educates your readers on your blog?
Speak in second person, directly to your reader, and plant a "brain gap," a pertinent question, in the first sentence or two. Make them curious. But then you MUST answer the question you pose, without making them read 5 pages to get there. When you make a promise to the reader, keep your promise. I love the other comments below.
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My fathers last words to me as I left for A.I.T were.......Be the very best at whatever you do. He would pass 10 months later. Thank you Dad.
My fathers last words to me as I left for A.I.T were.......Be the very best at whatever you do. He would pass 10 months later. Thank you Dad.
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Cancer should be afraid of me! People have asked me if I do things differently since I was diagnosed back on January 4th. Six months later, I can…
Cancer should be afraid of me! People have asked me if I do things differently since I was diagnosed back on January 4th. Six months later, I can…
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Beyond the Pillars of Salt
Very Indie Press
A band of refugees is desperately seeking a haven in a world where none exists…
Under an autocratic regime which engages in torture and cruelty, just for sport…
On a planet plagued by geological upheavals and unstable weather patterns, a planet soon to be uninhabitable…
Russell Vaderman and his brilliant scientists struggle fiercely to lead their crew to sanctuary. But it seems in order to do that, they must brave the cold, vast isolation of space…
The prophecy is…A band of refugees is desperately seeking a haven in a world where none exists…
Under an autocratic regime which engages in torture and cruelty, just for sport…
On a planet plagued by geological upheavals and unstable weather patterns, a planet soon to be uninhabitable…
Russell Vaderman and his brilliant scientists struggle fiercely to lead their crew to sanctuary. But it seems in order to do that, they must brave the cold, vast isolation of space…
The prophecy is delivered: Humanity must evolve into more worthy human beings, now… or become extinct.
This much-awaited sequel to Undue Influences can also be read as a stand-alone novel… -
Undue Influences
Warren Publishing
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Is Healthcare Just Legal Human Trafficking
KevinMD.com
Why the standard business model has no place in the “industry of human life”.
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Patients and doctors fall victim when health becomes business, says American
Folha de Sáo Paulo
Interview article in Brazilian newspaper on the pitfalls of applying standard business models to medicine.
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Paradox for Docs
Doximity.com
Op-med on the challenges facing physicians practicing in the corporate setting.
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CODE BLUE: The Other End of the Stethoscope
Warren Publishing
Riveting medical thriller in which Russian oligarchs hack EMRs and make millions by murdering patients. Complete fiction set in an all-too-real example of a corporate urgent care office, illustrating the challenges facing physicians.
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Thank you for posting this. People don't realize how traumatic fireworks can be for cats and dogs who live both outside AND inside. And for birds…
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