How an Editor-in-Chief Creates Editorial Standards, Part Two

By Rainmaker.FM

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This week’s installment of the editorial standards series on Editor-in-Chief outlines three digital publishing best practices you can implement right now.

Get ready to start making details a priority …

In this 13-minute episode of Editor-in-Chief, host Stefanie Flaxman discusses:

  • How to make your content a trusted source for your audience
  • Why we become hooked on certain digital media and ignore other content
  • The audio equivalent of a wart (or why Stefanie lost her train of thought in the middle of this episode and why it’s okay when you make mistakes, as well)

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How to Avoid Obscurity by Misusing Language

By Rainmaker.FM

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Language is software (your brain, the hardware). A form of coding. It communicates information, and ideas travel from one person to the next through language.

As babies, our first goal is to learn the language. Master the fundamentals. Learn your scales. And most of us are fully satisfied with this.

Great writers, however, aren’t.

They go on to experiment with language. Bend it to their will. Manhandle it. Even misuse it.

In this 7-minute episode of Rough Draft with Demian Farnworth, you’ll discover:

  • What great composers have always known about greatness
  • The quirks of three great writers
  • What you must do before you misuse the software
  • And more!

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Don’t Get Fooled: 17 Questions to Ask Before Hiring an SEO Company

By Neil Patel

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Pretty scary, right?

Hiring SEO help can make or break your company.

A good SEO will get you on the path to making tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per month, but a bad SEO could cripple any existing search traffic you get.

It’s important to choose carefully, and that’s what I want to show you how to do today.

If you’re thinking about hiring an SEO company, I’ve put together 17 questions that can help you make the right choice.

You should ask these questions before hiring anyone so you know exactly what to expect.

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5 Things to Take Advantage of When You’re Starting Something New

By Sonia Simone

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When I first started publishing content, I was obsessed with one question:

How long will it take me to grow a huge audience?

Blog readers and email subscribers … I wanted them. In vast numbers.

And I wanted them right now.

I wish I’d had a crystal ball to see all of the very real benefits I had when I was just starting to build an online presence, without the audience or subscribers.

If you’re starting fresh, there are a few things you ought to be taking advantage of. They’ll help you build a rock-solid foundation — so that when you get …read more      

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18 Tools for Better Content Creation: Improve Your Writing with Less Effort

By Neil Patel

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I create an immense amount of content.

Currently, I post one massive blog post every weekday, plus I do guest posting. And I have other work too.

The main thing I pride myself on is creating high quality content.

In order to create a high volume of high quality content, you need to be as efficient as possible.

I’ve shared a few of my secrets with you in the past, but today I’m going to show you a collection of great tools that will help you create better content.

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