All posts by John Doherty

Practise vs Practice—What’s the Difference?

Posted on April 17, 2024 By John Doherty
Writers and editors always need to be on top of the correct usage of similar words. Failure to understand the correct usage can mean compromising the meaning of a sentence, or even potentially an entire piece. One common pair of words that causes confusion is practise vs practice. Today, we’ll break down the differences between […]...
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How to Delegate Effectively

Posted on April 16, 2024 By John Doherty
One of the cardinal avenues to business growth is the ability to delegate work to others. Unfortunately, effectively delegating isn’t easy until you know how. First, we need to dispel some misconceptions and false beliefs about delegating. If you’re not thinking about it correctly, you won’t follow the proper steps and will fail to delegate […]...
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The Best Content Marketing Agencies for 2024

Posted on March 10, 2024 By John Doherty
When you’re investing in content marketing as a growth strategy, at some point you will find that you’re unable to handle creating all of the needed content in-house. You could look for some freelancers to work with. You’ll find that finding them is a challenge, but so is managing quality and payment to each one. […]...
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How To Refresh Website Content For SEO

Posted on February 25, 2024 By John Doherty
“Should I refresh my website’s content for SEO, and if so, which articles?” I’ve heard a variation of this question countless times through my SEO career. Often it comes from someone who has heard about it from some “SEO guru” and then they set off updating their homepage copy every quarter because they “heard it […]...
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Will vs Would — Perfecting Your English Verb Usage

Posted on January 29, 2024 By John Doherty
Picture yourself at a crossroads in conversation, where the paths of will vs would diverge. Choosing one over the other might seem trivial, but using one or the other can take your message in different directions. You’ll navigate these powerful verbs like a pro after reading this article. We’re talking about nailing future promises with […]...
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The Best SEO Content Writing Services of 2024

Posted on January 29, 2024 By John Doherty
Content writing and content editing go hand in hand, just like peanut butter (or almond butter in my case) and jelly. Just like you should outsource editing to EditorNinja, you may also need to outsource your content writing to a content writing service that you can trust. There are a lot of content writing services […]...
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Breath vs Breathe — What’s The Difference?

Posted on January 23, 2024 By John Doherty
In everyday English, it’s easy to confuse “breath” and “breathe,” but the difference is straightforward. “Breath” is a noun that refers to the air taken in or expelled from the lungs. “Breathe,” on the other hand, is a verb meaning to inhale or exhale air. For more on nouns and verbs, check out this article […]...
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Scare Quotes - What They Are and How To Use Them

Scare Quotes — What They Are and How to Use Them

Posted on January 17, 2024 By John Doherty
Picture this: You’re reading a text when suddenly you stumble upon a familiar word, but it’s wrapped in quotes. Your eyebrows furrow as you wonder why the writer chose to “highlight” that specific term. Welcome to the intriguing world of “scare quotes.” No, they aren’t about making your reader jump with fright. They play a […]...
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Two Years In The Market

Posted on January 9, 2024 By John Doherty
Two years and 2 day ago, on January 7, 2022, I launched EditorNinja’s subscription editing offer. We had 2 customers on our launch day, and continued to run. After a fitful 2022, full of a lot of lessons and a lot of promise, I doubled down on EditorNinja in 2023. Since launch, we’ve: This business […]...
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Shouldn’t All Services Have A Calendar View?

Posted on November 2, 2023 By John Doherty
One of our core values at EditorNinja is transparency. We take a higher-touch approach than most other productized services because we know our customers to know exactly who is editing their document and when to expect it back. As users of productized services ourselves in the past, one of the common questions we’ve had and […]...
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11 Ways To Use AI In Content Marketing

Posted on September 6, 2023 By John Doherty
With the rise of Artificial Intelligence tools like ChatGPT, which is still the most commonly used AI tool around, content marketers have been experimenting and trying to find cool and unique ways to use AI to improve their content and results. While AI isn’t replacing content writers, and especially content strategists, anytime soon (because it […]...
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The Rooms Your Business Needs To Be In

The Rooms Your Business Needs To Be In

Posted on September 5, 2023 By John Doherty
One of my mentors told me once, “If you want someone to point at you when they need what you do, you have to be in the room.” If you’re building a business, then I think you should hear this advice too. This mentor was talking about in terms of working for someone else, and […]...
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What Are Contractions in Writing?

What Are Contractions in Writing?

Posted on August 17, 2023 By John Doherty
Contractions are a way to combine two words together to make writing shorter. They also often serve the double purpose of making the content feel more informal. What is a contraction? A contraction is a shortened form of two (or more) words. A contraction is most often created using an apostrophe where the two words […]...
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Is Misspelled One Word or Two?

Is “Misspelled” One Word or Two?

Posted on August 16, 2023 By John Doherty
When a word is spelled incorrectly, you can say it is “misspelled.” Notice that “misspelled” has 2 s’s and 2 l’s, instead of the commonly used but incorrect one “s” like “mispelled.” A common question though is if “misspelled” is one word or two. In short, “misspelled” is one word. But let’s try to understand...
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Proofreading vs Editing Are They Different

Proofreading vs Editing: Are They Different?

Posted on June 1, 2023 By John Doherty
One of the most common questions we receive about editing is if proofreading and editing are different. The answer isn’t that simple, though it’s also not complicated: Proofreading is a stage of editing. Put another way: Not all editing is proofreading, but all proofreading is editing. What Is Editing? Editing is the process that involves […]...
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