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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
When you’re scaling up content production, you’ll run into an editing bottleneck. The content piles up in your editor’s inbox. A job that one person was previously able to handle alongside their other duties now requires more people to increase content velocity — and, therefore, results. Here’s how we usually see companies (and agencies at … Read more
Growing a content agency is hard. You have to deal with all of the following: All the while, you need to protect your profit margins. While some of this can be made a lot easier by billing in advance and bringing writers on full-time, as opposed to keeping them as 1099 freelancers, profit margins are … Read more
When your agency is working with clients who are investing in content, you know the reality is that more content = more keyword coverage = more organic growth. If their budget and your capacity allow, increasing content velocity can expedite results. Removing any blockers to content velocity should be a high priority. One of the … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Copy editing and proofreading are the final two of the six different types of editing. They’re like peanut butter and jelly — they go great together, but each has its merits and is delicious on its own. What Is the Difference between Proofreading and Copy Editing? Copy editing ensures that content follows style guides, including … Read more
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 … Read more
tl:DR – we’ve built a new Teams feature for EditorNinja customers. Invite your teammates to your EditorNinja account so they can add content to your queue also. It’s already live for existing customers. If you’re not a customer yet, you can schedule an intro call here to see if we’re a fit. Content and marketing … Read more
What’s a title tag? It’s the HTML on a webpage that shows in a browser tab and in Google’s search results: Writing title tags that attract clicks is a skill in and of itself. While SEOs use title tags to optimize pages for SEO properly, copywriters have long fought to have title tags that are … Read more
Need to count characters in Google Docs? It’s pretty simple and happens in the same place as counting words in Google Docs, so it should be easy for you to find. Let’s say you have a document titled “How to count characters in Google Docs.” You have a blog post written about said topic. But … Read more
Hole and whole are homophones — words that sound the same but have different meanings. Hole is a noun that refers to an empty space, while whole is an adjective that refers to completeness. Here’s a quick guide to their differences and a handy trick to remember them. Hole Hole is a noun. A hole … Read more
Over the last year or so, I’ve become very interested in how companies grow. I’ve built a few small companies (mid-six figures in annual revenue, with six to ten people including full-time and freelancers), but I’ve also worked inside of and with much larger companies like Zillow, IHG, and many more where I’ve built, managed, … Read more
This is a guest blog post by Danielle Antosz, a content strategist and a Senior Content Marketer at Close, a CRM built for and by salespeople. Write a blog post. Hit “Publish.” Watch the customers roll in. If only content production was that easy, huh? The fact is, a lot of us struggle to build … Read more
Building a service like EditorNinja is an interesting experience. While this is not my first rodeo building a productized service like this, EditorNinja has moved significantly faster than the others and my experience from past businesses has also allowed me to move a lot faster to meet market demand. I make it a point to … Read more
Unraveling the mystery of “neighbour vs neighbor” and understanding the subtleties of their usage. Have you ever found yourself confused about how to spell the word for the person who lives next door? Is it “neighbour” or “neighbor”? If you’re not sure when to use each spelling, you’re not alone. Many people find these two … Read more
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