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Content Strategy: 10 Content Leaders Share Their Tips For Creating A Content Strategy

Posted on August 17, 2022 By John Doherty

“What is one tip you have for someone creating a content strategy?” To help you best create an effective content strategy for your brand, we asked content leaders this question for their best insights. From connecting goals directly to key performance indices to maintaining content quality over quantity, several tips will serve you well in […]...

How To Save A Google Doc As A PDF

Posted on July 25, 2022 By John Doherty

When you’ve created a document in Google Docs, sometimes you need to save it as a PDF for a certain reason. Maybe it is a legal contract that you do not want to be changed and you need to send it to someone for a signature. Maybe the document is meant to be printed out, […]...

How To Edit Your Own Writing

Posted on July 5, 2022 By John Doherty

One of the more common questions we get at EditorNinja is if a writer can edit their own content. Usually this is asked because the company is trying to save money and do “good enough for now” to keep good enough content going out at a consistent cadence. This is why we built EditorNinja, by […]...

What Is A Managing Editor and What Do They Do?

Posted on June 28, 2022 By John Doherty

If you’re working in publishing or content marketing, you’ve probably heard the term “managing editor.” If you’re like me, you’ve heard it a lot but you still aren’t quite sure what “managing editor” refers to and what their job role is. This is completely understandable, because like most words in the marketing space the term […]...

Copywriting vs Copy Editing – What Is The Difference?

Posted on June 3, 2022 By John Doherty

One of the most common misunderstandings we see here at EditorNinja, speaking with a lot of content people and publishers, is the difference between copywriting and copy editing. In fact, we often get asked if our editors will also write content for websites. The answer to that is no, by the way. The reason the […]...

How To Create A Table Of Contents In Google Docs

Posted on May 25, 2022 By John Doherty

When you’re drafting content to share with others, sometimes it’s helpful to have a table of contents with Google Docs that people can use to navigate. Google Docs fortunately makes this very easy if you know where to look. This article will outline the following: How to create a table of contents in Google Docs […]...

What Is A Content Editor and What Can They Do For You?

Posted on May 24, 2022 By John Doherty

Need a content editor for your content so you can focus on higher value activities? Our data shows that we can save agencies and in-house content managers over a month of work every year when you outsource your editing to us. Schedule a free editorial assessment to learn more about how EditorNinja works. Are you wondering […]...

Affect vs Effect – The Difference and When To Use Each

Posted on May 18, 2022 By John Doherty

Two words that are commonly mixed up, but can be simple to understand, are affect and effect. Affect is a verb that usually means “to impact” or “to change” whereas Effect is a noun that refers to the outcome of an event or situation that caused a change. Simple, right? Here’s some more to help […]...

New in EditorNinja: Add Brand Documents By Site

Posted on May 16, 2022 By John Doherty

When you’re working with an editor, it’s important that they have access to content documents such as writer and editor briefs as well as company style guides. To this point in EditorNinja’s existence, we’ve asked customers to include these links in each individual document’s brief so that the editor has access. Today that changes! We’ve […]...

Introducing Word Bundles

Posted on May 12, 2022 By John Doherty

One of my cardinal rules of building companies is listening to what people want to buy. If I hear it once, then I note it down. If I hear it twice, I pay attention. And if I hear it three times, then I know it’s time to think seriously, scope and prioritize, and ultimately build […]...

What Is The Difference Between A Writer And An Editor?

Posted on May 10, 2022 By John Doherty

If, after you’ve finished this article, you’ve decided you need an editor, we’d love to speak with you at EditorNinja. We’re a beloved content editing service, and would love to work with you to help you produce better content. You can schedule a free Editorial Assessment here when you’re ready. As companies produce and publish […]...

When Should You Send A Document Back To A Writer?

Posted on May 5, 2022 By John Doherty

One of the challenges a lot of companies, especially content agencies, deal with is the hand off between writers and editors and who is responsible for what. Before we get into that, let’s define the difference between a writer and an editor. Writers are responsible for taking a content brief and turning it into an […]...

How to write a strong one-line biography (with examples!)

Posted on May 4, 2022 By John Doherty

As a blogger or content marketer, you’re spreading your content across the internet to build your name as a thought leader and to drive traffic back to your (or your client’s) website. One of the best ways to do this is via a strong biography, where sites will often allow you to also link back […]...

What Are The Six Different Types Of Editing?

Posted on May 3, 2022 By John Doherty

The six types of editing are: Before publishing any piece of content, it’s advisable to have an editor take a pass over the document to help make it as good as possible. But not every piece of content needs the same depth or type of editing. A social media post, for example, will likely simply […]...

Should “Fiction” Be Capitalized?

Posted on April 28, 2022 By John Doherty

Capitalization is one of the bears of grammar, and people get it wrong all the time. So here’s a clear answer about fiction (and other nouns that are not proper): Fiction should not be capitalized when it is used in a sentence, as it is a genre and therefore a noun. It is not a […]...

How to add Grammarly to Google Docs

Posted on April 27, 2022 By John Doherty

Grammarly is the leader in grammar editing software and works amazingly in Google Docs. In fact, we use it here at EditorNinja to make the lives of our editors easier as they conduct their final proofreading reviews of submitted documents before returning them to customers (interested in becoming a customer? Schedule a demo.). Grammarly is […]...

What is the difference between copy editing and line editing?

Posted on April 19, 2022 By John Doherty

People mean a lot of different things when they talk about “editing,” so as writers, communicators, and editors we need to grasp the nuances of these terms, starting with the difference between copy editing and line editing. So what are the differences between copy editing and line editing? That is what we will get into […]...

“Log in” vs “Login” vs “Log-In”

Posted on April 14, 2022 By John Doherty

The main difference between “log in” and “login” is that “log in” is a verb where an action is being taken, and “login” is a noun referring to a thing such as your “user login” for a website. Continuing in our series of This or That, today we’re discussing the “this, that, or other” conundrum […]...

Should You Write “Sign-Up” or “Sign Up?”

Posted on April 11, 2022 By John Doherty

Companies doing business on the internet often have a self-serve option for joining their service or product. But what to put in that tricky call to action (CTA)? While what your CTA should say is an age old question that will never be fully answered, there are some popular ones that the vast majority of […]...

What Is Line Editing? Line Editing vs. Copy Editing

Posted on March 21, 2022 By John Doherty

The main difference between line editing and copy editing is that line editing looks at each individual line for content to ensure each line does its job of communicating effectively, whereas copy editing focuses on the technical aspects of language to make sure it adheres to the desired style (such as MLA or AP). Seeing […]...

Content Strategy: 10 Content Leaders Share Their Tips For Creating A Content Strategy

How To Save A Google Doc As A PDF

How To Edit Your Own Writing

What Is A Managing Editor and What Do They Do?

Copywriting vs Copy Editing – What Is The Difference?

How To Create A Table Of Contents In Google Docs

What Is A Content Editor and What Can They Do For You?

Affect vs Effect – The Difference and When To Use Each

New in EditorNinja: Add Brand Documents By Site

Introducing Word Bundles

What Is The Difference Between A Writer And An Editor?

When Should You Send A Document Back To A Writer?

How to write a strong one-line biography (with examples!)

What Are The Six Different Types Of Editing?

Should “Fiction” Be Capitalized?

How to add Grammarly to Google Docs

What is the difference between copy editing and line editing?

“Log in” vs “Login” vs “Log-In”

Should You Write “Sign-Up” or “Sign Up?”

What Is Line Editing? Line Editing vs. Copy Editing

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