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how to brief a freelance writer

How to brief a freelance writer (and what happens when you don’t)

Somewhere in the world right now, a freelance writer is staring at an email that says “can you write something about our software? Approx 800...
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why expertise sounds boring until it doesn't

Why expertise sounds boring until it doesn’t

There’s a specific flavour of writer’s block that nobody talks about, and I’ve had it more times than I’d like to admit. It’s not the...
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the overdue death of keyword first thinking

The overdue death of keyword-first thinking

How many of you have been presented with a brief containing a keyword phrase so syntactically broken it reads like it was written by someone...
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why speed is a terrible content strategy

Why speed is a terrible content strategy

Let me tell you about a client conversation that made me need a brief lie-down. A few weeks ago, a freelance client came to me...
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how we built a 12 month content strategy for a tech startup's blog from scratch

How we built a 12-month content strategy for a tech startup blog from scratch

Every now and then a project lands that’s genuinely satisfying to work on. No legacy content to untangle, no archive of posts written by a...
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how much does a freelance content editor cost

How much does a freelance content editor cost in the UK?

You want a number. I get it. You’ve clicked on three agency websites this morning and every single one of them has a contact form...
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what your about page is really saying

What your about page is really saying

The about page is the only page on your website where you’re allowed to talk about yourself and most businesses use that permission to say...
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the five ai editorial skills every content team still needs

The five AI editorial skills every content team still needs

There’s a version of this post where I dramatically announce that AI is coming for editorial jobs and you should be panicking into your morning...
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common questions about outsourcing content

Common questions about outsourcing content (and the answers that matter)

Let’s be honest. You’ve been putting this off. You’ve got a half-finished blog post from February, a content calendar that was aspirational rather than functional...
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