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GRAMMARLY – Writing & Grammar Checker Review + FREE APP
You use Microsoft Word’s spelling and grammar checker before you send out any document. That should be enough, right? Unfortunately, it’s not. It’s nowhere near enough. Word is simply not designed to be your only safety net from typos and grammatical errors. I’ve learned this the hard way. When writing an article about tax returns, I accidentally wrote that you can...
Semrush Review – Is It Worth the Money? [2024 Update]
Your job as a content marketer is hard. You have to get so many parts of the puzzle correct – pick topics that people care about, select the right format for the piece of content, and then actually create something interesting and relevant. And your job isn’t over after this process. You then need to make sure that the right people find your content using both search and...
The Empowering Guide for Women in Tech in 2024
I was the only woman in a cube farm of more than 40 computer programmers – not just once, but at two separate companies. And now, as a freelance writer working for large tech hubs, the experts I regularly interview are almost always men. When I saw the headlines starting a few years ago saying that we needed more women in tech, I just blew it off. I heard myself saying...
How to Become a Freelancer & Keep Your Day Job [2024 Guide]
Is it possible to have a full-time job and side business at the same time? The answer is yes. Absolutely. For sure. But it’s not easy. And it won’t happen overnight. It takes planning, determination, and persistence – but it’s very possible. And more and more freelancers are successfully juggling both. Over the past 11 years, I built my freelance business from zero to...
7 Best Online Form Builders for WordPress [2024 UPDATE]
There are so many WordPress form builders available, but not all of them can give you what you need. Some are too basic and don't give you access to useful features like form customization and analytics. Others are overly complex, either requiring you to know how to code or making you pay for a whole bunch of features you don't need. You don't want to end up wasting your...
AND CO Review: The Best Choice for Freelancers? 2024
When I worked as a full-time employee, every two weeks my paycheck just magically showed up. But as a freelance writer, I have to send an invoice to my clients if I want to get paid for my time. During my first few years as a freelancer, I created my own invoices in Word. This came with a lot of downsides: It was time-consuming, involved juggling multiple clients, looked...
How to Create an Ebook Landing Page 2024 TOP TIPS
A lot of time, effort, and money went into making your ebook - but none of this matters if no one reads it. Now you need to create a landing page that helps convince people to actually sign up and download it. First of all, you need a landing page builder – and fortunately, some of the best ones are free. But you don’t just want anyone to sign up for your ebook. You need...
9 Best Wedding Logos and How to Get One for Free [2024]
Your wedding logo sets the stage for the tone for your wedding, so your logo should reflect both the event itself and the marriage it’s celebrating. The good news is that a lovely, unique wedding logo doesn’t have to be expensive. You can easily design your own, or hire a designer for as little as $5 (click here to find out how). Need more inspiration? Jump down for a list...
5 Udemy Alternatives for Online Courses (2024 PICKS)
Maybe a client wants you to produce a short video to go with your blog post, and you don’t even know where to start. Or perhaps you have a free weekend, and instead of binge-watching the latest Netflix show, you want to learn some programming skills. Whatever your reason, you decide you want to take an online class (or seven). You consider signing up for a Udemy course, but...
Wix SEO – 5 Expert Tips to Rank Much Higher (2024 UPDATE)
You’re eager to build a beautiful Wix website, but you read somewhere that Google hates Wix! Is that still true? You need your site to rank high on SEO, so should you give up on Wix now? Yes, Wix used to have a bad (let’s be honest, terrible) reputation regarding SEO. And the reasons were valid. Wix added characters to the URL. It was based on Flash. And the blog wasn’t SEO...
5 Best Hootsuite Alternatives with FREE TRIALS (2024 Update)
You realized you need to start using a social media management tool. So you did a Google search. You asked around. And Hootsuite seemed like the answer that kept popping up. But you want to know if there are other tools you should consider. Or perhaps you are already using Hootsuite and find the cost to be higher than expected. Or you need a tool with more features. Now...
Twitter Analytics: The Complete Guide for Professionals 2024
You share articles of interest with your followers. You carefully select hashtags. You add photos whenever you can. And you engage with your followers as often as possible. But are you getting the most benefits possible from the time you spend on Twitter? Maybe. It’s easy to assume so, because you are following the most commonly cited best practices. But you actually have...
What Is a Facebook Pixel? Use It the Right Way in 2024
You look at a pair of shoes on your favorite store’s website. And then for the rest of the week, every time you are on Facebook, those exact same shoes magically show up. If you are like me, then more times than not, you eventually give in because you literally can’t get the shoes off your mind – or, more accurately, your screen. You likely have a Facebook pixel to thank...
5 Best Click-to-Tweet Plugins for WordPress 2024
You know how important it is that your readers share your content on Twitter. And you want to make it as easy as possible for them to do so. People will share your content with their followers if you first put the idea into their heads, and then make the process simple and intuitive. The best way to increase the reach of your content is to add a click-to-tweet (CTT) plugin...
5 Best Practices to Build an Awesome FAQ Page (2024 TIPS)
You might have created your FAQ page in a hurry, and just threw something together. Or perhaps you worked hard on the page, but haven’t touched it for longer than you’d care to admit. Maybe you don’t even have one at all... An FAQ page can be a dusty spot on your website that no one reads and isn’t helpful. Or it can improve your customers’ experience, increase sales,...