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Don’t fear the AI dragon, ride it instead
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What I’ve learned from giving writing training
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A top self-editing tip for writers
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Are we too eager to embrace the machines?
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How to create a writing style guide for your brand
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How to write a killer acceptance speech
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Some farmgate marketing advice for the AI age
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Writing lessons from the world of real estate (how to punch up your writing)
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How to write a great speech
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Will your writing stand the test of time?
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Is AI the next great disruptor or a snake eating its tail?
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Giving the gift of reading (to make your writing better)
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Is it time to delete your company’s Twitter account?
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Making the case for print
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What’s blogging best practice in 2023?
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Journalism versus Communications: it’s time to kill this attitude
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Help your content get its sparkle back
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How to improve your award entry (and improve your chances of winning)
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It’s alive! Frankenstein content is here
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Avoid these words if you want people to read your writing
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It’s time to present alternative FAQs
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Grammar tips: calvary versus cavalry
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How to save time and money in your writing process
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What makes content shareable?
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Common misunderstandings every writer should know
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Tips for injecting new energy into your writing
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Don’t let your dangling modifier leave you exposed
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The veracity trap that’s killing your content
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Exposing the great content outsourcing rip-off
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Direct and indirect questions: when to use a question mark
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Cold email gets a frosty reception
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How to become an editor (of your own work)
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Little green men and the royal order of adjectives
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Insensitivity 101: A content marketing case study
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When to use an apostrophe in ‘lets’ and when not to bother
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How to write a memorable out of office message
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Whose who’s is whose?
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What happens if the kids don’t learn how to word proper?
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Going, going, gone: irregular verbs
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Marketing lessons from a pizza caper
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What’s the magic question that will revolutionise your content?
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How to cite and reference for improved credibility
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The value of reading something closely
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Here we are now, entertain us
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Hunger pangs versus hunger pains
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The value of lived experiences for marketing
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Champing at the bit versus chomping it at the bit
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Never want to work another day of your life?
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More on compound subjects: either/or and neither/nor
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Avoid repetition and redundancy in your writing
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Don’t let compound subjects throw a spanner in the works
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Basically, you don’t actually need filler words… until you do
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Do you let sleeping dogs lay or lie?
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9 great books for content writers
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However, I will indeed, therefore, use conjunctive adverbs
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The hand that rocks the database
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Strange words: Ballyhooly about falderal — but not complete balderdash
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Is writing worth the investment?
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Such as versus like
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What’s the value of original content?
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& when is it OK to use an ampersand?
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Are you neglecting a good source of brand stories?
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Nominally interesting nouns
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How to end an article so you leave the reader impressed
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How verbing weirds language
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State of Writing in 2021: Writing is hard [NEW RESEARCH]
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Expletives must match your subjects and verbs
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Never be stuck for an opening paragraph again
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The tracks of my tears: a lesson about brand voice
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Expletives: they aren’t what you ****** think they are
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Diamonds aren’t a writer’s best friend
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Degrees of separation: Notes on the grammar of measurements
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Who can turn the world on with their smile?
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Diacritic marks: When and how to use accents in grammar
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Ain’t nothin’ gonna slow a marketer down, oh no…
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A handy trick to pick between me and I
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Finding inspiration in the age of exhaustion
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5 tips to improve the readability of your writing
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Impress your friends with correctly constructed correlative conjunctions
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A strategic shot in the arm for every marketer
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Addressing greetings and direct addressing
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Uneasy lies the head that binge-watches The Crown
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Shortlist versus short-list: when to hyphenate
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On gripes and gratitude
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When to use its versus when to use it’s
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Precedent versus precedence
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Do good things really come to those who wait?
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Are your bullet points parallel?
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What camping taught me about editorial control
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There are 183 ways you can use run in a sentence
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A busload of content marketing insights
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Compound nouns and plurals
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How to get more love from your LinkedIn updates
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Did I infer or imply?
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A content marketing lesson 20 years in the making
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Writing for SEO: the struggle is real [RESEARCH]
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Comprise versus compose
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It’s time to ditch our prejudices about ghostwriting
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6 tips for writing about transgender people and issues
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Will you sign The Email Pledge?
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Past versus passed
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How to cause mayhem with the wrong messaging
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12 SEO tips to make your blog post more effective
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Should I use “me” or should I use “I”?
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What can the Romans teach us about great content?
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Are you jumping the turnstile on process?
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Degrees of adjectives
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Black Lives Matter and your marketing
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Site versus sight
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Hanger versus hangar
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How sloppy copy can cost you half a mill
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[Research] What does successful writing look like?
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Are you ready for the new normal?
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Do I need an editor or a proofreader?
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Median versus mean
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The one big question we should all be thinking about
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Adjectives and Adverbs
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A cautionary tale about email marketing
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Why every writer should use a manuscript proofreader
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Should I use one space or two at the end of a sentence?
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How to make the most of your house arrest
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Nouns, verbs and hyphenation
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Comms in the time of COVID-19
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Stationary versus stationery
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7 ways hiring a proofreader can save your business
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You know what’s scarier than a Dalek?
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[NEW RESEARCH] State of Writing 2020
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State of Writing 2020: Quality matters [RESEARCH]
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Pain versus pane
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We’re in for a bumpy ride
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Who knows when to use who versus whom?
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Stop marketing like a squirrel
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6 reasons you should outsource your writing
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Marketing to make Julie Andrews blush
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Less is not more; it’s fewer
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The high cost of poor writing (and what you can do about it)
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A versus An
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Why is an editorial calendar like a Christmas tree?
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Stop the quotation mark abuse!
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We’re all fired up about homophones (and you should be, too)
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How to inject humanity when answering customer complaints
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Fact-chekkin’ across the universe
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The dos and don’ts of dos and don’ts
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What’s a surefire cure for writer’s block? (Lions. It’s lions.)
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18 secrets to writing really effective blog posts
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Affect versus effect
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Can you smell the fear? (It’s report card time for your content)
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How to tell your hordes from your hoards
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The end is nigh! (Create original content and ye shall be saved)
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Why every business should focus on writing effectiveness
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To hyphenate or not to hyphenate
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Two great moves (like Jagger)
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Coulda, shoulda, woulda!
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Are you ready for content marketing in 2019
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A simple rule for apostrophes
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Does your content sink without a trace?
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How to write an obituary when you don’t know what to say
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How to write an effective press release
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5 simple proofreading tips to save your business embarrassment
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7 compelling reasons your business should be blogging
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Are you using these 5 free tools to be a better writer?
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How to improve your blog’s Google ranking
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10 easy ways you can become a better writer
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3 things to do before you even begin content marketing
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How to create a ‘must-read’ email newsletter
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7 reasons you need a proofreader
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7 blog post ideas to kill your writer’s block
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