Edit of the Week: A time-saving technique that helps you find and correct mistakes.

Editor-in-Chief
Stefanie Flaxman is Rainmaker Digital’s Editor-in-Chief, and each week she delivers the art of writing, updated for marketing in the digital age, to help you become the Editor-in-Chief of your own digital business. Discover the professional editorial standards that help distinguish you from your competition.
4 Digital Proofreading Tips that Give You an Unfair Advantage
Edit of the Week: discover four classic proofreading techniques updated for digital publishing.
How to Decide Whether to Use It’s or Its (Once and for All)
Edit of the Week: a dissection of the possessive pronoun “its.”
3 Ways to Sharpen Your Editing Skills and Strengthen Your Writing
Edit of the Week: tips for assuming the mindset of an editor in honor of Editor-in-Chief’s one-year anniversary.
A Seemingly Minor Fact-Checking Tip that Yields Top-Notch Customer Service
Edit of the Week: perform day/date checks as part of your standard editing practice to avoid confusing your audience.
How to Make Singular and Plural Nouns Possessive
Edit of the Week: dissecting possessive, plural, and plural possessive (plus how to stop overcomplicating words that end with the letter “s”)
Do You Use Single Quotation Marks Incorrectly?
Edit of the Week: an easy way to remember when to use double quotation marks and when to use single quotation marks.
Hyphens, En Dashes, and Em Dashes: Do You Know the Difference?
Edit of the Week: use precise punctuation to keep your reader in the world you’ve created for him with your words.
5 Keyboard Shortcuts for Writers and Editors
Edit of the Week: learn five handy keyboard commands, plus a not-to-miss bonus tip to help you publish like a pro.
How to Review Your Writing Like the Editor of Copyblogger.com
Edit of the Week: an underutilized proofreading technique that helps you spot and correct errors you’ve previously overlooked.
How a Confident Editor Overcomes Perfectionism
Edit of the Week: a stress-free process for producing your best work.
Editor-in-Chief Season One Rewind: 3 Lessons to Revisit
Should I get a tattoo of Editor-in-Chief’s cover art? Listen in for the answer and other highlights from Season One of Editor-in-Chief …
The Difference Between Making Choices and Attempting to Control
“Get behind the wheel; stay in front of the storm …”
Talking Versus Doing: Which Business Stage Are You In?
You only have so much energy; where are you choosing to spend it?
The Difference Between Responsibility and Control
Why an Editor-in-Chief doesn’t have to be (and shouldn’t be) controlling in order to be responsible.
Does an Editor-in-Chief Have to Be a Control Freak?
If an Editor-in-Chief takes responsibility for all aspects of her content creation, can she ever relinquish control?
How to Draft 7 Pieces of Content that Help Build Your Audience
Learn about the types of content to produce when you need to grow your audience.
This Type of Content Won’t Grow Your Audience
Why a certain type of content is like showing your vacation photos to strangers.
A Quick Way to Fix Writing Errors You’ve Made Multiple Times
Edit of the Week: A time-saving technique that helps you find and correct mistakes.
3 Editorial Lessons from Chief Content Writer Demian Farnworth
Demian Farnworth returns to Editor-in-Chief to share three lessons he learned from recording 100 episodes of his podcast, Rough Draft.
The Anatomy of an Editor-in-Chief of a Digital Business
Discover the five key roles of an Editor-in-Chief and how they help you establish your own digital business.
How to Position Your Digital Content for Maximum Impact
You don’t need to reinvent the wheel when creating the best digital content for your audience …
A Simple 5-Step System for Editing Your Own Writing
In order to revise your writing effectively, you need to look at your work objectively. You don’t want to just glance at what you’ve written, quickly decide it is perfect, and then move on … missing an opportunity to become a stronger writer.
A Philosophy of Art for the Digital Age
Today, being a “starving artist” is so passé …
Become the Editor-in-Chief of Your Own Digital Media Platform
Why the editor-in-chief model elevates your content to a superior level.
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