Commercial proofreadingÂ
Whether it's a website, brochure, or vehicle livery, your marketing materials are likely to be your first contact with your potential customers. The quality of those materials should be a reflection of the quality of the product or service you're selling, so if your website is littered with typos and inconsistencies you may be casting a seed of doubt in your customers' minds before you've even started.
I can help by proofreading and editing your marketing materials, reports, bids, and any other externally facing documents, to get them looking great.
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How I work
I usually work in MS Word using tracked changes and comments but I can also work on PDF documents using comments (just be aware that this involves a bit of work for someone at your end to implement my changes so would not be ideal on projects with a short turnaround). I’m also happy to work directly in InDesign, should the need ever arise (usually at the last stage of producing marketing materials such as brochures).
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What my service includes
As standard, my proofreading service includes
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Spelling and grammar check
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Sense check
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Consistency
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Inclusivity (formatting and language check for disabilities such as dyslexia)
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Tracked changes in Word or with InDesign story editor
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Comments where anything is unclear
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Timescales
I will always aim to meet your deadlines and can often take work at short notice, particularly with smaller jobs, but for jobs over 20,000 words (around 35-40 pages) I may need a little bit of notice to clear my schedule. I will always let you know at the start of a job how long it should take.
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Sample text
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If you'd like me to read a sample text, I charge £50 for this service (for a sample up to 2000 words).
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Confidentiality
Any documents that you send to me will be held confidentially and only stored whilst I’m working on them. Once the finished document has been signed off by you I will remove it from my workspace.
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Get in touch to tell me about your project and get a quote.