Professional Proofreading Business

A guide to freelance proofreading business, Proofreading design and evaluation, Strategies for effective proofreading

What you’ll learn
The ultimate to starting a freelance proofreading business
How to start a proofreading business
Learn proofreading and design evaluation
Understand proven strategies to proofread effectively
Qualities of an outstanding proofreader
Key skills and techniques to proofread academic and business documents
Top mistakes editors and proofreaders make
Learn the difference between proofreading and editing
Requirements
No requirement
Description
We must understand that proofreading is the act of reading written work and marking any errors. These mistakes mostly involves spelling, grammar, punctuation, and consistency. The aim of the proofreader is to ensure that the book or essay get out there with accuracy and fit for business and purpose, because of the skills and competence of proofreaders a lot of people trust their work and believe that they can give them accurate work when they are being contracted. In this modern times proofreading have move to a different dimension from the traditional time to current most proofreaders do their work on the computer, with modern digital publishing ( and computerized printing methods), proofreading is now usually done on a computer- through some proofreaders still prefer marking up physical copies. Currently a professional proofreader does more that just looking for grammar, spelling and punctuation mistakes, they also look for consistency issues and challenges that hamper the reading experience which can include checking that the index matches the content, verifying that the copy adheres to the authors chosen style guide and making sure that images have correct captions. WE must know that proofreaders will not usually copy-edit, meaning that they won’t make any changes to the manuscript directly. Their primary role is to highlight potential mistakes, allowing the writer or editor to make the final decision. In this world of open market and technological development era, setting up a proofreading business will go a long way to help new professionals depend on established institutions, but rather being on their own to gain experience and learn easily on the market trends and analysis, all proofreaders ensure that they do quality work to their client and ensure the quality of their work is maintain.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What is proofreading

Lecture 3 Types of proofreading

Lecture 4 Difference between proofreading and editing

Section 2: The Ultimate Guide To Starting A Freelance Proofreading Business

Lecture 5 Write a business plan

Lecture 6 Get some training

Lecture 7 Gather your tools

Lecture 8 Set your proofreading rates

Lecture 9 Set up a website

Lecture 10 Set up social media accounts

Lecture 11 Start networking

Lecture 12 Find directories to list on

Lecture 13 Gather testimonials from your first customers

Lecture 14 Engage in continuous professional customers

Section 3: How T Start A Proofreading Business

Lecture 15 Plan your business

Lecture 16 Form a legal entity

Lecture 17 Register your taxes

Lecture 18 Open a business bank account and credit card

Lecture 19 Set up business accounting

Lecture 20 Obtain necessary permit and licenses

Lecture 21 Get business insurance

Lecture 22 Define your brand

Lecture 23 Create your business website

Lecture 24 Set up your business phone system

Section 4: Proofreading And Design Evaluation

Lecture 25 Introduction

Lecture 26 Framing

Lecture 27 Typefaces

Lecture 28 Paragraphs

Lecture 29 Visual aids

Section 5: Proven Strategies To Proofread Effectively

Lecture 30 Take print outs

Lecture 31 Tricky punctuation errors

Lecture 32 Read out loud

Lecture 33 Take short breaks

Lecture 34 Run a fact -check

Lecture 35 Block out distraction

Lecture 36 Sleep on it

Section 6: Qualities Of An Outstanding Proofreader

Lecture 37 Knowledge

Lecture 38 Focus

Lecture 39 The ability to be meticulous

Section 7: Key Skills And Techniques To Proofread Academic And Business Document

Lecture 40 Time and skills

Lecture 41 Proofreading academic document

Lecture 42 Proofreading business documents

Section 8: Top Mistakes Editors And Proofreaders Make

Lecture 43 Not verifying the intended audience

Lecture 44 Failing to confirm what style is being used

Lecture 45 Permitting faulty paraleism and neglecting sentence construction

Lecture 46 Disregarding the need for both an editor and a proofreader / abandoning breaks

Students, publishers, proofreaders, editors, teachers, managers, journalist, business people, lawyers, directors, writers, media people, broadcasters, CEO, advertisers, translators, etc