Professional editing of your letters, brochures, reports, speeches, Web pages, article/book manuscripts, and other communications is now as close as a click of your e-mail button. An outside perspective can save embarrassment, confusion, even dollars.
Business people make more than 10 million punctuation and grammar errors every day, which cost business and industry an estimated $1 billion annually in wasted time and lost revenues.
Co-workers or friends usually are too close to the subject matter to spot these errors.
That's where our Quick E-mail Editing can help.
How it works …
Step #1 - You draft your letter, memo, report, article, etc.. Step #2 - You e-mail that document (or URL) to us. (Note: If you have a very long book-length manuscript, you or the editor may determine that mailing and working with the hard copy is preferable.) Step #3 - We will edit your document, suggest changes, or rewrite and restructure where necessary. Step #4 - We will e-mail (or mail when applicable) your edited and/or revised material back to you, when and how we have arranged with you.
When we receive your document, we will …
check for spelling, grammar, syntax errors …
weed out wordy expressions and puffy sentences …
change the complex and expansive to a clear, direct style
get rid of legalese, biztalk, and jargon …
note any words or statements that might be misconstrued …
suggest any reformatting to better invite reading …
look for "bad habits" (passive voice, excessive punctuation, repetitiveness, flippancy) - when not intentional …
analyze for proper order, tone and message.
Expert E-mail Editing Rate Card …
Editing fees normally range from $10 to $125 per double-spaced typed page (approx. 250 words) or its equivalent, depending upon how much editing is needed or how much you want done and how fast you want it.
The amount of editing can range from basic proofreading ($10 per page) — to copy-editing (spelling and grammar errors, wordiness, clarity) — to our suggestions for revising or restructuring — to our doing a complete rewrite if warranted.
You can tell us how far into the editing you want us to go (if needed), or you can let us be the judge. We'll give you the most for your budget.
Although the main benefit and purpose of Expert E-mail Editing is our quick turn-around, not every letter or report requires same-day or next-day service. If you can allow us at least 10 days (2 business weeks) to fit your job in among the emergencies, we will be pleased to extend you a 5 percent discount.
And for heavy volume or continual users of our Expert Editing Services, we will be happy to work out a retainer.
Terms …
1. We accept American Express, Visa, and MasterCard with order. Checks may be mailed to CNW (address below) or directly to Network person doing the editing when pre-arranged. Credit card payment preferred with first-time orders.
For credit card payment, call (603) 922-8338 and leave credit card information,
or fax card #, exp. date, and signature to (603) 922-8339,
or if you have secure e-mail, you may e-mail to edit@writers-editors.com (or send it broken up into 2 or 3 e-mails),
or submit credit card information with the submission form below (but it is not secure; the info is forwarded to us via regular e-mail).
2. We can invoice companies with edited copy, payable net 10 days, with approved credit and signed, faxed purchase order.
Better Business Writing Gets Results Clear and confident business writing lets you speak with authority. What impression is your written communication making? Now you can find out . . . quickly . . . before you send it out.