Make sure that your cover letter is tailor made
We tell our proofreading course graduates that their job application cover letters are more important than the accompanying CVs. Why? Because the cover letter has to sell the CV. And if doesn’t, the employer may not get as far as reading the CV. And it would be a shame if you [...]
The difference between proofreading and copy-editing
Our proofreading and editing course will equip you with the editorial skills you need to become a certified proofreader and copy editor. This online proofreading course will show you how to correct printed documents and webpages, and make them readable and legally compliant. Copy-editing Copy-editing is the process of checking [...]
New copywriting business launch for Peter
CMP course graduate, Peter Needham, has launched his own copywriting business. Check out his website Peter, who graduated from both the CMP copywriting and SEO content writing courses recently, has a wealth of experience creating copy for: websites, social media, in-app, SEO, scripts, blogs, press, posters, point of sale, [...]
How to get started as a proofreader
A lot our or proofreading course students ask us this. Proofreaders look for and highlight errors. That is their job. Always start out believing that you will find an error on every line. In order to find these errors, you need to know exactly what an error is: As far as [...]
Proofreading Course: Copy editing
Our proofreading course explains what copy editing involves and the importance of editing copy for the intended reader and purpose. What do copy editors edit? Some copy editors work in advertising agencies as part of a team. They deal with written words (copy), while artists and graphic designers handle [...]
Transform labels into compelling headlines – a copywriting course technique
One of our copywriting courses learners wrote some web content and used the heading: Web ranking service. But his online copywriting course tutor told him that the heading was just a label – it was inactive, a bit like saying: Strawberry jam. In this situation, it would have been [...]
