February 13, 2020 Proofreading Tools for Content Marketers

10 useful grammar and proofreading tools for content marketing, something almost every business uses every day.

Content marketing exists today in a way that it has never before. Even though it was first used almost three centuries ago, the Internet has made content marketing something that almost every business uses today. As a result, the workforce has seen the rise of a new profession: content marketers. These intrepid people are essential in reaching customers. Here are ten useful grammar and proofreading tools for content marketers:

Grammarly

At the head of just about every grammar-checker list is the app that appears to have impressed the entire world with its easy-to-use interface. But, it’s not only that, it’s highly rated as being one of the best out there by many critics and companies.

The free version of Grammarly includes a thorough check for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. In addition to that, it will also look for clarity, engagement, and delivery. For those who love the free version and wonder what the premium version includes, a subscription will get you a style and sentence structure check, along with suggestions on how to fix it.

What does that mean? It means that it will look for intricate text, passive voice, word choice, and wordy sentences, all of which are up to you to change or leave as they are.

Academized

This is most commonly described as the king of a nitpicker’s guide to grammar. For those content writers looking to proofread content that is going to be submitted to people who have an academic audience, for instance, this is the one to go to.

Academized operates as a tool that answers some of the most obscure and bewildering questions that people have to answer when it comes to grammar. In addition to that, it will show you proper grammar by use of an example.

UK Writings

This is a great tool to use for any of those content marketers who are looking for actual proofreaders to check a writer’s work. The last decade has seen a vast number of automated and online proofreader software come into being, but they’re not perfect, at least not yet.

Because automated software can’t catch everything and does make some less than stellar calls, it’s never a bad idea to have a pair of human eyes to take a look at content, and that’s where UK Writings comes in. They have a deep pool of qualified proofreaders to double-check anything you need to be done!

Easy Word Count

Content marketers know that one of the most important things to ensure with their clients is that the word count of the article is right where it needs to be. In some cases, there isn’t always time to look word count up on any given piece of software that requires some work to bring that information up.

Easy word count gives its users fast results with a high level of accuracy. For those who need to count characters, it will do this for them, too! It’s as easy as cutting and pasting. That’s it.

Hemingway App

The Hemingway App is geared for those who want to be able to see the issues with an article at a glance. This isn’t a grammar and spelling checker, but one that looks for things like passive voice, over-long and complex sentences.

It’s true that there are other online style tools that do this as well, but Hemingway doesn’t point it out and tell you what’s wrong with it. It uses a simple color-coded legend to point out what could be changed with a sentence or word.

A word highlighted in purple, for instance, indicates that the word might be too polysyllabic and that a shorter word might be a better choice. The passive voice is highlighted in green.

Cite It In

The other important thing that a content marketer needs to do when proofreading an article is to make sure that it’s properly cited, and that’s something that not all writers will do correctly.

The great thing about Cite It In is that it won’t try to tell you how to cite a reference, it just allows the user to select the kind of citation they need to use (APA, MLA, or Chicago). Then you fill in a simple form and this tool will generate a citation for you!

Proof Guru

This is another free online proofreading tool that comes with a good number of style checklists that are used according to how they are relevant to the submitted content. So, a person can use it to help write an article or even to Craft Resumes.

As with all proofreaders, Proof Guru does check for spelling, but it will also offer editing suggestions, as well. The only drawback to this online software is that it’s currently under maintenance, but it should be back online soon.

Polish My Writing

This online site is free to use, although the free version does have word count limitations. This tool boasts artificial intelligence and “natural language processing technology” to analyze articles.

This proofreading tool is actually better to use to check for style issues more than for proofreading errors, although it does check for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Its real strength, however, lies in its added bonus of checking for uses of things like passive voice and homophones.

Online Proofreader

For those who don’t want to download Grammarly on their device or computers, content marketers can use the simple and streamlined interface of the Online Proofreader. This is also a Grammarly product and has the same look and feel as the downloadable app.

This proofreader will also look for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors with a premium version that will look into other issues of style, like passive voice use.

LanguageTool

This is a unique and very special kind of proofreader deliberately created for those content marketers who need to proofread articles in more than one language. LanguageTool can correct articles in more than twenty different languages!

This tool will lookup grammatical errors and include an analysis of style. All suggested corrections are highlighted in a straightforward and easy to use interface. There is a free version with limited functionality and then both a premium and developer subscription to meet the specific needs of any content marketer.

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