- Every self-publisher needs to have tools
that minimizes effort, maximizes time
and enhances production.
That's why today I'm providing deeper insights
on one of my key self-publishing tools, Grammarly.
Find out more in my 100% honest Grammarly review.
Stay tuned.
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While we discuss important tools for self-publishing,
I'd love to know what invaluable tool you use
to enhance your business life.
Leave your thoughts and questions in the comments below.
One of my favorite tools I use in my day to day operations
of my self-publishing biz is Grammarly.
Grammarly is a writing enhancement platform specializing
in proof-reading and plagiarism detection.
In their words, Grammarly makes sure everything you type
is easy to read, effective, and mistake free.
They have a browser extension,
a Microsoft Word and Outlook plugin and a website devoted
to cleaning up your documents and content.
Key features of Grammarly include plagiarism detection
that checks your text against over eight billion webpages,
correction of over 250 types of grammatical mistakes
and intuitive word choice suggestions,
ways to improve your writing based on context.
There are two options available for members.
The first option is the free membership
that comes with the feature
of 150 critical grammar and spelling checks.
It's certainly a step-up
from the old fashioned spell checkers
and document creation software,
and well worth the investment.
The second option is the premium option
and you have tons of great access
including the same accesses as the free service
plus over 100 additional
advanced grammar and spelling checks,
word enhancement suggestions,
checks on genre specific writing styles,
and the killer plagiarism detector
that checks more than eight billion webpages.
Later, I'll explain why that finally feature saved me
from losing thousands of dollars,
a potential lawsuit, and other aggravations.
Stay with me for now.
No doubt, many self-publishers are trying
to keep their business on the cheap
and believe me, I get it.
However if you use or do not use an editor for your writing,
I'd still suggestion using the Grammarly tool,
because your editor will appreciate you removing
the nuisance of cleaning up passive sentence structure,
wordiness, or repetitious word use.
I'm talking to you, Colleen.
And if you're not using an editor,
at the very least your audience will annoyingly benefit
from your improved content.
Here are my open thoughts on the pros and cons to Grammarly.
The pros of using Grammarly include
the ridiculous amount of features,
the indirect usage as a cloud for my document storage,
the weekly email reports sharing how my writing measure up
to others in the industry,
and my life saver, the plagiarism detector.
The cons of Grammarly are rather limited,
but include the lack of Mac specific plugins
for pages or even Microsoft Word.
Sometimes the software will randomly reset
while I'm working on a long document.
So, if I ask to ignore suggestion,
that alert will come back up.
And the Chrome extension
is sometimes incompatible with a few websites.
The last option is a minor inconvenience at best,
since all you have to do is shut off Grammarly.
Overall, I give Grammarly my shining endorsement,
and if you'd like more information
about how to access Grammarly, free or premium,
then head over to my affiliate link
at SelfPublishingWithDale.com/Grammarly
for more information.
That's all the time we have for, oh, wait.
(tires screeching)
I forgot to tell you about Grammarly
practically saved my business with its plagiarism scanner.
I guess we'll save that for another day.
Remember, if you liked this video then click the thumbs up.
Now get out there
and check out Grammarly you savvy self-publisher you.
'Till later, this has been Self Publishing with Dale,
and I'll see you guys soon.
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