Erica Martin

Check Grammar, Style, and Readability With ProWritingAid

July 28, 2019 by Erica Martin Leave a Comment

If you’re a writer who often uses tools like Grammarly or the Hemingway App to check your grammar and readability, but have wanted to do more, I started using a tool a while ago that’s got all that in it, plus much more. Not only does ProWritingAid check grammar and readability, it also checks other things like

Repeats
Structure
Consistency
Plagiarism (limited)

In this post, I’ll explain more about how to use it and the different things it checks in your writing.

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Add Free, Beautiful Stock Photos to Your WordPress Posts with Raw Pixel

June 24, 2019 by Erica Martin Leave a Comment

If own a blog, one of the most important things you can add to your posts is a nice photo that represents what your post is about. There are many sites you can download photos from. Many ask you to pay, but there are also some that allow you to download stock photos for free. One of these is Rawpixel. We’ll discuss how to create an account at Rawpixel, find photos and add them to your WordPress posts.

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Manage Your Content Calendar and Social Media Posts with Coschedule

May 27, 2019 by Erica Martin 2 Comments

If you’re a business owner, you know how important it is to publish new content on your website regularly. Whether it’s blog posts, social media messages or YouTube videos, content is one of the main things that gets your business noticed, especially when you’re first starting out. One of the most important things you can do is create a content calendar so you know when you want to post certain types of content throughout the year. There are lots of tools you can use to manage your content calendar and social media – all have different functions and different price tags. One of the best and most affordable I’ve found recently is CoSchedule.

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Increase Your Gmail Productivity with These Three Apps

May 21, 2019 by Erica Martin Leave a Comment

Recently Google decided to switch back to Gmail from Inbox, which they adopted two years ago. The switch was difficult for me at first, because I’d gotten used to Inbox’s layout – I felt it helped me keep my emails more organized. However, I found out about three apps that have helped me keep my email even more organized and stay on top of important emails since I moved back to Gmail – Gmail Tabs, Gmail Snippets, and Free Email Tracker.

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Yoga Stretches for People Who Work from Home

May 14, 2019 by Erica Martin 1 Comment

If you work from home and sit at a desk a lot, you may get very stiff and sore. Luckily, there are several ways to relieve that stiffness; one of the best I’ve found recently is using yoga. In this post, I’ll describe six yoga stretches that you can do at your desk to relieve the stiffness, pain, and tension that comes with sitting at a desk all day.

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