What do you write your content

by Dr3a
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What do you write your content on for your website....Google Documents, Microsoft word or just simply notes, or text edit?.....
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  • Profile picture of the author Lucian Lada
    Originally Posted by Dr3a View Post

    What do you write your content on for your website....Google Documents, Microsoft word or just simply notes, or text edit?.....
    I use Microsoft Word. But really, what difference does it make?
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    • Profile picture of the author Jason Kanigan
      Originally Posted by Lucian Lada View Post

      I use Microsoft Word. But really, what difference does it make?
      It matters because sometimes, once in a long while, a little gnome who's supposed to be working inside Wordpress but is in fact taking a nap causes your newly-crafted post to be lost forever.

      That has happened to me a few times over the years. Typing along, hit Save, and blammo! "Are you sure you want to do this?" Bromide Screen Of Death. No clicking of the back button could recover the post and I had to start over.

      About half the time I write in Word and paste it over into the shiny new WP post when it's done.

      The other half I live dangerously, walking on the edge and tempting fate. My fault if the write-up falls into the abyss.
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      • Profile picture of the author discrat
        Yep, jason is right. Although I will say ,the actual Content is what is most important. But definitely need to consider this as well


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  • Profile picture of the author actionplanbiz
    straight onto the wordpress post/page or rewrite plr htmls on kompozer. i also always seem to gravitate towards text edit over word.
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  • Profile picture of the author barbling
    I generally write straight in via the Wordpress composer window.

    The challenge with copying/pasting from Word is that sometimes non-ascii characters get copied over as well. That makes it annoying to clean up the final result.

    One advanced technique I've discovered is to write my content in an html document - copying and pasting *that* tends to display exactly the way I want it to.

    There are plugins to replace the standard WP editor like:

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinywym-editor/

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-wysiwyg-style/

    My own personal motto is, Keep things simple.

    Hope that helps!
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  • Profile picture of the author hrishivardhan
    I write in word first, but why you want to know this? Do you want the writer software?
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  • Profile picture of the author Joe Z
    I usually Write in Word Office, but as barbling said, sometimes non-ascii characters get copied over as well... But what difference does it make for you?
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  • Profile picture of the author Sara20
    Originally Posted by Dr3a View Post

    What do you write your content on for your website....Google Documents, Microsoft word or just simply notes, or text edit?.....
    Hi, I use all Microsoft office! It is very easy and don't take a lot of time! Try and check it too
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  • Profile picture of the author gvidass
    It depends... Sometimes I write straight in to the wordpress, most of the time If I have decided how my post will look like... And sometimes I use Microsoft Word, mostly for longer posts...
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  • Profile picture of the author danieldesai
    Microsoft Word for me...

    I love the flexibility it provides with all the options for font, styling, etc.

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    Daniel
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  • Profile picture of the author reachintan
    It is mostly MS Word. That's what works best.


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  • Profile picture of the author EPoltrack77
    I use wordpress but I don't think it really matters does it!
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  • Profile picture of the author agmccall
    I just use notepad, I also use Dragon Naturally Speaking, it makes things so much easier

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  • Profile picture of the author begjorina
    As other people most of the time I use the Microsoft Word. But sometimes I use the Notepad or, Notepad ++ to save in the HTML format. The MS office show me the spelling error. so it is really better for me. Thanks for asking this question.
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    • Profile picture of the author jerseygirl1977
      if i'm on the go i'll use google docs but i like the look and feel of word better.
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      • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
        Originally Posted by Rob Whisonant View Post

        Scriviner. Can't be beat.

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        For a ~$40 program, this is becoming an essential for me. Between the organizational tools and the output options, it's my go-to application for almost everything.
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    I use Microsoft Word. But it doesn't matter what platform you use. Just as long as you're creating the content everyday. Good content. Stop procrastinating and make it happen.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mattdawg841
    I'm all about Microsoft Word, but I don't really think that it matters very much as you're just going to be posting it online anyways….

    In fact, I recently stopped writing any articles at all and started to outsource it to Fiverr. The gig I use is pretty awesome and I usually don't share stuff like this as I don't want it to get overused, but you can get 3 articles for just $5! Here's a link if you're interested!

    I hope that helps and good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author sprucevn
    Writing according to your own style is the best way to make your writing go straight into visitors' heart.
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  • Profile picture of the author elmo033057
    Originally Posted by Dr3a View Post

    What do you write your content on for your website....Google Documents, Microsoft word or just simply notes, or text edit?.....
    When I was working on my Master's Degree, I used Dragon Naturally Speaking software because the writing on my assignments were enormous.

    It really saved me a ton of time.

    Yesterday someone pointed out that Google has just unleashed their own voice recognition software that you can add to chrome.

    However, I never use it when I'm writing for my blog or an eBook.

    The reason?

    My brain just can't think fast enough to process good quality information, which is the real issue here.

    Sure, you can write a ton of stuff, but is it high quality?

    Point in case: I frequent only 2 sites with great regularity. Neil Patel's QuickSprout and Jon Morrows "Boost Blog Traffic".

    Why?

    Because those 2 sites have some of the best quality information on the planet.

    Most everyone else is producing crap, and if you're like me and don't have a lot of time on your hands, then you aren't going to wade through a ton of fluff to get to the meat.

    So, what you're writing with really isn't an issue, it's how good your writing is and if that writing is actually going to help someone in a way that impacts them and actually helps them.

    If the famous, late copywriter Gary Halbert hand-wrote out a book on notebook paper and then scanned in those papers with a printer, then posted those notebook pages online, would it really make a difference how he wrote it?

    Heck no! He'd have people going to that material online in droves!

    So, it doesn't matter what your're writing with, it ...really.

    God Bless,

    Mark "Elmo" Ellis
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    • Profile picture of the author jdjenkins
      I've had blog posts disappear after hitting the "save" button as well! Partly for that reason, I use Evernote. This has also become the store for most of my bookmarks, and the way you can create links between notes means you can build your own miniature "wiki" system.

      Other than Evernote, I would probably use Google Docs, again for the reason that it's autosaving, not just on my computer, but on another server too. That way, you know your morning's slaving over a hot keyboard is perfectly safe.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Originally Posted by elmo033057 View Post

      When I was working on my Master's Degree, I used Dragon Naturally Speaking software because the writing on my assignments were enormous.

      It really saved me a ton of time.

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      Mark, the choice of tool doesn't always depend on how fast one can get characters to appear on the screen.

      In my case, it's more of an organizational thing. Scrivener allows me to organize my writing and research in one place, keep revisions, automatically save files (as well as depositing a copy of the backup to Dropbox).

      While I still put words on screen at pretty much the same rate, I spend a lot less time redoing lost work or hunting for misplaced or badly named files.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeadRooster
    I've owned Scrivener for years and "one day, I'll use it!" but... Microsoft Word.
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