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In this fast-moving world, your words need to be your strongest tools. Whether your project is a three-page report or a 300-page manuscript,
The Strong Word will serve you with accuracy, speed, and integrity.
Here are some of our services. What do you need help with?
:: Editing and Proofreading
The Strong Word can provide proofreading and any level of editing you need.
Are you a book publisher needing a fast turnaround on a manuscript? The Strong Word has been contracted by numerous houses to provide developmental editing, substantive editing and copy editing, as well as proofreading.
Are you a fiction or nonfiction writer preparing a book manuscript for submission? Although The Strong Word is not a literary agency, we can help you get your work into shape for an agent or publisher.
Are you a researcher with data that needs formatting, or that you would like to shape for a popular audience? Are you a graduate student sweating over your dissertation? The Strong Word can help.
:: News and Feature Writing
The Strong Word has 13 years of experience in daily newspapers, 10 of them with a major metropolitan paper. If you need a stringer just once or on an ongoing basis, consider The Strong Word. Or, perhaps you are a magazine editor with a hole in your editorial line-up. Need a quick article written? The Strong Word loves to produce features, long or short.
View a portfolio of The StrongWord's news and feature writing
:: Marketing Communications
Are you a business person who needs an newsletter, annual report or a white paper written? Are you a marketing executive with a few too many projects on your to-do list?
The Strong Word has a broad understanding of business and can speak in your voice to the constituency you want to reach, whether it’s your customers, investors, board members or employees.
View a portfolio of The StrongWord's marketing communications samples
What about media relations? After 13 years of daily newspapers, four years at a magazine, and five years of media relations at a university, The Strong Word knows the needs and procedures of print and broadcast news outlets. Although not a publicity agency, we nevertheless have produced countless news releases, literally, and can help you shape your message.
:: Consulting
As Steven Covey says, “Begin with the end in mind.” What are you trying to accomplish? Sometimes all you need is an informed sounding board. The Strong Word | Communication Services would like to listen, and to help.
There really is no one-fee-fits-all. Every project is different. The Strong Word / Communication Services’ rates are very competitive, though. We’re committed to meeting your written communication needs quickly, accurately and at a reasonable cost.
Whether its editing, writing, or consulting, we will confer with you about your goal for the job. Then we will provide an estimate of the time and cost needed to compete it according to your expectations.
:: Editing
Perhaps you already know that there are different levels of editing and different ways to categorize them (for instance, light, medium, heavy; or copyediting, line editing, substantive and developmental). Of course, the more involved the editing, the higher the cost.
There are also many other factors in how big or small a job is. For example:
* the quality of the submitted document
* whether there are tables, footnotes or other technical material
* the desired turnaround time (rush jobs are charged an extra 25%)
Here are some other things to keep in mind:
• Fees may be charged by the project, the hour, or the page (one ms page equals 250 words).
• The estimate of what the project will cost and how long it will take is negotiable.
• A free sample edit of two or three pages will be included as part of the estimate
(That way you can evaluate whether the level and style of editing is acceptable.)
• The Strong Word will prepare a letter of agreement signed by both parties, unless
you represent a publisher or business that prefers to generate a contract.
• The Strong Word finds e-mail as the fastest and cheapest form of communication. If you prefer to consult by phone, the first 15 minutes is free. Subsequent minutes are charged to the nearest quarter hour as needed.
::Writing and Other Projects
The range of potential writing or marketing communications projects makes it impossible to state specific fees. But rest assured that The Strong Word is committed to providing excellent service at reasonable rates.
Payment
* For small projects, half the entire fee is required at the start of the work; the
remainder is paid when you're satisfied with the work.
* For larger projects, the fee is split into thirds: one third at the start; one third when the work is returned to you; and one third when you're satisfied with it.
* The Strong Word accepts payment by check or through PayPal.
Rate Comparisons
For a sense of ballpark fees, see the Editorial Freelancers Association's list of common rates.
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The Strong Word Communication Services helps its business and publishing clients exceed their goals by providing them with strong, personalized editing and writing services that make every word count. |
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