How about grammar and spelling in your Sideproject?
Hey people, my English isn't very well but I want to realize one of my side project for the international market. The product will be for designers.
My question: How liberal the people are about mistakes in grammar and spelling?
To answer your question, I personally don't mind it too much.
You could copy the text of your project into an application like Google docs or typehere.io , use Grammarly to find the mistakes and correct it.
And then maybe ask the assistance of a copywriter, you are bound to find some good copywriters here on IH who will be willing to help :)
yes, she is here.... I mean, me! :)
Depends how much trust people will need to put in your product. If you're selling me food, or skin cream, or healthcare items, or database software, or an email marketing tool, or anything else that's intimate with my body or risky to my business, then I'd care a great deal if I were to see lots of spelling and grammatical errors. It would me you aren't taking the time to get the little details right.
On the flip side, if you're doing something fairly innocuous and simple, I wouldn't mind.
The sales copy is much more important than the grammar and spelling.
You can fix grammar and spelling for a small amount of money by hiring a writer or editor on upwork or a similar site.
If you can't afford that, you could post your site here and ask IH for help.
It might be worth finding someone who can proofread your copy, just to polish it a little.
make it as native as you are. I'm not a native speaker either. I have always been improving my English since my job is writing. You may use proofreading tools for help. But if you need more help, how about collaborating with me? You may love help from me.
Hey @ruthype I will write you an email. Happy to hear from you.:)
sure, my email is on my profile. Would love to talk to you more as soonest :)
Hire a freelance copywriter to review your landing page/your content. You can easily find a cheap one.
did I hear about a freelance copywriter here?
I'm quite worried about my writing as well. Because of that, I avoid doing content-heavy projects. But generally in a lot of other cases, my friends help and proof-read all the crap I write for my projects.
So far, nobody complained much about my grammar :)
Every design should start with text. Do your very best to fix as many errors as you can, using spelling checkers and Grammarly (the free version can already helps). Don't be afraid to ask friends or here to specifically check for errors like these. Thus don't let this hold you from launching.
While a few mistakes probably won't bother anyone—showing you care about correct spelling, shows you care about your product.
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