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If you read my previous post on how to write articles<\/a>, you\u2019ll already know that creating content can significantly boost your personal development and career. However, not everyone is ready to jump into this exciting activity straightaway. For such developers, designers, QA engineers, product managers, HR, and other specialists, I always offer the format of collaboration with a professional content writer, where you act as a knowledge holder and reviewer. In this post, we share some tips and approaches on how to make such collaboration fruitful and pleasant. Ready, steady, go!<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Why it matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before we get to the reviewing process, let\u2019s clear up why you need to review the materials written by someone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all, it\u2019s important to the commercial success of your team<\/strong>. No matter what you\u2019re working on right now, whether it\u2019s your team\u2019s product or you\u2019re on an outstuff\/outsource project \u2013 the work of a content writer is always aimed at bringing value to your team. If it\u2019s an employer branding project, you\u2019ll get a colleague that will take a part of your workload. If it\u2019s a post aimed at attracting clients, you\u2019ll get a chance to work on a new interesting project. If these are tutorials on how to use your team\u2019s product, it will gain new users and the product profitability will increase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s worth mentioning that the era of SEO-optimized content (in its traditional meaning) has gone long ago. Of course, keywords are crucial but keyword stuffing (100 keywords in one single paragraph) can only annoy readers. Today, it\u2019s more important to create really useful content, even for a small group of people than to write viral posts about \u201cBlockchain,\u201d \u201cArtificial Intelligence,\u201d or \u201cAugmented Reality.\u201d The core of a post should be the readers\u2019 problem and its solution. The shorter the better. To create such content, we need in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in a specific field, like sometimes using tools like a SERP API<\/a> to understand the competitive landscape and fine-tune the content strategies. Your knowledge and experience are crucial. Therefore, collaboration is inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second of all, it’s your reputation that\u2019s at stake<\/strong>. When you cooperate with a content writer on something, your name will be cited as a co-author, or even as a sole author of a piece. The modern employer often checks such things in your resume<\/a>, especially if you apply for the position of senior or lead. So, you had better mind the quality of copies you add to your CV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I have convinced you, let\u2019s move on to the most important steps one should take when reviewing and editing materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planning <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s right! The collaboration begins way before a content writer starts working on the material. At least it should. Otherwise, it\u2019ll be much harder to check the text you didn\u2019t even know exists. The more you participate before and during the content creation, the easier it will be for you to review it. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n