5 Must-Have Tools to Edit Faster and Earn More Money

Once you’ve started professional editing, how can you maximize your time and earn as much money as possible? 🧐

Let’s get one thing straight: there is NO shame in wanting to earn more money. Especially given your skills and the value you provide to your clients, academic editors should feel confident charging rates that equate to $100 per hour… or more!

One of the best ways to reach this goal is to bill your projects using a per-word rate. This is because, as you improve your editing skills and increase your editing speed, this raises your effective hourly rate. 📈

In this week’s podcast episode, I’m sharing 5 tools (all but 1 are free!) that can help you increase your editing speed, reduce your time at your computer, and increase your earnings.

This is definitely an episode you’ll want to check out on YouTube at some point because I share my screen and walk you through how to use each tool.

Don’t be intimidated; you can do this! 💪

Watch this episode on YouTube or listen on your favorite podcast app.

https://youtu.be/ipJSNA-XytQ

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Links from the episode:

Clockify: https://clockify.me/

BeefText: https://beeftext.org/

Mac alternatives to BeefText: https://alternativeto.net/software/beeftext/?license=free&platform=mac

PerfectIt: https://intelligentediting.com/buy-now/

0:00 - Why Track Your Editing Speed

1:57 - How Charging Per Word Benefits You

2:59 - Understanding Effective Hourly Rate

3:42 - Tracking Your Time with Clockify

4:54 - Setting Up Projects in Clockify

6:08 - Analyzing Your Time Data

9:42 - Using Auto Text in Microsoft Word

10:33 - Setting Up Auto Text Shortcuts

13:47 - Introducing Beef Text for Windows

14:52 - Creating Snippets in Beef Text

17:13 - Utilizing Perfect It for Editing Checks

20:47 - Getting Started with Macros

23:07 - Recording Your First Macro

26:36 - Recap of Editing Speed Tools

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