User experience design is a vast, multidisciplinary and fascinating field. It shapes the products and services we use on a daily basis, and can make or break the success of a business or brand.

A career in UX design is fast-paced and challenging, requiring a highly diverse skillset. If you want to break into this field, there’s plenty to learn!

Copyright vs copywriting… 2 words that sound the same when spoken have completely different definitions and purposes.

I’m a copywriter/UX designer. I find the field of microcopy (UX writing) appealing and would like to start doing it or add it to my skill set. Where do I start?

Conversational copywriting is slowly becoming the new norm. There’s only one problem to it — slowly.

If you’ve just finished writing your article, blog post or book and are looking to publish it right away – stop. Take a step back and consider this: Has your document gone through any sort of editing process by someone other than you? If not, you should seriously consider hiring an editor.

There are many different types of editing, and you can use them to improve the quality and readability of any content you write.

While focusing on other aspects of content writing, we often skip a lot of fundamentals that are quite necessary for developing professional content writing abilities. One such ability is to read. Content analysts and experts highly advise the new generation writers to read content writing books, articles, journals, blogs, and any other form of content as much as they can.

Now the question is, Which kind of books would help one develop themselves as a good content writer?

It’s important to keep on top of the latest trends and best practices to grow as a content writer. Social media is a great starting point, but you’ll save time by going straight to the source: the writing blogs themselves.

The following 17 must-read blogs cover everything from copywriting and freelancing tips, to content strategy and social media writing, to productivity tips and editing techniques.

So, you made the first big decision to design a new website. This is a great first step, but now you’ve got a few logistics to think about. A website includes many different elements such as design, copy and media. This makes it a tough task for someone to handle all on their own, unless you have some decent experience under your belt.

Chances are, your team doesn’t include professionals in all three. Luckily, there are people who you can hire to help you out in the areas where you’re struggling.

When I asked new writers for their biggest questions back in May, one of the responses I got was that readers would like to hear “what it was like for successful writers early in their career.” It happened to me in L.A.

Here’s how to find the best fit for your copywriting project.