guide to using scripted's dashboard - businesses

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Our

Process

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Scripted Workflow

Scripted Timeline

5 business days 3 business days

Order

ContentReceive

Content

Client to Request

Revisions if Needed

3 business days3 business days

2nd Draft is

Submitted

Review Final

Content

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Scripted Content Includes:

• Free topic pitching (blog posts only)

• Edited by Scripted Editors before being delivered

• Plagiarism and citation detection

• One round of revisions

• 100% transfer of rights and ownership

• 5 business day turnaround for first draft

• Satisfaction Guarantee

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DAS HBO ARD O V E RV I E W

The Scripted

Dashboard

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DAS HBO ARD O V E RV I E W

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DAS HBO ARD TABS

Create a Job• Order a single post• Order topic pitches• Select industry• Select tone• Submit Guidelines• Upload Documents

Jobs• Jobs that are being

written (in Authorship)• Check status of jobs• Review 1st Drafts• Request Revisions• Download Finished Jobs

Weekly• Order multiple jobs• Reoccurring orders

Pitches• Review pitches from

writers• Accept or reject pitches

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CRE AT E A J O B

Create a Job

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F O RMAT S

Select Format• Most common format is standard blog post (350 – 450 words).• Each format has a different set of guidelines.• Tweets and Facebook posts must be ordered in batches of 25.

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I NDUS T RI E S

Art and Design

Business

Education

Environment

Food and Beverage

Healthcare

Internet/Software

Law

Lifestyle/Travel

Publishing/Journalism

Sports and Fitness

Tech Hardware

Select Industries

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Scripted Specialists

Business

33 teams of top writers

in each industry

Sales Specialist Team

Hire Scripted Specialists to create

the most valuable and creative

content in your industry. Best for

more researched and specific

topics.

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CRE AT E A J O B

Select Format

• Most common format is standard blog post (350 – 450

words)

Title/Topic of Your Post

• What is this specific blog posts about?

Things to Mention

• Go into more detail about your job

• Specific areas or topics to discuss?

• Do you have an outline? The more specific, the better.

Things to Avoid

• What should the writer not mention?

Sample Blog

• Do you already have a blog?

• What is and example of the right tone and voice for this

post?

Preferred Structure

• Do you already have a blog?

• What is an example of the right tone and voice for this post?

Keywords

• What are specific keywords for writers to include

• Writers use these keywords to optimize your post

Additional Notes

• Particular style guidelines?

• Information or links to use

Attachment

• These attachments will only be attached to this specific job

Delivery

• 5 business days, or 3 business days

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E X AMP L E BRI E F

Outline of post

Example blog

Specific detailsStyle Guide

Multiple Tones

149.0

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TO P I C P I T CHI NG

Topic Pitching

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TO P I C P I T CHI NG

Topic Pitching

1Submit guidelines for what

topics writers should pitch

you.

Approve the story ideas

that you like.

Accept the final draft of

your content.

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3

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S E L E CT P I T CHE S

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P I T CHE S TAB

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RE V I E W P I T CHE S

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RE V I E W P I T CHE S

Buy It

• This pitch will become a current

job and the writer will begin

writing the piece.

Buy It (with Feedback)

• This pitch will become a current

job, but the business has the

opportunity to submit additional

details to the pitch.

Reject It

• This pitch will be deleted.

Best Practices

• Respond to pitches within 3

business days. Writers pitch more

often to businesses that are active.

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CURRE NT J O BS

Job is

Ordered

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CURRE NT J O B S TAT US

• Eligible writers claim your job

• Work will be submitted within 5 business days

• Remember that businesses only have 3 business days to review work

after draft is submitted.

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G L O S S ARY O F J O B S TAT US E S

In Authorship: The job has been submitted and is eligible for approved

writers to claim the work. When a writer claims your job, the writer’s

name will appear next to the job.

Needs Review: The content has been submitted by the writer and

businesses have three business days to request edits or accept.

In Edits: If the first draft was sent back to the writer for edits, the writer is

currently working on making changes to the piece.

Needs Final Review: The second and final draft has been submitted.

Businesses can reject the piece or accept.

Accepted: The piece has been accepted by the business and the

business’s credit card will be charged.

Auto-Accepted: No edit requests or actions have been taken in three

business days. The piece is now accepted and the business’s credit card

will be charged.

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CANCE L J O B

• Clients may cancel a job only before a writer claims the work.

Remove a Job

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F I N I S HE D J O BS

Review Jobs

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RE V I E W F I N I S HE D J O BS

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J O BS NE E D RE V I E W

• Filter by ‘Needs Review’ to immediately view the jobs to review

• Remember that clients only have 3 business days to review work after draft is

submitted.

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RE Q UE S T I NG RE V I S I O NS

Requesting

Revisions

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RE V I E WI NG CO NT E NT

Comments:

Write comments to the writer

referencing specific parts of the

piece, or make general

comments.

*Comments will only be

incorporated if you select

‘Request Revisions’ at the top of

the page.

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RE Q UE S T I NG RE V I S I O NS

Requesting Revisions:

• Give concrete directions; instead of

writing ‘be more specific,’ mention that

you’re for for examples or metrics to

back up statements.

• Gather all edit requests before

submitting. It’s not possible to add

more info after the request edits are

sent.

• Don’t be afraid to ask writers to re-write

paragraphs or sections of the post.

• Style preferences – writers can make

sure certain headlines are consistent

and other formatting preferences are

included.

Writer Feedback:

To help clear communication to

writers, select feedback categories:

- Guideline Adherence

- Depth of Knowledge

- Quality of Writing

- Other

Accept: Piece requires no 2nd draft.

Accept and download your content.

Request Revisions: The piece

needs to be sent back to the writer

to submit a 2nd draft.

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DO WNL O AD CO NT E NT

Download

Finished Work

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DO WNL O AD F O RMAT

Custom Formatting?

• Account Management clients have access to custom formats for exporting content.

Contact sales@scripted.com for more information.

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WO RDP RE S S P L UG I N

Download the Scripted Wordpress Plugin

Order and publish content directly from your WordPress dashboard.

Scripted posts become WordPress drafts.

Order Content

Content Is Created

Publish Content

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WO RDP RE S S P L UG I N

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Q UE S T I O NS

Questions?

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CO NTACT S UP P O RT

Contact us with any questions and we will respond within 48 hours

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