How to Crowdsource a Blog Post Using Google Docs [Quick Tip]

running-from-carWhen I’m walking around the city and I have to cross the street, I do this thing where I start looking both ways before I’ve reached the intersection. If there are no cars coming at that moment, I like to run across the street immediately instead of waiting to reach the intersection — otherwise a bunch of cars will probably be there by the time I get to the crossing signal.

Some people call that jaywalking. Law enforcement, for instance.

I call it efficiency.

The same can be said for a method of blogging my team has adopted: the crowdsourced Google Docs post. It’s an efficient way to curate the contents of a list post, drawing on the knowledge of many to fill in the knowledge gaps of the one.

How to Crowdsource a Blog Post Using Google Docs [Quick Tip]

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Rick Duris is CopyRanger.

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