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Show Your Style: Editorial Style Guides
There's fleeting style, and then there's timeless style. You content has a style, too, and it's...
Write What You Know
The first rule of storytelling is “write what you know.” That doesn’t mean you can only write...
The Value of Digging In: Content Inventories
I'm midway through another content inventory, one I'd been putting off for a couple of days while...
Speak Clearly: Voice and Tone
Which of these would be the best way to speak to your audience? "Thoughts? Send 'em our way." "To...
Tell a Good Story
We hear stories all the time—on TV, in songs, from friends. At its core, a story is simply a way...
Process: Plan It Out
I love it when a plan comes together. —Hannibal Smith, The A-Team Have you decided it's time to...
The Art of the Profile
Most of the people you meet these days have already formed an impression of you. Before you ever...
What Is Content Strategy?
I've written before about what a content strategist does, but the field of content strategy...
Data-Driven Content Strategy: Everybody’s Doing It, You Should Too
Dan Ariely, a professor of psychology at Duke, recently tweeted: "If we have data, let’s look at...
Content Strategy in User Experience Design: The Prophets in the Process
I wrote a post for Triangle UXPA's blog about how content strategy is essential in user experience...