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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...
Get Your Hands Dirty: Create a Content Inventory
The content inventory is the unsung hero of content strategy – it’s an invaluable tool for content...
Content Requirements: The First Deliverable
If you want a successful content project, start with step one. Before the content launches, before...
Krug’s Trunk Test and Content: Where Am I?
In Don't Make Me Think, an excellent book on usability basics, Steve Krug talks about a trunk...
The Value of Boring: Templated Content
I am attracted to the new, the exciting, the different. I assume you are, too. As a writer,...