Content strategy – a better way
Our organizations still publish content as we always have: each department with its own charge, individual expertise, and separate content.…
How to bring your content strategy to life
Tips for making the business changes to enable and support your organization in publishing better content. So, you have a set…
Content strategy before content marketing
Before you do any content marketing, get your content strategy in order First, some definitions: Content strategy is defining…
The Top 25 Things Every Content Management Vendor Should Know About What their Customers Want
I co-wrote this white paper back in April 2003. My co-author was Leslie O'Flahavan, who runs EWriteOnline. Almost 1,000 people…
Content calendars – the why, the what, and the how
I’ve seen a surge in questions lately about editorial calendar software. This blog post is by popular request. Before sharing…
Why FAQs are not effective web content
Almost every website I consult on has a collection of Frequently Asked Questions, also known as FAQs. I always counsel…
PDF dos and don’ts
I’ll say it: The web contains far too much content presented in the form of a document: PDF, Word document,…
Your content challenge is really a people challenge
I recently asked my online networks a question: What is your biggest content strategy challenge: Goals, findability, consistent voice, ownership,…
Content strategy readings
Here are some readings about content strategy and related topics that have resonated with me in the last several weeks.…
5 ways content strategy will help your organization
I’ve written many times about the pitfalls organizations are likely to encounter if they don’t have a content strategy: The…