Title overview
This go-to guide is ideal for Web design, user experience, business students and any other students tasked with developing clear and consistent content in any medium. It provides guidelines for developing and implementing a content strategy, and an abundance of examples along with concrete suggestions and action plans for implementing these strategies.
In the end, students will be able to:
• Tell a cohesive story, which translates into conversions
• Stop wasting time and money re-writing the same or similar content over and over
• Give customers one clear message that's consistent in all mediums
• Determine whether their content is boosting their brand and the bottom line
• Develop guidelines that let them say no to unnecessary content that's not on-brand
• Keep content up-to-date by improving organization and making the task less time-consuming
Table of contents
Section I: Get Budget and Buy-in
Chapter 1: Identify the Problems and Opportunities
Chapter 2: Convince Leaders and Get the Resources
Section II: Set Up for Success
Chapter 3: Get Stakeholders On-board
Chapter 4: Set and Align on Project Objectives
Chapter 5: Run the Project
Section III: Dig In and Get the Dirt
Chapter 6: Understand Your Business Environment
Chapter 7: Learn About Your Audience and Users
Chapter 8: Get Familiar With Your Content
Chapter 9: Review How Work Gets Planned and Done
Chapter 10: Put it all together
Section IV: Articulate Your Strategy
Chapter 11: Create a Content Compass
Chapter 12: Decide How You’ll Measure Success
Chapter 13: Design Your Content
Section V: Put Your Strategy Into Action
Chapter 14: Create On-strategy Content
Chapter 15: Plan and Maintain Over Time
Appendix: List of Tools
Index