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Content Strategy for the Web
- By Kristina Halvorson
- Published Aug 12, 2009 by New Riders. Part of the Voices That Matter series.
- Copyright 2010
- Pages: 192
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-321-62006-2
- ISBN-13: 978-0-321-62006-4
- eBook (Adobe DRM)
- ISBN-10: 0-321-64873-0
- ISBN-13: 978-0-321-64873-0
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Product Author Bios
Kristina Halvorson is the founder and president of Brain Traffic, a nationally-renowned agency specializing in content strategy and writing for the web.
Widely recognized as one of the country’s leading content strategists, Kristina speaks regularly to audiences around the world about how to deliver useful, usable content online, where and when your customers need it most. She has led content projects for hundreds of websites across dozens of industries. Her presentations about web content are consistently given top ratings at conferences and by clients alike.
In 2009, Kristina curated the first Content Strategy Consortium to facilitate a national dialogue about this emerging discipline. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with her husband and two children.
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If your website content is out of date, off-brand, and out of control, you're missing a huge opportunity to engage, convert, and retain customers online. Redesigning your home page won't help. Investing in a new content management system won't fix it, either. So, where do you start?
Without meaningful content, your website isn't worth much to your key audiences. But creating (and caring for) "meaningful" content is far more complicated than we're often willing to acknowledge. Content Strategy for the Web explains how to create and deliver useful, usable content for your online audiences, when and where they need it most. It also shares content best practices so you can get your next website redesign right, on time and on budget. For the first time, you'll:
- See content strategy (and its business value) explained in plain language
- Find out why so many web projects implode in the content development phase ... and how to avoid the associated, unnecessary costs and delays
- Learn how to audit and analyze your content
- Make smarter, achievable decisions about which content to create and how
- Find out how to maintain consistent, accurate, compelling content over time
- Get solid, practical advice on staffing for content-related roles and responsibilities
Author's Site
Learn more at www.contentstrategy.com.
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79 of 85 people found the following review helpful
A solid book for content strategy NOT content creation, By Roland King (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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First, while it may sound obvious, let me state that this book is primarily about content strategy; it is not a user's guide to developing quality Web content. I believe a few other reviews have misrepresented this book, so please consider this before purchasing.With that said, the book gives a very effective in-depth look at content strategy (or the lack thereof) for large corporations. However, there is quite a bit of repetition throughout the book, particularly in the beginning of each chapter. Halvorson also gives off a bit of a condescending tone in some of her writing, which can be a distraction. The book is really aimed toward an audience that is already aware of how to develop good Web content but needs assistance building a strategic plan to implement it. By far, the best chapter is Audit (4) which goes into great detail on how to audit your site's current content. The book is worth reading -- especially if you are in a large corporate... Read more
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
A remarkably compact and effective overview, By James "James" (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Content Strategy for the Web (Paperback)
As a content strategist with 15 years of experience, for multinationals and smaller, national clients, I can say that every word in this compact, straightfoward guide rings true with my professional practice. Ms. Halvorson's ability to break the horribly messy world of global web content into its component parts, to present it in a concise, and yet personal and pleasant way, is nothing short of remarkable. If you are an editor, strategist, or another kind of content specialist, you can quickly gain an understanding of which processes, tools and knowledge are needed in every phase of planning, creating and governing content. If you are an executive or other person in charge of a web presence, this book will enable you to start gaining control of your content and making sure it's the best it can be. It will also give you the basis to make a case for content within your organization. Most organizations today are dominated by IT and visual design, with little or no expertise in the area...
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Content Strategy? Look no further., By
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This review is from: Content Strategy for the Web (Voices That Matter) (Kindle Edition)
This book is concise and has meat. I read the entire book in one sitting. A total eye opener.I always knew Content was God, but this book puts a lot of structure and process around content, its creation and management. The author keeps the focus on strategy and doesn't deviate. If I had to abbreviate the learnings in this book, it would be: Content strategy process 1. Audit : Content Inventory: Title, URL, content What content do you have? (Text, PDF, Video, Audio, Forms) How is the content organized? (break it into sections, what does each section have) Who creates the content? Where does the content live? Qualitative audit : Is content accurate, useful, well written, user friendly, used by audience 2. Creation: What content to be created, Why Where will it come from How will it be structured Who will write it 3. Delivery: Who will review, edit, approve, load How... Read more |
Online Sample Chapter
Content Strategy for the Web: Why You Must Do a Content Audit
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
LEARN
SOLUTION
PROBLEM
DISCIPLINE
PLAN
INPUT
STRATEGY
ARCHITECTURE
CREATE
WORKFLOW
WRITING
PUBLISHING
GOVERN
MEASUREMENT
RESPONSE
CULTURE
RESOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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