Looking for ways to save your company time and money? Content reuse allows you to write content once and use it again in multiple places. Do these use cases for reuse apply to your content?
LearningDITA Live 2020 highlights (podcast)
In episode 70 of The Content Strategy Experts Podcast, Elizabeth Patterson shares some highlights from LearningDITA Live 2020. “Structured content is a way to strategically optimize your content so it frees your content from the format. Because it’s free of the format, it also frees … Read More
LearningDITA Live 2020 recordings
All of the 2020 LearningDITA Live sessions were recorded and uploaded to a YouTube playlist for your convenience! If you had to miss this year’s conference for some reason, or missed a session you were interested in, you can go back and watch. Thank you … Read More
The best of 2019
As 2019 comes to a close, let’s take a look at some of the most popular posts and podcasts from the year.
Standardizing company terminology
Do your customers know the right words to search for? Does marketing refer to your product one way while the tech team refers to it another? Inconsistent word use causes confusion within your company and negatively affects customers’ perception of your brand. So what causes … Read More
The need for a localization strategy (podcast)
In episode 65 of The Content Strategy Experts podcast, Elizabeth Patterson and Bill Swallow talk about the need for a localization strategy. “There may be things you’re writing in your source content that you don’t want literally translated. In many cases, there are stark cultural … Read More
Trick or treat? Halloween content strategy
If done properly, a new content strategy will bring added value to your organization. The transition itself is not always easy, and the success of the projects depends on your stakeholders. Much like trick or treating, you never know what to expect when someone “opens … Read More
Reuse in DITA and beyond (podcast)
In episode 60 of The Content Strategy Experts Podcast, Elizabeth Patterson and Gretyl Kinsey discuss content reuse, how it specifically applies to DITA, and how it can benefit your organization. “So often we see companies wasting a lot of time copying and pasting. This idea of … Read More
Smarter marcom content
Smarter marcom content has advantages, but marketers are used to writing and formatting content at the same time. Smart content separates writing and formatting. Although getting used to this separation may take some effort, the benefits are well worth it. Most content has an implicit … Read More
Unifying content after a merger (podcast)
In episode 58 of the Content Strategy Experts Podcast, Elizabeth Patterson and Sarah O’Keefe discuss how to unify content after a merger. In terms of pushback or in terms of change management, what we have to do is ask, “What does this other team do … Read More