In episode 78 of The Content Strategy Experts podcast, Gretyl Kinsey and Bill Swallow talk about the true cost of quick fixes in your content strategy. “Even if a quick fix might save you some time or a little bit of upfront cost or upfront effort … Read More
Content reuse: different industries, same problems (podcast)
In episode 77 of The Content Strategy Experts podcast, Alan Pringle talks with Chris Hill of DCL about content reuse and what it looks like across different industries. “You really have to start seeing content creation as a collaboration and build trust between the people … Read More
Moving to structured content: Expectations vs. reality (podcast)
In episode 76 of The Content Strategy Experts podcast, Elizabeth Patterson and Alan Pringle talk about expectations versus realities of tools when moving to smart structured content. “You can have different people using different tools and still pour all of the content into the single content … Read More
Saving localization costs with content reuse (podcast)
In episode 75 of The Content Strategy Experts podcast, Elizabeth Patterson and Bill Swallow talk about how content reuse can help you save on your localization costs. “The savings you get from a reduced word count is all fine and good, but the translation is … Read More
The benefits of a taxonomy (podcast, part 2)
In episode 74 of The Content Strategy Experts podcast, Gretyl Kinsey and Simon Bate continue their discussion about the benefits of establishing a taxonomy. “Communicate with the stakeholders. Don’t just get their input and then go away. Communicate all along what you’re doing and identify … Read More
The benefits of a taxonomy (podcast, part 1)
In episode 73 of The Content Strategy Experts Podcast, Gretyl Kinsey and Simon Bate talk about the benefits of establishing a taxonomy. “Filtering is possible through the use of taxonomies. They have a real world benefit for people looking to find something.” —Simon Bate
Getting started with DITA (podcast, part 2)
In episode 72 of The Content Strategy Experts Podcast, Gretyl Kinsey and Barbara Green of ACS Technologies continue their discussion about getting started with DITA. “We experienced far more change than I anticipated from the time Scriptorium first came in to evaluate our situation. I … Read More
Getting started with DITA (podcast, part 1)
In episode 71 of The Content Strategy Experts Podcast, Gretyl Kinsey and Barbara Green of ACS Technologies talk about getting started with DITA. “We ran the conversion and got the content in DITA. It wasn’t structured the way it would be if you had started … Read More
DITA projects with a scaled approach
In episode 69 of The Content Strategy Experts podcast, Bill Swallow and Stephani Clark of Jorsek talk about using a scaled approach with DITA projects. “The desktop publishing and single user tools are always going to have a much lower price tag than a DITA … Read More
Unusual DITA outputs
In episode 68 of The Content Strategy Experts podcast, Gretyl Kinsey and Simon Bate talk about unusual outputs from DITA sources. ” With DITA, it’s incredibly flexible. We can generate almost any type of output that we want to with it.” —Simon Bate