The Scriptorium approach to content strategy (podcast)
In episode 55 of the Content Strategy Experts Podcast, Elizabeth Patterson and Sarah O’Keefe discuss Scriptorium’s approach to content strategy.
Tag: management consulting
The Scriptorium approach to content strategy
Executive summary
Scriptorium’s approach to content strategy is based on management consulting principles. First, we identify business goals that are connected to content problems. We then do a needs analysis and gap analysis, and develop requirements. That work provides the foundation for a recommendation. From that recommendation, we build out the solution.
The key to success is the balance between content and strategy. It’s easy to reduce the cost of the content lifecycle if you don’t care about the quality of the content. If you focus only on the quality of the end result and not on the content creation process, you can end up with beautifully crafted content that’s only usable in a single format, that’s impossible to translate, or that takes entirely too long to create.
When you invest in content strategy, you are committing to a major digital transformation effort. The challenges are significant, but so is the opportunity.
Understanding content strategy as a specialized form of management consulting
Coauthored by Sarah O’Keefe, Alan Pringle, and Bill Swallow. Purpose: The goal of this article is to position content strategy as a specialized subdiscipline of management consulting. Standard management consulting practices, such as gap analysis and needs analysis, are the foundation of content strategy practices. Method: This article draws from the theory on management consulting and shows how management consulting principles work in the context of content strategy projects. Results: Practitioners in the burgeoning field of content strategy will develop a better sense of how their work aligns with overall management consulting practices. Conclusion: Management consulting already has best practices and methodologies. Content strategy builds upon that foundation to establish a professional discipline.
Abstract
Full transcript of Content strategy and management consulting podcast
Alan Pringle: Welcome to the Content Strategy Experts podcast brought to you by Scriptorium. Since 1997, Scriptorium has helped companies manage, structure, organize and distribute content in an efficient way.
AP: In episode 28 we discuss our approach to content strategy, which draws heavily on management consulting principles.
Podcast: content strategy and management consulting
Sarah O’Keefe, Bill Swallow, and Alan Pringle discuss the connections between content strategy and management consulting.
