effective content writing
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Presented by Sudhindra .V - Sapient at the STC India UX Learning session in Bangalore on Oct 23, 2010.TRANSCRIPT
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Effective Content Writing
23 Oct 2010
STC India Usability SIG Session
Bangalore
sudhindra v. | associate creative director | sapient
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passportindia.gov.in
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passportindia.gov.in
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Instruction Booklet
passportindia.gov.in
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let’s talk some numbers
15.43 billion pages on the web
109.5 million+ websites are in operation
550+ billion documents buried in the “deep web”
1 billion Youtube videos watched per month
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written content still rules the web
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how do you make it effective?
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∫ …write for persuasion
∫ …less is more
∫ …but do you need to write at all?
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∫ …write for persuasion
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∫ …make them feel good
∫ …write for persuasion
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Power
User!
Yahoo Account
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Hooray, no spam here!
Gmail Spam Folder
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We promise to look extra hard!
Search Results Page of a site
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…playing with the bubble wrap
Friend Feed Account Tracker
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∫ …be helpful
∫ …write for persuasion
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∫ …align with your brand image
∫ …write for persuasion
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Webchutney.com
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debauchery
not before you read this
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Congrats that you were school monitor and all but no that
won’t really help your case.
We are like those attention seeking whores.
We’re not looking for Marine Engineers at this time, thank
you.
Webchutney.com
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∫ …surprise them!
∫ …write for persuasion
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Hawaiian!
Polish!
Ukrainian!
Lolspeak!
lolspeak!! lol
Flickr Login Greeting
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∫ …be creative and different
∫ …write for persuasion
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W3schools.com
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∫ …write for persuasion
/ make them feel good
/ be helpful
/ align with your brand image
/ surprise them
/ be creative and different
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∫ …less is more
Joshua Porter is the thought leader behind “microcopy”
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∫ …provide just in time instructions
∫ …less is more
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triple check it
Wordpress.com
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∫ …provide a sense of re-assurance
∫ …less is more
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You’ll create a password later
Amazon.com
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Amazon.com
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∫ …less is more
∫ …provide contextually important information
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Amazon.com
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Real-world Examples
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∫ …less is more
∫ …emphasize essential information
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Basecamp from 37 signals
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Amazon.com
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Address Accuracy
Make sure you get your stuff! If the address is not entered correctly, your…
Amazon.com
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∫ …less is more
∫ …extract bare essentials from lots of content
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∫ … less is more
/ provide just in time instructions
/ provide a sense of re-assurance
/ provide contextually important information
/ emphasize essential information
/ extract bare essentials from lots of content
Joshua Porter is the thought leader behind “microcopy”
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∫ …but do you need to write at all?
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∫ …when you can say it in pictures, go for Infographics
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∫ …but do you need to write at all?
∫ …convert help to pics
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∫ …but do you need to write at all?
∫ …enable visualization
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200 billion hours a year spent
watching TV by US adults
100 million to create wikipedia
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∫ …but do you need to write at all?
∫ …show connections and relationships
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∫ …but do you need to write at all?
/ convert help to pics
/ enable visualization
/ show connections and relationships
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good content is at core of emotional design
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good content enhances usability
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good content increases trust for a brand
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good content ensures brand loyalty
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good content increases revenues
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thank you