8 Tips on Preparing Your Content for AI
There’s nothing to fear. Preparing your content for AI involves the same steps you should take to prepare your content for publication anywhere, by any system or device.
12 Reasons to Audit Your Content in the New Year
Auditing your digital content provides opportunity for improvement and for fixing embarrassing content problems.
Classification Is Not One-Size-Fits-All
Taxonomies should be developed for the organization and audiences they're meant to serve. There is no one-size-fits-all taxonomy, just as there is no one website navigation menu that fits every company's website and makes their content findable to every audience.
When Digital Isn’t Enough
Analog-oriented customers can be valuable and loyal, and they can be any of us on a given day. They remind us that customer experiences should be accessible and usable for everyone. . .
The Value of Research
Research makes every endeavor more successful. Why would you want to undertake an expensive digital project without doing your homework, or launch a product without testing it?
Gen-AI Doesn’t Understand Your Audience: A Cautionary Tale
Gen-AI tools can assist us in many ways, but don't rely solely on them to correctly describe, represent, or understand the real people in your organization's target audiences.
Get the Most out of Research: Choose the Right Scale and Method
The keys to getting most value out of your research are: 1. Do it, and 2. Choose the right type of research at the right time.
Personalization Requires Reflection & Governance
Your organization will need to personalize to compete. It’s just a matter of when, and how to make the efforts successful and sustainable.
Content Rules the Web, but Message Comes First
Many organizations skip the messaging step and jump straight into strategy, figuring out how they will reach their target audiences before they define what they want to communicate. Without coherent messaging, their websites may emphasize the wrong things.
Who Needs Your Content?
Many organizations give lip service to the importance of content and content strategy but have no governing processes or standards for content.
Get Rid of Your Junk (Content) Before You Move
Why would you want to move all your old, junky content into your brand new website?
“Requires Internal Discussion”
[The sitemap] wasn’t just a new navigation scheme. It represented a new way of working, and also a new way of thinking about their website and its role. . .
You’re Not Apple-Zon
Many of our clients say they want their sites to be like Apple or Amazon. But why?
Guarding Your Digital Project Against Disruptive Newcomers
The first step in mitigating the "newcomer" risk is basing your website strategy on a firm understanding of your organization's business goals and the things your target audiences need, want, think, and will act on.
Feeding the Beast: Thoughts on Website Carousels and Other Features
Should you have a carousel on your website? Let’s discuss.
Achieving a Shareable Information Ecosystem
How can your association provide information that is easily discovered by members and other customers, as well as harmonious with the way other organizations publish their information?
8 Tips for User-Friendly Search
Search is an increasingly important component in desktop and mobile online experiences, yet too often search is not designed to meet the needs of users.