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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.

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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.

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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. . .

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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?

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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.

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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.

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“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. . .

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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?

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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.

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