Archives for the category "Content management"
Defining Content in the Age of Technology
Copy, multiplied by its technopower, makes it into content. Content needs copy; and in a post-paper world, copy definitely needs content.
The dirty little secrets of CMS documentation
A CMS without decent documentation is like a car without windshield wipers – so why do so many vendors have this bad business practice?
Surfacing content: ways to keep content in sync
Keeping content synchronized is very different between a Web CMS and a component CMS. Compare the differences and the practical applications for each type.
The Web is Just an Output Channel
Content could be output to the Web, but it’s more likely to get output to the Web as simply one of the channels in a multichannel publishing environment.
Technology won’t fix a bad strategy
Successful technology implementations all share a common denominator: a strong content strategy.
CMS Facts and Myths, and Why Process is So Important
Ensure that you’re not left holding the bag when the CMS vendor has left the building; get your processes in place.
Content Lifecycle
The content lifecycle is described as an organic system, in a technology-agnostic way.
Want to learn about content strategy?
Content strategy presentations during 2009 – learning opportunities.
Component content management as content mashup
Using the metaphor of mash-ups, explaining component content management.
CMS selection practices need maturation
Janus Boye, a content management analyst whose skills I have long admired, recently posted an article Is Corruption [in the CM industry] an Issue? In it, he discusses some of the ways that vendors inadvertently, or purposefully, incent buyers to favour their products. I believe that this is just the tip of the iceberg, as [...]
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- Setting a context for a content strategy vocabulary
- Toward a common content strategy vocabulary
- The added value of content through curation
- Public-sector content, web development and content strategy, and career cautions for writers
- The ROI of content
- Is it time for a content strategy maturity model?
- Getting ROI by Using Lean in Content Production
- Defining Content in the Age of Technology
- Turning Copy into Content
- Copy and content: a tale of two realities
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- Using topic-based writing to meet aggressive deadlines
- Content strategy and the new face of documentation
- A practical definition of content
- Flash pages, skip intros, and other annoying content
- Why social media seems easy but is (evidently) harder than it looks
- Abilities and aptitudes for a content strategist
- Content strategy includes convergence, integration, and syndication
- Redefining content strategy
- Strategies for adopting structured content
- CMS selection practices need maturation
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