Archives for the tag "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 Content Strategy Bookshself

If you were to look at your library of books related to content strategy – directly or indirectly – what would be on that shelf? Here’s what is on mine.

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.

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.

Consequences of not having a good content strategy

An unexpected, informal usability test shows the role of content as part of the overall user experience.

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 [...]