Posted on August 24, 2010 Leave a Comment
Is your company blog as engaging as you think? According to research by Jakob Nielsen, probably not. In a study of corporate blogs’ front-page structure, Nielsen and his team found that in blogs where each posting’s full content is posted on the front page — so users don’t have to click, which in theory is […]
Posted on July 20, 2010 Leave a Comment
I’ve consulted with a lot of companies in my day, and I’ve been fortunate enough to work with a bevy of wildly talented people. But once in a while…well, my luck seems to run out. Lately I’ve been challenged with a senior-level exec (read: stakeholder/approver) who just doesn’t seem to “get” what the content team […]
Posted on July 10, 2010 Leave a Comment
A client recently questioned me about the wisdom of using “he” for the default pronoun in the FAQ copy for her website. Her concerns: Would it come across as sexist? Would it make women readers feel left out? My response was that, sadly, the English language doesn’t have a handy gender-neutral pronoun at its disposal […]
