Search engines such as Google are one of the primary ways people find our websites and the content they seek. As such, it's very important to be mindful of search engine optimization (SEO) best practices so that we enable search engines — and the people using them — to find and discover our web content. People often consider SEO to be a content editing task — something you … [Read more...] about SEO Copywriting for Content Contributors
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On-Brand SEO Keywords for Meaningful Search
Search engine optimization (SEO) is an essential component of content strategy. If audiences can't easily find or discover your content through search, its value and usefulness is diminished. We need to understand the words our audiences associate with our content so that we can cater to their search habits with relevant keywords. This is a fundamental task for SEO. However, … [Read more...] about On-Brand SEO Keywords for Meaningful Search
Navigating Business School Websites
The best website navigation systems appear so straightforward that you don't think twice about how to use them. Like using a door handle to open a door. But often behind this simplicity is a complex information architecture. Navigation menus reflect this structure and communicate to our visitors how content is organized and prioritized. Beyond helping web visitors … [Read more...] about Navigating Business School Websites
Content Strategy Glossary of Terms
I spend a lot of time in my work cleaning up jargon on college websites, which is why it pains me when I find myself using jargony content strategy terms. Yet, like other specialty web disciplines, content strategy has a number of specific guides, tools and processes to help us get our work done. Designers, developers, UX-ers, we all have them — and we need to be able to … [Read more...] about Content Strategy Glossary of Terms
Bringing Content Strategy from the Office to the Classroom
Every day, we fill the roles of both teacher and student. We are frequently Googling for articles, reading books, querying peers, and sometimes attending conferences to learn how to tackle various content challenges. At the same time, we are often consulting, training, and educating colleagues and stakeholders alike about content strategy best practices and how to best meet … [Read more...] about Bringing Content Strategy from the Office to the Classroom