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Strategies for Effective Web Writing
Heidi Steiner BurkhardtUser Experience Specialist | University of Michigan Library
LibraryLinkNJ Webinar January 27, 2016
[email protected] | @heidi_sb | #webwriting
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Learning Objectives
● Identify the various types of web content your library
sends out into the world
● Initiate the development of established voice and tone
guidelines for your library
● Write web content using best practices and strategies
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Agenda
● What web content do libraries send out into the world?
● Why do users end up at our content?
● How do we read on the web?
● How can you approach learning about your audience?
Status check and short question break
● Why are voice and tone important?
● What’s your library’s personality activity
● How can I write effectively for the web?
● Bringing it all together
Q&A
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Hello.
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“...writing well is part habit, part knowledge of some fundamental rules, and part giving a damn. We are all capable of producing good writing. Or, at least, better writing.” - Ann Handley, Everybody Writes (pg.1)
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What web content do libraries send out into the world?
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Short Answer Poll #1
Enter all the ways you can
think of that libraries interact
with users in writing on the
web.
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Web pages
System messages
Newsletters Social Media
Guidelines & Policies
Instructional Content
Interface language & microcopy
Blog posts
Email, chat, text
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Web copy
Different types among
web pages...
Support
Policies & General Info
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Web copy
...and so much more
beyond that.
Support
Policies & General Info
Interface
Live Interactions
Editorial
Outreach & Marketing
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Why do users end up at our content?
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Need information or answers
Web pagesGuidelines &
Policies
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Trying to accomplish or troubleshoot something
Web pages
System messages
Instructional Content
Interface language & microcopy
Email, chat, text
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Anticipated
System messages
Newsletters
Social MediaBlog posts
Email, chat, text
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Sphere of their life
Newsletters Social Media
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Empathy
Consider your users
potential emotional state.
Help documentation or how-to
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Empathy
Consider your users
potential emotional state.
Help documentation or how-to
Downloading ebooks takes 15 steps.
We know downloading ebooks is a little tricky, follow these steps to get reading!
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Empathy
Consider your users
potential emotional state.
Reading blog post or newsletter
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Empathy
Consider your users
potential emotional state.
Reading blog post or newsletter
New Books Available
Check Out Over 100 New Mysteries!
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Empathy
Consider your users
potential emotional state.
Success message
Error message
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Empathy
Consider your users
potential emotional state.
Success message
Error message
Error. Your request could not be processed.
Oops! Something went wrong. Use the Ask Us link for help.
Success.
Yay! We got your request and will let you know when it’s ready.
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How do we read on the web?
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Short Answer Poll #2
Enter words that describe how
you read on the web.
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Instead, we scan...
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...and read in an F pattern
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Plus, there’s the peril of decision making
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How can you approach learning about your audience?
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Identify primary audiences
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Demographics
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Library Statistics
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Surveys somebody else did
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Make it a habit
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Consider creating personas
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Short Answer Poll #3
Enter your initial thoughts on
who you think your library’s
primary audiences are.
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Status check & short question break
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Why are voice and tone important?
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Voice
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Tone
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What’s your library’s personality?
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Short Answer Poll #4
1. If your library was a person, how would you describe them?
2. How do you want people to feel when they visit your website?
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Short Answer Poll #5
Enter two this-not-that
statements about your library’s
personality.
Examples:Welcoming, but not jargony
Helpful, but not overbearing
Knowledgeable, but not preachy
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Short Answer Poll #6
Enter two specific examples of
when you will want to employ a
shift in tone.
Keep in mind:● Type of copy● Audience● User’s
emotional state
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How can I write effectively for the web?
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Writing for the web essentials
Inverted pyramid
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Writing for the web essentials
Structure
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Writing for the web essentials
Scannability
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Writing for the web essentials
Save time of the reader
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Writing for the web essentials
Conversation
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Writing for the web essentials
Style choices
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Writing for the web essentials
Links
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Writing for the web essentials
Be....
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Short Answer Poll #7
Enter your favorite web writing
tip that you will put to work
right away!
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Bringing it all together.
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Social Media
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Newsletters
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Borrowing page
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Recommend Readings & ToolsBooks
The Content Strategy Toolkit: Methods, Guidelines, and
Templates for Getting Content Right (Voices That
Matter) by Meghan Casey
How to Make Sense of Any Mess by Abby Covert
Nicely Said by Nicole Fenton and Kate Kiefer Lee
Everybody Writes by Ann Handley
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense
Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) by Steve Krug
Putting the User First: 30 Strategies for Transforming
Library Services by Courtney Greene McDonald
Letting Go of Words by Ginny Redish
Useful, Usable, Desirable: Applying User Experience
Design to Your Library by Aaron Schmidt and Amanda
Etches
Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra
Misc. Stuff on the Interwebs
GatherContent Blog (https://gathercontent.com/blog/)
MailChimp’s Voice & Tone website (http://voiceandtone.
com/)
MailChimp Content Style Guide (http://styleguide.
mailchimp.com/)
Nielsen Norman Group (Reports & Articles) (https:
//www.nngroup.com/)
UX Booth (http://www.uxbooth.com/)
UX Thought of the Day (http://ux-thought.tumblr.com/)
Weave: The Journal of Library User Experience (http:
//weaveux.org/)
Tools
Hemingway editor (http://www.hemingwayapp.com/)
Readability Score (https://readability-score.com/)
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Q&A
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Thank you!
Heidi Steiner BurkhardtUser Experience Specialist
University of Michigan Library@heidi_sb
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