blend conference 2014: polishing your content publishing process
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Presented at Blend Conference, Charlotte, NC, September 13, 2014. You're starting to incorporate content strategy into your organization, building up (or elbowing your way into) a process that shepherds content from concept to implementation. And yet: there are bottlenecks and broken tools, slowdowns and workarounds. Despite the big ideas and deliverables, the process of producing and publishing content is still awfully messy. Luckily, you've got the skills to improve it. The content strategy work you're already doing can help identify and untangle the knots in your team and workflow, and lead to a more sustainable content production process.TRANSCRIPT
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Polishing Your Content Publishing
Process
Blend Conference September 13, 2014
Lisa Maria Martin | @redsesame
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Who likes coloring?
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Process?
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The Writing Process
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Famous Writers’ Sleep Habits & Literary Productivity
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The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People
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Who *doesn’t* like coloring?
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We want a
repeatable, sustainable
process
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because we want
repeatable, sustainable
results.
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The Process™
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If only publishing content were this easy.
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Content strategy was supposed to make everything perfect.
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Our workflow still has challenges.
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Slowdowns
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Unexpected gaps
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Workarounds
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Broken tools
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Crayons, man.
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Spend time on content, not firefighting.
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Use your skills.
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You’re already thinking about:
Communication goals
Production
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You’re already thinking about:
User needs Author
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You’re already thinking about:
Inventories & audits Process
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You’re already thinking about:
Tools & channels
Writing & editing
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You’re already thinking about:
Sustainable pages
workflows
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Strategist, strategize
thyself.
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The Process™
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Real talk o’clock
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The (Actual) Process™
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The (Actual) Process™
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The (Actual) Process™
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The (Actual) Process™
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The (Actual) Process™
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Map your
reality.
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• Roles & responsibilities • People • Timing • Tools
Pay attention to:
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• Write it. • Draw it. • Share it.
Make it visible:
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What do we learn?
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Is there a disconnect?
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Is your team out of order?
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Are your resources scarce?
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Are you using the wrong tools?
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Blame the CMS!
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Blame the CMS! Don’t
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Now what?
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Mind the gaps.
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Advocate for a better process.
• Approach • People • Resources • Tools
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Iterate and change.
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Be patient.
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Fix your process now.
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Do better work later.
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Enjoy coloring.
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Thank you.
Lisa Maria Martin | @redsesame