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Content modelling and structured content: the basics

09/12/2023 by Lauren Pope

Get an intro to content modelling and structured content. Learn how it helps you work more efficiently, save money, and make better content.

Categories Information and advice Tags Content design, content model, Content strategy, structured content
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Content strategy for charities

13/10/2023 by Lauren Pope

Get an in-depth understanding of what content strategy is and how it can benefit charities, with practical tips on creating one tailored to your organisation and its goals.

Categories Information and advice Tags Charity, Content strategy
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Content strategy: the back to basics guide

11/10/202302/10/2023 by Lauren Pope

We’re going back to basics with a simple guide to help you understand content strategy: what it is, why it matters, what it covers, and beyond.

Categories Information and advice Tags Content strategy
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The content strategy of charity blogs: a study

11/09/2023 by Lauren Pope

A study of 50 different charity blogs. See the findings, common mistakes and tips for a better blog.

Categories Reports and research Tags Blogging, Charity, Content strategy
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Tools for content strategists and designers

03/09/2023 by Lauren Pope

I’m drawn to anything that promises to save time, make life easier, or help me do a better job. This is a snapshot of my current toolkit and how I’m using it.

Categories Links, tools, recommendations Tags Content design, Content strategy
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The content strategy of arts and culture blogs: a study

11/10/202301/09/2023 by Lauren Pope

A blog used to be an ubiquitous part of any arts and cultural organisation’s website. But that’s changing. I carried out a study of 30 different arts and culture blogs – see my findings and what I learnt about best practice.

Categories Reports and research Tags Arts and culture, Blogging, Content strategy
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Why a bad website is like a car boot sale

11/10/202306/04/2023 by Lauren Pope

One of my clients used the best metaphor for bad, organisation-focused websites the other day: a car boot sale. I was so struck by the comparison, that I had to write about it.

Categories Opinion Tags Content strategy, Information architecture
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Overcoming the ‘everything everywhere all at once’ of content

11/10/202310/02/2023 by Lauren Pope

Content people don’t have to fix everything, everywhere, all at once. Really.

Categories Opinion Tags Content strategy
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“When you capture a client’s content strategy what, exactly, do you deliver?”

11/10/202330/01/2023 by Lauren Pope

In the first instalment of my new content strategy agony aunt series, someone asks what it means to deliver a content strategy.

Categories Information and advice Tags Content operations, Content strategy
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Less is more when it comes to strategy

30/08/202331/07/2019 by Lauren Pope

What Educating Rita can teach us about how to write a strategy that’s a map not a maze.

Categories Opinion Tags Content strategy
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