Content Strategy for the Web

“This is the go-to handbook for creating an effective content strategy. The Post-it® notes and dog-eared pages in my copy are evidence of that!” — Aaro n Watkins, Director of Digital Strategy, Johns Hopkins Medicine “By far the most comprehensive and accessible book on content strategy available. Required reading for our entire team” – Lucie Hyde, Director of Content, eBay Europe

• Foreword: The Rapid Rise of Content Strategy at Facebook and Beyond Before We Begin REALITY 1 NOW: Hit the ground running. 2 PROBLEM: Why does your content (still) suck? 3 SOLUTION: Content strategy to the rescue. DISCOVERY 4 ALIGNMENT: Down with silos, up with people. 5 AUDIT: Take a close-up look at your current content. 6 ANALYSIS Your content lives in a complicated world. STRATEGY 7 CORE: Core strategy: the center of it all. 8 CONTENT: Substance and structure: the stuff they come for. 9 PEOPLE Worldflow and governance: the path to victory. SUCCESS 10 PERSUASION: Making the case for content strategy. 11 ADVOCACY: Get out there and do something. 12 HERO: Save the content, save the world. Content strategy reading list Acknowledgments About the Authors About Brain Traffic Index