Author Archives: Magnificent Publications
How Headlines Get Read on the Web
April 29, 2009
Writing good headlines for the Web is hard work. As usability expert Jakob Nielsen explains in a recent Alertbox post, successful online heads must be:
short (because people don’t read much online);
rich in information scent, clearly summarizing the target article;
front-loaded with the most important keywords (because users often scan only the beginning of list items);
understandable [...]
Where to Meet Your Peers
April 8, 2009
Conference season begins in spring, and two in particular will interest publications and Web content managers:
A Knowledge Sharing Summit for Online Professionals
May 5 – 7 in Philadelphia
J Boye, the conference organizer, says participants will consist of:
Web practitioners in the widest sense; web managers, web project managers, intranet managers and other online professionals operating both in- [...]
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Take Me Out of the Ordinary
May 1, 2008
Good illustrations sometimes work because they depict not the exact subject being discussed but a related concept that readers are likely to find more familiar. For example, Dan Kohan of Sensical Design writes in his newsletter about a book cover he recently designed for CASE, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The topic: [...]
Grand Re-Opening
November 29, 2007
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AARP Reinvents Its Member Newsletters
November 19, 2007
Recently AARP began making over its member newsletters, which are customized and distributed in each of the fifty states, along with Washington, D.C., the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. We’ve been editing and producing these newsletters for the past year and a half, and have learned our share of lessons about what works and what [...]
10 Questions to Ask Your Communications Consultant
October 31, 2007
How does the consultant approach a project like yours? What are the steps in the process?
Who will the consultant assign as project manager? How will the project manager communicate with you as work progresses?
How will the consultant obtain information about your organization’s goals for the project?
How will the consultant establish priorities and make decisions?
What does [...]
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