Few things make a content developer (aka writer) happier than a complete product messaging roadmap. For details, see What the Writer Wants from a Product Messaging Document. We know that content development and review cycles will be smooth sailing if there’s a well-developed product messaging map at the start. But as with any rule, there’s an exception […]
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Messaging part 2: The messaging review
In my last post (There’s always time for messaging) I talked about a few strategies for selling the ‘messaging’ part of a content marketing project. It’s important to nail down key messaging before writing website content, white papers or other content. How do you conduct a review of the messaging, particularly if it’s something that […]
There’s always time for messaging
Sometimes when I face a complex project, I tell the client that I’d like to create a ‘messaging map’ or messaging document to get their approval on key messages before I proceed. I often get the response “We don’t have time for that” or “Just work with what you see on our web page, the […]
Top 5 reasons to create a product messaging map
I was talking with a client the other day, who told me that he’d gotten some pushback for creating a product messaging document. Some people didn’t understand why he was spending the time creating an internal messaging document rather than diving right in to creating the outbound content. It may seem that I am stating […]