Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Interactive Technologies)
by Janice (Ginny) Redish
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Author: Janice (Ginny) RedishEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-29
ISBN: 0123694868
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
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Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent book on how to: structure a page, write content and generally make your site more professional.
Letting go of the words is a very practical, easy to read book. In our organization it is the foundation of the best practice guidelines for writing for the web.
Once you have read Ginny's book you will be eager to put her suggestions into practice. And, that's when the creative block sets in. You can easily fix the glaring errors on your own website and this is a great place to start. But to create truly remarkable content go and get yourself Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs (The New Rules of Social Media). This book will make you think about what you are writing or have written.
With 'Inbound Marketing' in hand your content style will change for the better and by applying Ginny's principles you will have an amazing site.
For me, much of this new style of electronic marketing has come together with the books I mentioned. But when you add another thought provoking book like Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, not only will your presentations take a new twist, but when you extend the principles of imagery to your website, the images you select will truly enhance the written content.
At our next conference, our presenters will present using the Zen techniques and no longer be giving out handouts, instead content will be written as blogs on our website for all to share and easily access. These books nurture creative thinking and pragmatic solutions!
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"Redish has done her homework and created a thorough overview of the issues in writing for the Web. Ironically, I must recommend that you read her every word so that you can find out why your customers won't read very many words on your website -- and what to do about it."-- Jakob Nielsen, Principal, Nielsen Norman Group
"There are at least twelve billion web pages out there. Twelve billion voices talking, but saying mostly nothing. If just 1% of those pages followed Ginny's practical, clear advice, the world would be a better place. Fortunately, you can follow her advice for 100% of your own site's pages, so pick up a copy of Letting Go of the Words and start communicating effectively today."
--Lou Rosenfeld, co-author, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web
On the web, whether on the job or at home, we usually want to grab information and use it quickly. We go to the web to get answers to questions or to complete tasks - to gather information, reading only what we need. We are all too busy to read much on the web.
This book helps you write successfully for web users. It offers strategy, process, and tactics for creating or revising content for the web. It helps you plan, organize, write, design, and test web content that will make web users come back again and again to your site.
Learn how to create usable and useful content for the web from the master ? Ginny Redish. Ginny has taught and mentored hundreds of writers, information designers, and content owners in the principles and secrets of creating web information that is easy to scan, easy to read, and easy to use.
This practical, informative book will help anyone creating web content do it better.
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* Clearly-explained guidelines with full color illustrations and examples from actual web sites throughout the book.
* Written in easy-to-read style with many "befores" and "afters."
* Specific guidelines for web-based press releases, legal notices, and other documents.
* Tips on making web content accessible for people with special needs.
Janice (Ginny) Redish has been helping clients and colleagues communicate clearly for more than 20 years. For the past ten years, her focus has been helping people create usable and useful web sites. She is co-author of two classic books on usability: A Practical Guide to Usability Testing (with Joseph Dumas), and User and Task Analysis for Interface Design (with JoAnn Hackos), and is the recipient of many awards.
* Clearly-explained guidelines with full color illustrations and examples from actual
web sites throughout the book.
* Written in easy-to-read style with many "befores" and "afters."
* Specific guidelines for web-based press releases, legal notices, and other documents.
* Tips on making web content accessible for people with special needs.
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