Polishing Your
Content Publishing
Process
Content Strategy Summit
August 19, 2014
Lisa Maria Martin | @redsesame
Who likes coloring?
Process?
The Writing Process
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Famous Writers’ Sleep Habits
& Literary Productivity
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The Daily Routines of
Famous Creative People
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(Let’s watch a movie)
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We want a
repeatable,
sustainable
process
because we want
repeatable,
sustainable
results.
The Process™
The Process™
The Process™
The Process™
The Process™
If only publishing content
were this easy.
Content strategy was supposed
to make everything perfect.
Our workflow still
has challenges.
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Slowdowns
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Unexpected gaps
Workarounds
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Broken tools
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Crayons, man.
Spend time
on content,
not firefighting.
Use your skills.
You’re already thinking about:
Communication
goals
You’re already thinking about:
Communication
goals
Production
You’re already thinking about:
User needs
You’re already thinking about:
User needsAuthor
You’re already thinking about:
Inventories &
audits
You’re already thinking about:
Inventories &
auditsProcess
You’re already thinking about:
Tools &
channels
You’re already thinking about:
Tools &
channels
Writing & editing
You’re already thinking about:
Sustainable
pages
You’re already thinking about:
Sustainable
pages
workflows
Content
strategist,
strategize
thyself.
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The Process™
Real talk o’clock
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The Process™
The (Actual)
Process™
The (Actual)
Process™
The (Actual)
Process™
The (Actual)
Process™
The (Actual)
Process™
The (Actual)
Process™
The (Actual)
Process™
The (Actual)
Process™
The (Actual)
Process™
The (Actual)
Process™
Map
your
reality.
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• Roles &
responsibilities
Pay attention to:
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• Roles &
responsibilities
• People
Pay attention to:
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• Roles &
responsibilities
• People
• Timing
Pay attention to:
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• Roles &
responsibilities
• People
• Timing
• Tools
Pay attention to:
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• Write it.
Make it visible:
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• Write it.
• Draw it.
Make it visible:
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• Write it.
• Draw it.
• Share it.
Make it visible:
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What do we
learn?
Is there a disconnect?
Is your team out of order?
Are your resources scarce?
Are you using the wrong tools?
Blame the CMS!
Blame the CMS!Don’t
Now what?
Mind the gaps.
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Advocate for a better process.
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Advocate for a better process.
• Approach
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Advocate for a better process.
• Approach
• People
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Advocate for a better process.
• Approach
• People
• Resources
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Advocate for a better process.
• Approach
• People
• Resources
• Tools
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Iterate and change.
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Be patient.
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Fix your process
now.
Do better work
later.
Enjoy coloring.
Thank you.
Lisa Maria Martin | @redsesame

Content Strategy Summit 2014: Polishing Your Content Publishing Process