What kind of content do you publish to your company blog(s)?
- Marketing, promotional or other non-technical content (100%, 3 Votes)
- Copy that accompanies tutorials or videios (67%, 2 Votes)
- Posts ghost-written on behalf of management (67%, 2 Votes)
- Announcements of product releases (67%, 2 Votes)
- PDFs of user documentation (33%, 1 Votes)
- Blog posts that contain how-to information (33%, 1 Votes)
- FAQs (33%, 1 Votes)
- Something else (please post a comment and tell us) (0%, 0 Votes)
- Nothing. Another department handles web content (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 3
Start Date: June 18, 2013 @ 5:00 am
End Date: No Expiry
As a consumer, for what reason(s) do you visit a company's blog(s)?
- I want tips, tricks or hints to help me use the product. (74%, 14 Votes)
- I get information about updates or new products. (63%, 12 Votes)
- I need to find out how to get support for a problem. (53%, 10 Votes)
- I want links to videos or webinars on using the product (37%, 7 Votes)
- I want to learn about how other people are using the product. (32%, 6 Votes)
- Something else (please post a comment and tell us). (21%, 4 Votes)
- I search for information on product recalls or safety issues. (21%, 4 Votes)
- I want to know about discounts or promotions. (21%, 4 Votes)
- I look for information to convince management (or the spouse) to make a purchase, (21%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 19
Start Date: June 10, 2013 @ 7:57 pm
End Date: No Expiry
What Are Your Content Management System (CMS) Feature Must-Haves and Really-Wants?
- Standards compliance (HTML5, CSS3, EPUB3, DITA, DocBook, etc) (81%, 21 Votes)
- Support for conditional text, metadata and taxonomy design (77%, 20 Votes)
- Native WYSIWYG authoring and XML editing (62%, 16 Votes)
- Easy import of content (Word, images, FrameMaker, etc.) (62%, 16 Votes)
- Role-based access (contributors, authors, publishers, reviewers, etc.) (62%, 16 Votes)
- Robust documentation, technical support, and user community (62%, 16 Votes)
- Automated workflows and notifications (58%, 15 Votes)
- Integration with external systems (repositories, customer service, collaboration, etc) (50%, 13 Votes)
- Strong third-party support for plug-ins and extensions (23%, 6 Votes)
- Cloud-based or hosted solution available (19%, 5 Votes)
- Something else (please add a comment to the post) (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 26
Start Date: June 3, 2013 @ 9:26 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Can structured authoring and writing content for web delivery co-exist in the real world today?
- Yes, they’d better. The content management and publishing tools need to evolve—like yesterday—to allow for web formats, customizable versioning and integration into more systems. (68%, 23 Votes)
- Yes. It can and does co-exist in my world. (26%, 9 Votes)
- Not sure… here’s what I know about how we do it now and what I think we should do. (post a comment, please!) (3%, 1 Votes)
- No. The agile nature of web content makes single sourcing and reuse hard, and possibly irrelevant. (3%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 34
Start Date: May 21, 2013 @ 8:55 pm
End Date: No Expiry
Is great content, or efficient structure more important to your tech comm and business goals? (Please post a comment telling us why.)
- High-quality, compelling content (81%, 21 Votes)
- Robust and efficient structure (19%, 5 Votes)
Total Voters: 26
Start Date: May 14, 2013 @ 5:30 am
End Date: No Expiry