Transition to marcomm webinar
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It’s All Marcomm
A Tech Writer Goes Fluffy
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How to participate
• Plain Talk Series Webinar
Housekeeping
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It’s All MarcommA Tech Writer Goes Fluffy
Paul Holland, ModeratorMarketing Manager, Federal Equipment Company
Manager, STC MarCom SIG
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It’s All MarcommA Tech Writer Goes Fluffy
Joe Staples, PresenterSenior Information Architect, Prowess Consulting
Joe works with a small but potent team of writers at Prowess Consulting, where they produce technical and marketing communication for some of the world’s largest IT-industry firms. When not working, he hikes, plays racquetball, and plays with his family.
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How To Move from This…
• UI documentation
• Management and configuration guides
• Procedural documentation
• Courseware
• Lab manuals
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…to This
• Marketing collateral:
Web copy
White papers
Solution briefs
Data sheets
Email copy
Animation scripts
What has been your experience?
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What Do We Mean by MarComm?
Some defining traits:
Technical Communication Marketing Communication
Post-sale audience, especially usersPre-sale audience, especially decision makers and influencers
Objective, detached style Personal (or personable), engaging style
Primary goal: inform the reader Primary goal: inspire the reader to take action
Example: Configuration guide Example: Solution brief
TC MC
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What’s This About Fluff??
Perceptions of MarComm
Lacks technical
depth
Careless with truth or facts
Anyone can write
it
Takes little time
or skill
Lighter look and
feel
Others?
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Take Your Tech Comm and Fluff It
MarComm does substantive work
• Projects the company’s image
• Reinforces its brands• Inspires action• Enables an emotional
connection• …much more
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MarComm Is Tough
• It’s all MarComm
• Good technical documentation encourages brand loyalty
• It inspires action: buy from us again
• Your TechComm skills add big value
• Uncover hidden information• SME collaboration• Depth of engagement
But take a deep breath…
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Transfer These Three Skills First
• Technical Aptitude
• “Fluff” is pure sales talk written by someone with little technical acumen.
• You can write impactful pieces because of your ability to grasp and distill difficult technical concepts (the opposite of fluff).
• Attention to D&P
• You can help your clients tune their message and its delivery.
• You can quickly spot and rectify empty, vague phrases that give MarComm writing its pejorative label.
• Information Extraction
• You can get important information from very stubborn sources.
Where the rubber meets the road…
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How to Run with Your Skills
• Technical Aptitude
• Drink deeply from the source material.
• Read the technical documentation, not just MarComm sources.
• Attention to D&P
• Ask smarter questions
• Get beyond buzzwords to the substance
• Information Extraction
• Insist on an interview with a technical SME
What skills have you transferred and how?
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Thank You
• These slides available:• Twitter: @joe_staples• Email: [email protected]
• Join the STC MarComm SIG group at LinkedIn• Visit the SIG website: http://www.stc-marcom.org• Email: [email protected]
Questions?