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Your Thoughts on Book Titles, Influence, & More

Your Thoughts on Book Titles, Influence, & More

Posted August 7th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Clout, Content Strategy, Persuasion and Influence, Trends, Writing | No Comments

Several weeks ago, I asked you about a book title. More than 130 of you responded within just few days. Your insights were thoughtful, smart, [...]

Definitions of Rhetoric: A Spectrum

Definitions of Rhetoric: A Spectrum

Posted August 7th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Marketing, Rhetoric, Writing | No Comments

Rhetoric, to me, captures the art of influencing change. But what is rhetoric, exactly? From witty to lofty to practical,  these definitions answer that question [...]

Writing a Book Is a Great Excuse to Buy Books

Writing a Book Is a Great Excuse to Buy Books

Posted July 28th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Books, Clout, Persuasion and Influence, Writing | 1 Comment

I’m milking that excuse for all it’s worth! Here’s my take on two recent reads while writing Clout.

Audience, Relevance, and Search
I [...]

Chronos vs Kairos: Do We Plan for the Right Concept of Time?

Chronos vs Kairos: Do We Plan for the Right Concept of Time?

Posted February 28th, 2010 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Essays, Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, Rhetoric, Writing | 3 Comments

The ancient Greeks got some things very right. Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, reintroduced the Greek muse into our modern concept of creativity [...]

Rhetoric and the New Literacy

Rhetoric and the New Literacy

Posted August 27th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Rhetoric, Writing | 1 Comment

Finally, someone studies literacy in our information age from a rhetorical perspective!

Andrea Lunsford analyzed thousands of student writing samples as part of the Stanford [...]

Let’s Make Content Shine

Posted August 4th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Marketing, Persuasion and Influence, User / Customer Experience, Writing | No Comments

ASIS&T released its August / September Bulletin, featuring articles inspired by presentations from IA Summit 2009. Honored to contribute The Debut of [...]

Design and Content in Customer Service Excellence

Posted July 31st, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Marketing, Writing | 3 Comments

Earlier this week at Customer UNinterrupted, stars in customer service from brands such as Whirlpool, T-Mobile, Zappos, CVS, and much more presented exciting [...]

How Users Read on the Web Redux

Posted June 16th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Essays, Interaction Design, Persuasion and Influence, Research, Usability, User / Customer Experience, Writing | 4 Comments

They DO.

I feel the need to say what should be the obvious.  Why?  Because recently, while catching up on my Twitter feed, the [...]

For Persuasive Design, Keep Rhetoric in the Mix

For Persuasive Design, Keep Rhetoric in the Mix

Posted February 25th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Content Strategy, Persuasion and Influence, Psychology, Rhetoric, Writing | 1 Comment

I recently read the book Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click. Useful? Yes. Clear explanation of psychology in persuasive websites? Yes. All you need [...]

Taming the Multichannel Monster

Taming the Multichannel Monster

Posted February 5th, 2009 | By Colleen | Categories: Writing | No Comments

In my recent column for UXmatters, I talk about content and the cross channel, or multichannel, customer experience. Conversing well with [...]