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How to Write Helpful Help Content with Michele Wiedemer

How to Write Helpful Help Content with Michele Wiedemer

FromThe Visual Lounge


How to Write Helpful Help Content with Michele Wiedemer

FromThe Visual Lounge

ratings:
Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Oct 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What is help content? You don’t have to be a technical writer to create content that helps people use your product. Your content just needs to help your customers help themselves. Customer education content helps customers to solve problems and perform the tasks they need. Providing this content is an essential ingredient for ensuring the success of your product with your customers.There are ways to create effective help resources, and in this episode of The Visual Lounge, Michele Wiedemer shares her twenty years of knowledge for creating, evaluating, and improving your customer-facing help content.Learning points from the episode include:What customer education isWhy everyone should know how to create helpful contentWhat common errors people make when creating customer education contentHow to decide what type of helpful content to createWhy Michele wanted to create the Writing Helpful Help TechSmith Academy courseThe three essential steps to creating effective help contentWhy you should prioritize access to your help content  Important links and mentions:Michele’s Writing Helpful Help TechSmith Academy courseMichele’s website, Virtual Customer LearningMichele’s LinkedInLearn more about the TechSmith Academy https://academy.techsmith.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=visuallounge&utm_content=writing-helpful-helpTo read the blog post on the topic or watch the video, go to: http://techsmith.com/blog/how-to-write-helpful-help-content-with-michele-wiedemer
Released:
Oct 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Visuals and videos are powerful, but creating them can feel overwhelming. Yet they are essential to creating content that impacts understanding, helps improve communication, and can save you and the viewers time and money.  The Visual Lounge is a place where we talk about creating and using visuals and videos for all sorts of communication. Whether you’re creating a course to help your organization roll out new software, an educator learning to better communicate with  your students, or a marketer helping your customers see the impact of your product, our conversations will help see how visuals can impact your work.  Listen in as Matt Pierce, Learning & Video Ambassador, leads you through a variety of conversations with industry guests and experts. You’ll get practical advice and insights to help you to create better and more impactful images and videos.