We provide a full range of content development related services, ranging from helping you be self-sufficient to taking down your specifications and delivering a completed project. Click one of the following for more information or give us a call at 317.562.9298.
We provide
- advisory services that help you develop an approach to creating content less expensively and more efficiently
- training services that transfer what we know to someone within your organization
- digital documents that reduce costs, errors and workflow bottlenecks
- template design services that let your staff focus on the real work (getting the content right, meeting deadlines) and make the technology deal with the repetitive, mundane stuff
- production services to help you when you need someone to deal with all the technology issues of getting data into, and out of, specific tools
- content development services that help you create just the right content
advisory services
We can
- help you review and evaluate technology and approaches that will support your content development needs
- analyze your current content development approach, design a streamlined system, implement the new approach and evaluate what is going well and what you need to revamp
- help you document your approach so that you have a single point of reference for everyone to use
- use a systematized approach to your content development needs so that you can "manufacture" your information products
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training services
We can teach your team how to
- develop a document that serves as both a style guide and a training guide for new content developers
- make the best use of various content development tools, such as Adobe FrameMaker, Microsoft Word, Omni Systems Mif2Go and Quadralay WebWorks Publisher
- implement a single-sourcing system or approach
- write more quickly and less expensively by using structured development approaches
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digital documents
We create
- eNewsletters with excellent navigation and readability
- eForms that save you money
- eDocuments that can be read, edited, and distributed electronically
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template design services
We take off-the-shelf tools like Adobe FrameMaker and Microsoft Word and create templates that help your staff focus on their job instead of fighting with their tools.
Our templates
- streamline your document production processes
- automate repetitive tasks
- make frequently used information available with a keystroke or two
- help authors focus on content rather than formatting
- can include document shells that reduce training time for new staff members
- reflect the design requirements established by your company
- make it easy to convert from one format to another so that you can easily reuse information
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production services
- We can convert existing documents into new file formats, for example
- word processing to desktop publishing
- database files to word processing files
- various file formats to digital formats such as PDF, HTML, WinHelp, HTMLHelp, JavaHelp
- convert existing documents to match a new design or corporate identity program
- use off-the-shelf tools to put documents into a preset or approved format content
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content development services
We've written and edited a lot of technical content, so we can
- gather information from those in the know
- translate technicalese into everyday language
- tweak existing information to make it match a style guide or make it easier to translate into another language
- write technical documents such as
- end user documentation
- specifications
- system documentation
- edit documents for
- grammar and punctuation
- clarity and usability
- accuracy and readability
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