UX Writing Weekly #107

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Webinar with the author of Strategic Writing for UX
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WHAT'S INSIDE

Issue #107 (Nov. 25th, 2020)
  • UX writing at Stripe [Podcast] 💱
  • FREE content design resources❗
  • Push notifications like a BOSS 📳
  • When life gives you lemons … 🍋


WEBINAR

📺 We’re super excited to have Torrey Podmajersky, UX writer at Google and author of Strategic Writing for UX, on our upcoming webinar. Torrey will talk about the direct and heuristic measurement of UX content, and the practical process of designing it with usability and voice in mind. As always, we’ll finish with a Q&A session.




PODCAST
💱 Join us for a chat with Angela Kilduff and Victoria Stanell of Stripe, the successful online payment processing app for internet businesses. We talk about:

  • The huge hype/demand for writers and designers
  • Challenges they face and the structure of their team
  • What writers and designers can learn from processes at Stripe


Don’t miss it!

UX Writing at Stripe | Interview with Angela Kilduff and Victoria Stanell



TOP ARTICLES & MORE

 
❗There are hundreds of content design resources out there, some good, some great, and some we can’t live without. Check out our absolute favorites.

Top 7 free content design resources

 
📳 Push notification: Love ‘em or loathe ‘em, if done right, they can be highly effective. This quick read offers three guidelines for creating push notifications that convert.

The 3 key ingredients to a successful push notification strategy

📐 IA (that’s Information Architecture) has been feeling the pressure for a while now. But it’s not dead and buried just yet.

Will tactical IA save this dying art? Learn more in:

Why some IA is better than none

📼 We did a thing — and we’re hoping to do more! But we’d like your input. So, what kind of video content would you like to see?

Leave us a comment in the YouTube vid, or just respond to this email.

How to Write Error Messages Like a PRO



MICROCOPY 'N' GIGGLES!


🍋 This cheeky Lemonade version update made us LOL.
 


PORTFOLIO
🐑 Icelandic Californian Anna Anderson has a killer combo of UX design and writing skills. Plus, rumor has it that she can knit a mean wool sweater.

Check out her excellent writing and design work.

http://www.annaandersen.com/



BLAST FROM THE PAST
☑️ New to the field? Looking for resources? Last year we published this handy list:

9 UX Writing Resources For Beginners



UX WRITING JOBS
👔 When life gives you lemons, why not become a product writer at Lemonade? Think you’ve got what it takes?

And as always, whether you’re looking to hire or be hired:



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See you next week!

Yuval



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