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WHAT'S INSIDE
Issue #105 (Nov. 11th, 2020)
- Keeping non-writers in line 📏
- Making offers they can’t refuse 🤝
- Robots are taking our writing jobs? 🦾
- Day drinking for
children 🍸
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🎙️ Great new webinar coming up with Matt Hayes of LinkedIn. It’s all about how a simple set of guidelines for non-UX writers can dramatically free up UX writer bandwidth to cover interesting projects instead of just proofreading all day. We’ll let him sum it up:
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🤝 What’s the number one underappreciated skill for a UX writer? Negotiation.
Be it with product managers or stakeholders, learning how to say no with grace, choosing your words wisely, using data, and more can do wonders for your career. Find out how in:
Why UX Writers Need to Work on Their Negotiation Skills
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👍 👎 OK, so this one hit a little close to home. NN/g does it again with an insightful, data-based look at how emojis in the subject line influence how an email is perceived.
Don’t worry though—our writing hand emoji isn’t going anywhere. ✍️
Emojis in Email Subject Lines: Advantage or Impediment?
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🤷 Looking for yet another forum to chat about UX writing and microcopy? Hey, why not? Check out this subreddit, the art of microcopy.
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🦾 We often talk about how the future
belongs to writers and that you can future-proof your career through UX writing. But what if robots start writing copy too? Are we all doomed!
Check out this cool new tool that lets you compose high-performing, audience-based ad copy in seconds.
https://www.copy.ai
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MICROCOPY 'N' GIGGLES!
🍸 Thanks, Damian Corrigan, for the post and comment: Because kids are also finding the existential angst of 2020 a bit too much to cope with.
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🤖 Back in February, we had a fantastic chat with Amir Shevat—a bot designer who’s worked on projects for Google, Slack, and Twitch—about creating conversation design. Don't miss it!
How to design a bot in 2020
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👔 Welcome 🇬🇷 Greece to the job board. Plus, some great positions up and down the West Coast in the
USA.
And as always, whether you’re looking to hire or be hired:
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