kate kiefer-lee: stil og tone (webdagene 2013)
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Voice and ToneCreating content for humans
@katekiefer
voiceandtone.com mailchimp.com
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Find your voiceSpeak onto the page
Watch your toneKnow when to keep a straight face
Be honest
Find your voiceSpeak onto the page
Watch your toneKnow when to keep a straight face
Be honest
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That being said, here are our TENTATIVE plans...
1. All the space left behind by the support team becomes a big open meeting area. For pizza days, for coffee hours, for events. Maybe some robot wars, I dunno. We’re already getting too big for the Paula Deen room, and we need the space. I’ve heard proposals for a big gym, and for yoga classes. But we already have a gym in the basement of the 530 bldg. If you complain to me that the weight equipment is old, shut up. Rocky Balboa trained with rocks and dead animals in a meat locker. Gravity is gravity, and heavy stuff weighs the same whether it’s old or new.
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Ask questionsWhat does your company do?Why did you start your company?Why do people visit your website?Who are your customers?What other companies do you admire?
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If your brand were a person, how would you describe them?
Show me a few examples of content that suits your brand.
What other companies do you admire?
How do you want people to feel when they visit your website?
Ask questionsIf your brand were a person, how would you describe him or her?Show me a few examples of content that suits your brand.How do you want people to feel when they visit your website?
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MailChimp is
fun but not childishclever but not sillysmart but not stodgycon!dent but not cockyinformal but not sloppyhelpful but not overbearingexpert but not bossyweird but not inappropriate
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Design persona (Aarron Walter)
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Voice guidelines
company's missioncontent typesspeci!c content examplesbrand traitsreader/customer typesvisual guidelines
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Yaaaawn.
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styleguide.yahoo.com
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"It is insight into human nature that is key to the communicator's skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into his writings, the communicator is concerned with what the reader gets out of it. He therefore becomes a student of how people read or listen."
William Bernbach
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Find your voiceSpeak onto the page
Watch your toneKnow when to keep a straight face
Be honest
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"A good teacher I know, Jennifer Auger, has a simple but effective technique for the writing classroom. When her students have blah voiceless writing, she makes them speak the following words to her before reading their text: 'Listen to me, I have something to tell you.'"
Peter ElbowVernacular Eloquence: What Speech Can Bring to Writing
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Jerrold, a Nerdbot
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Find your voiceSpeak onto the page
Watch your toneKnow when to keep a straight face
Be honest
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Style guide: content types
e app
e application is MailChimp’s heart. Its language helps people along as they create, send and track email campaigns. People using the app already know and love MailChimp, so we can have a little fun with the language–though our priority is helping them get their work done quickly.
Why we do it: Duh.
Microcopy
Microcopy is that small but oh-so-important instructional copy that you usually see in forms and feedback messages. It might remind a user that her password has to contain a number or explain that email communication will only be used regarding a speci!c order. We also call it “help text,” and you see it both in the app and on the public site. It’s short and to-the-point.
Why we do it: To help users complete tasks.
MailChimp newsletter
MailChimp’s email newsletter is a company update written by our CEO, Ben. It’s full of photos, stories, experiments, links and announcements for customers who want to know more about MailChimp. It’s casual and entertaining.
Why we do it: To give customers more MailChimp news and provide an occasional behind-the-scenes look at how the company works. We are an email service, after all.
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Mascot’s jokes: an extra layer of humor
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Compliance alert: bad news
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Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions
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"If advertising had a little more respect for the public, the public would have a lot more respect for advertising."
James Randolph Adams
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To determine your tone of voice, consider:
1. Content type2. e reader's emotional state
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Ask yourself
What situation is the reader in that's bringing her to this content?What situation will this content put her in?How does the reader feel right now?How will this content make her feel?What can I do to maintain the reader's state of mind or put her in a better one?
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health and medicinereligionpoliticsmoney and bankingprivate informationfundraising
help docscontact pageFAQformsterms of servicefailure messages
Touchy Subjects
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Tufts University’s voice and tone guidelines
Tufts University’s voice and tone guide
wikis.uit.tufts.edu
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wikis.uit.tufts.edu
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be.macmillan.org.uk
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Macmillan Cancer Support’s writing guide
be.macmillan.org.uk
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Gov.UK’s style guide
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Wrong tone of voice
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Unsubscribe noti!cation (before)
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Unsubscribe noti!cation (after)
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Playful tone of voice
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Obama campaign’s unsubscribe screen
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$ickr.com/whitehouse
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Romney campaign’s unsubscribe screen
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Photojojo’s unsubscribe form
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Tea Muse’s unsubscribe screen
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"e consumer isn’t a moron. She is your wife."
David Ogilvy
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Find your voiceSpeak onto the page
Watch your toneKnow when to keep a straight face
Be honest
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Current 404
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404 reject
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Woot’s product description
woot.com
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Woot’s contact page
woot.com
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Find your voiceSpeak onto the page
Watch your toneKnow when to keep a straight face
Be honest
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Oh, really?
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Warby Parker’s roots
warbyparker.com
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Warby Parker’s library
warbyparker.com
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Warby Parker’s writing guide
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Warby Parker’s story page
warbyparker.com
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"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
Maya Angelou
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Thanks, Webdagene!
@katekiefer
voiceandtone.com mailchimp.com