As a communicator, you need to deliver a balance of content that connects to the company's objectives, strategy and business priorities. But how do you know if your content is hitting the mark or contributing to overload? Follow the steps below to do a quick and easy headline analysis.
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Collect your content Gather all the articles and messages you have provided to employees for a recent time period (for instance, one month or one quarter). Make a list of the headlines and/or subject lines. If you have an intranet site, you can do this quickly by going to the news archive page and capturing the headlines. |
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Categorize your headlines and subject lines Go through the list of headlines and subject lines, and organize them into a few key categories, such as:
Track how many headlines you have in each category. |
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Compare your content to your business priorities Now do a quick analysis.
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Make a plan Use this analysis to plan your business content for the next month or quarter. Ask:
Map out the content you are going to need, and when you are going to need it. |
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Share the plan Once you have created this plan, share it with your colleagues and contributors to let them know what business content your employees need going forward. |
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