{"id":25308,"date":"2015-03-25T09:50:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T16:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content26.com\/?p=25308"},"modified":"2017-02-22T08:22:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:22:20","slug":"intelligent-content-adapt-or-get-left-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/blog\/intelligent-content-adapt-or-get-left-behind\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelligent Content: Adapt or Get Left Behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I showed up at this week&#8217;s Intelligent Content Conference not knowing exactly how &#8220;intelligent content&#8221; fit with the type of\u00a0content we create every day: product-level content destined for online retailers. But I wasn&#8217;t left in the dark for long. One of the first exercises conference co-founder Ann Rockley took us through in her workshop &#8220;Building a Framework for Intelligent Content&#8221; involved content modeling a product page. Exciting stuff for content nerds. And it only got better from there.<\/p>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Intelligent content is automatically discoverable, reusable, reconfigurable, and adaptable.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Intelligent Content?<\/h2>\n<p>For those of you unfamiliar with the term intelligent content, here&#8217;s how Rockley\u00a0defined it in our session:\u00a0&#8220;Intelligent content is content that is structurally rich and semantically categorized, and is therefore <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25446\" src=\"http:\/\/content26.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/intelligent-content-graphic-1-300x298.png\" alt=\"intelligent-content-graphic-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/intelligent-content-graphic-1-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/intelligent-content-graphic-1-160x159.png 160w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/intelligent-content-graphic-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/intelligent-content-graphic-1-250x248.png 250w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/intelligent-content-graphic-1-403x400.png 403w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/intelligent-content-graphic-1-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/intelligent-content-graphic-1-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/987654321.space\/c26_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/intelligent-content-graphic-1.png 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>automatically <strong>discoverable, reusable, reconfigurable, and adaptable<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An\u00a0intelligent approach to content makes sense for brands creating <a href=\"http:\/\/content26.com\/blog\/product-page-credibility-information-design-interview\/\" title=\"Product page credibility, information &amp; design: interview\" target=\"_blank\">product-page content<\/a>. Think about it this way:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Discoverable<\/strong>:\u00a0You\u00a0need search-optimized content if you want online shoppers to find your products<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reusable<\/strong>: Every time you change your product, you should be able to easily update your content, too<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reconfigurable<\/strong>: If your content is easy to modify, you can create retailer-specific product descriptions\u00a0with minimal effort<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adaptable<\/strong>: Your <a href=\"http:\/\/content26.com\/blog\/letting-chunks-launch-your-products\/\" title=\"Letting chunks launch your products\" target=\"_blank\">content should be chunked<\/a> in such a way that it&#8217;s easy to read on all kinds of devices, including mobile phones<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Rockley said that, ideally, 25% of all content should be reusable. In my opinion, this figure holds true for product-level\u00a0content\u00a0as well.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of Intelligent Content<\/h2>\n<p>When Rockley started consulting in 1982, she noticed that companies were &#8220;hand-crafting everything&#8221; and that it was a manual process. She began advocating for automating the process and doing it smartly. Today, with so many different publishing and social media platforms, smart automation makes more sense than ever. Rockley said she&#8217;s found that companies who implement intelligent content see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increased productivity (up to 60%)<\/li>\n<li>Increased customer satisfaction<\/li>\n<li>Better rendering on devices (mobile devices, tablets, different sizes of laptops)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;Intelligent content provides up to 60% increased productivity.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Content Is Data<\/h2>\n<p>For many marketers, it&#8217;s a mental shift to begin thinking of content as an &#8220;information product.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What does this mean? While I won&#8217;t go into the details of the day-long seminar, creating an intelligent content strategy means diving deep into concepts such as <a href=\"http:\/\/content26.com\/blog\/the-customer-model-of-ia-content-strategy-interview\/\" title=\"The customer model of IA and content strategy: interview\" target=\"_blank\">content modeling, taxonomy<\/a>, automated reuse, and workflow.<\/p>\n<p>It definitely helps to have a content management system in place. But even without one, companies can begin to put into place rules and structures in order to keep content from getting out of control. Governance and control are not dirty words when it comes to content, Rockley notes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The more you are in control of your content, the better off you are,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<h2>Takeaway: Future-Proof Your Content<\/h2>\n<p>You can&#8217;t predict what a retailer like\u00a0Amazon is going to require of you tomorrow. 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