Your Search Isn’t Broken,  Your Content Is

Your Search Isn’t Broken, Your Content Is

Search and findability issues are the number one complaint that I hear from customers who realize they need a content strategy. Well over 50% of customers from our content strategy practice start conversations by telling me that their search is “broken.”  Once we...
MedTech: The Time is Now for Structured Content

MedTech: The Time is Now for Structured Content

I recently came across a great commentary in the August 2021 issue of “Pharma Technology Focus.” The article is titled, “MDR set to transform how MedTech firms approach content management,” written by Barbara Peraltor, Director of Life Science Solutions at Amplexor. ...
Solving the 6 Challenges of Medical Device Content

Solving the 6 Challenges of Medical Device Content

EU Medical Device Regulation (2017/745) and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (2017/746) went into effect in May 2021, after about a year’s delay due to COVID-19. Medical device manufacturers have known about the new regulations for years and have been working to meet...
From Startup to Structure

From Startup to Structure

I’ve started to notice a trend in structured authoring. In the past, almost all of our customers who implemented structured authoring were established companies with a lot of legacy content. And most of the writers were very technical. Rarely did I see young companies...
Is Structured Content Ready for Pharma?

Is Structured Content Ready for Pharma?

I’ve had more than one conversation over the past several years about whether pharmaceutical companies were “ready” for structured content. After all, many of the benefits of structured content roll up into one key business need: scale. And scale — the ability...
The Coming Together of The Personalization Paradox

The Coming Together of The Personalization Paradox

Writing a book is not for the faint of heart. Or the easily distracted. It is a sizable undertaking. You have to make sure you have enough to say, in terms of quantity and value.  The Personalization Paradox was the result of an epiphany I had one day. I was on a...