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Content Value

Entry #156 / 700 · Chapter 4 · 4.1 Writing for the web and information gain · Read in Chinese →
In one sentence

What the reader actually gets: a problem solved, time saved, something learned, or something enjoyed.

Analogy Mental model

Finishing a good book and feeling the evening was worth it, because you can now do something you could not do before.

In practice What you actually do

Write it into the brief as an outcome sentence: after reading this, the reader will be able to blank in blank minutes. If that sentence is vague, the article will be too, and several hundred words will pass before anyone notices.

Where people get burned Pitfalls

Value is judged by the audience, not the author. B2B readers want return and efficiency, consumer readers want reassurance and pleasure. A beauty tutorial written in enterprise tone is valuable to nobody.

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