UX Writing Weekly #132

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WHAT’S INSIDE ✍️

Issue #132 (May 19th, 2021)

  • Mind-blowing AI-generated writing
  • Writing for the customer journey
  • Trending in UX: Industry tweets and more
  • Refer friends — get free stuff



ARTICLES 📰

🤯 We’ve been following the advancements in AI-generated copy for some time now. But the examples in this article, from Kafka to Coleridge, left me stunned. No one knows just how AI will influence the future of writing, but it seems almost certain that a big change is on the horizon.

The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing
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🤔 Which design skills are most valuable to a UX writer? If this is your question, the team at Slack has some great advice for you.

Design skills for UX writers

💳 Customers often follow a journey of awareness. It starts before they acknowledge a need for a product and culminates in considering if yours is right for them. Create copy that resonates with customers by understanding this journey in:

The 5 Stages of Customer Awareness and How to Create Content For Each




MICROCOPY BITE 💬

We love Eventbrite and use it all the time — it’s a great product. But this account deletion message is all over the place: conflicting copy, technical jargon, unclear visual element, possibly irrelevant CTA.

Guess one never knows what strange copy might be lurking in the dark corners of a website.




TRENDING IN UX 🐦

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ONLINE EVENTS 📅




UX WRITING JOBS 👔

This week, new positions at Booking.com, Verizon, TikTok, and more on our UX writing job board.

Whether you’re looking to hire or be hired:



PORTFOLIO 🎨

Isaac is a self-titled web stuff maker (aka, a web developer & designer resolving end-to-end business problems).

If you’ve been wondering how to arrange a portfolio in Notion.so, look no further — this is how it’s done!

https://www.notion.so/Hi-I-m-Isaac-a-Web-Stuff-Maker-6268359291734379b0d2628232bcb241




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