UX Writing Weekly #84

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Great news! Based on the huge success of our first two UX writing webinars, UX Writing Hub is excited to announce the launch of our new webinar series!

Each month, we'll be featuring two new webinars with top UX talent from around the world. This week is Natalya Sarana, a UX researcher at Flixbus. She'll be teaching us budget-friendly tips and tricks to test copy without leaving your home office.

Each webinar will cost $10, but you can SAVE BIG with our monthly subscription where you'll get access to all future webinars for the entire year. See the full list of upcoming speakers from today's top companies.

As an added bonus, subscribers will get access to a library of all past recordings.

Spaces are limited, so sign up today. Recordings will be made available for signed-up participants only.

 
🍪 Our own Anja Wedberg dishes out some tasty UX writing tips in collaboration with our friends over at CareerFoundry. Lots of great tips—lots of great examples. Don’t miss it!

10 Key Ingredients of Top-Notch UX Writing: Pro Tips and Examples

 
💔 What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet;

While new names may have been a boon to star-crossed Shakespearean lovers, will they fix your products? The UX writing team at Booking.com shares their insights.

A new name won’t fix your product

 
🚀 From telling a story to the creative use of Reddit and other platforms, learn helpful tips that will help you successfully launch a project—side or otherwise.

6 Tips That Got My Side Project Its First 1,000 Users

 
MICROCOPY BITE
 
🛬 What was that thing we all used to do back in the day? Airplanes in the sky and stuff? Flying! Remember that?

If you do, maybe you also remember Ryanair who, at some point, started taking UX writing seriously. Clear, straightforward copy, and even a little pun.


PORTFOLIO
 
🎨 Meet Alexandra, a UX writer and data-driven content strategist for corporate communications. Great example of a well organized and navigable portfolio.

https://alexasdesk.com/

 
BLAST FROM THE PAST
 
🧠 Time flies! Back in March 2019, we released an article about the psychology of microcopy stacking. Check it out if you missed it the first time around.

Changing User Habits With Microcopy Stacking

UX WRITING JOBS
 
👔 From Thailand to London, São Paulo, San Fran — More UX writing jobs than you can stand!

Have you been wondering how to get out of your self-induced TikTok rabbit hole? Why not start working there! Yep, TikTok is hiring a UX writer. Plus, new remote positions.

See the full UX writing job board, or upload a position.

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See you next week!

Yuval



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