UX Writing Weekly #99

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WHAT'S INSIDE

Here’s what’s inside issue #99 (Sep. 30th, 2020)

  • No-code, automations, and copywriting [Podcast] 🎙️
  • Highlights from a localization conference 🌐
  • “Sign Up” is like, so out 👎
  • Jobs in India 🇮🇳
PODCAST


🎙️No-code tools allow people to develop digital products—you guessed it—without writing code. In the latest episode of Writers in Tech, I chatted with automations expert David Zisner about copywriting in the world of no-code.

We covered:


  • Why we should use no-code tools
  • The power of no-code automation and copywriting
  • What's in it for the copywriters
  • Best practices to automate your processes

TOP ARTICLES
 
🌐 Our very own Pieterjan Benoit recently returned from a localization and translation conference. Well, “return” probably isn’t the right word, since it was online.

So instead of chocolates and booze from the duty-free, he brought us all back some valuable insights into the connections between translation, localization, and UX writing.


4 reasons localization experts are a perfect fit for UX writing

 
👎 That “Sign Up” button could be doing so much more. In this quick, yet highly insightful read, you’ll learn how to spruce up that tired old CTA and increase conversions. Don’t miss this one.

Stop Asking Me to "Sign Up"

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📏 In case you haven’t heard, writing is designing. Shopify recently changed the name of their Content Strategist role to Content Designer. Why? Because, as they put it, “We … create Shopify experiences using language as our lens and our primary tool.” Good stuff.

Designing a name

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MICROCOPY

☑️ Here’s an empty state done right by Loom, a screen recording app. Graphics, copy, and CTA, all together in harmony.
PORTFOLIO

🎨 UX Writing Academy alumna, and all-around UX writing go-getter Angela "Asher" Sherman, has been building up her portfolio with some cool pieces. Check it out!

https://www.asherwrites.com/home

KICKS 'N' GIGGLES

🤐 But can you make it
shorter? Apparently, you can! Our community members take truncation to a new level with creative and hilarious comments.

UX WRITING JOBS

👔  Every week, we hunt down the latest UX writing positions so you don’t have to. This week, we’re super excited to see three positions in beautiful India. 🇮🇳

As always:

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Yuval



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