Effective Writing For Any Platform | School of Marketing | ANA

Effective Writing For Any Platform

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Module #

1-Day Training Module

Length

Takeaway

1

Introductions to session & instructors

15 min

  • Objectives for the session
  • Goals of participants
  • Understand how course differs from “textbook learning” – real world applications

2

What is good writing?

45 min

  • The essence of good communications
  • The “rules” of good writing
  • Effective communication – engaging, accessible, compelling

EXERCISE: Newspaper reporting. Evaluating paragraphs and texts and rate for “best written.”

3

From brief to platform

30 min

 

  • It all starts with the assignment brief
  • Understanding the dynamics of a good brief
  • Platforms are in the service of the objective not the other way around
  • Agreeing on “voice,” “tone,” “manner” and “style”

EXERCISE: What’s the objective? Assign the platforms

 

BREAK

15 min

 

4

Finding Your Voice

45 min

  • The many voices of you. Matching voice to audience and assignment
  • Select “practice voice style” for lunch assignment

EXERCISE: Developing “voice styles” for writing

5

General Writing Tips

45 min

  • “Best practices” for clear, clean marketing writing in any medium

6

Lunch Assignment

15 min

EXERCISE: Hand out assignments for individual lunch work session

 

LUNCH

60 min

  • 20 minutes get food and eat
  • 40 minutes lunchtime nourishment writing assignment

7

Writing Review

30 min

  • “Best writing” for your business and brands – audiences and voices
  • Getting buy-in and agreement
  • Action next steps

8

Digital Writing

30 min

  • What is it?
  • Where and when to use it?
  • Web, Email and Mobile
  • How to manage/evaluate it

9

Social Media Writing

Plus Campaigns & Ads

30 min

  • What is it?
  • What are the Platforms?
  • What are their common and different characteristics?
  • How to manage/evaluate it
  • How to manage brand hijacking

 

BREAK

15 min

 

10

Twitter

30 min

  • “Billboard writing”
  • Punchy, memorable and re-tweetable
  • Review luncheon tweets for your brand and  voice

11

Facebook

30 min

  • Who are you?
  • Who do you want to be?
  • Recognize the different audiences

12

New and Other Players

30 min

  • Foursquare, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat…and, whatever is next
  • Tips & Techniques
  • Anticipating and capitalizing on opportunities

13

Summary & Review

15 min

  • Good writing for any platform
  • Let the objective lead the way
  • Where do you go from here? Next steps
  • Leading the organization in the new communications frontier
  • What should you differently tomorrow?

 

TOTAL:

8 Hrs

 

Instructors

trainer

Steve Lance

Author and Emmy Award-winner Steve Lance is a partner at PS Insights. His background as a copywriter and creative director includes a full range of advertising campaigns for such clients as SONY Entertainment, Crest Toothpaste, Citizen Watch, J&B Scotch, JIF Peanut Butter, Post Cereals, Verizon, Bell Atlantic, and Hyperion Solutions. He has been creative director of NBC and executive copywriter for numerous cable television networks including The Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Communications, History Channel, National Geographic, and PBS.

Steve is a member of the ANA Faculty and co-author of The Little Blue Book of Advertising, The Little Blue Book of Marketing, and Breakthrough!. He has won Aurora Awards, Telly Awards, and MARC Awards for various advertising, marketing, web, and PR efforts. Steve also works for Habitat For Humanity and is a Board Chairperson at Share The Care (ShareTheCare.org)