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Writing for the Web

Name: Writing for the Web
Price: 197.00 USD
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Part of the Internet Marketing Series, this course equips writers with the skills to create engaging, accessible, and optimized content for the web. You'll explore how web readers behave differently from print readers, learn to craft compelling headlines and rich content, write for social media platforms, leverage SEO best practices, and use audio and video to enhance your message. Ideal for anyone who writes or plans to write for an online audience.

17 lessons5 modules480 minutes

What you'll learn

Apply engaging techniques that draw readers to web pages
Plan and structure web content with clear writing goals
Create engaging content including catchy headlines and subheadings
Write effectively for different platforms including social media
Enhance writing with audio, video, and multimedia
Make web content accessible to a variety of readers including those with disabilities
Apply search engine optimization (SEO) strategies without compromising content quality
Share and promote content effectively across social media channels

Deciding What to Publish: Usability and Readability Knowing what content to publish — and how to present it — requires understanding how your readers actually interact with your site. Usability is the study of how easily users can navigate, read, and accomplish tasks on your site, and it's a vital part of any web writing strategy. Measure What Gets Read Your website analytics are a goldmine of information. They can tell you: Where visitors came from (a search engine, a link, or an email) How long they spent on each page Where they went after leaving a page Which links they clicked on Use this data to evaluate what content is working and what isn't. If visitors are leaving a page quickly, that's a signal to revisit the writing, layout, or structure. Testing Your Usability Beyond analytics, you can test usability directly. Useful things to measure include: **Load times** for images, videos, documents, and pages **Consistency across devices** — does the site work as well on a smartphone as on a desktop? **Form complexity** — if you're asking for too much information upfront, many users will abandon the form. Collect only what you truly need (e.g., first name and email address). **User satisfaction** — did visitors find what they were looking for? **Dead links** — broken links erode trust and

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Writing for the Web

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Curriculum

Getting to Know the Web

Creating Your Content

Writing for Different Mediums

Usability, Accessibility, and Multimedia

Getting Your Content Noticed: SEO and Content Sharing

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