How can you keep content fresh on the Extension website? By repurposing what you are already doing. Also, by taking another glance through what you have and edit it with a readability or diversity lens.
Tapping into current efforts
Taking a newsletter or blog piece you have written recently and turning that into an article can be a straightforward way to add new content to the website.
Other content teams have latched on to an idea of locating and revamping older catalog publications as a way to avoid starting from scratch.
When you find yourself answering the same questions, providing familiar advice, or doing another standard presentation — turn these into quick articles or videos that you can refer people to online in the future. Short answers to featured questions are popular with web visitors.
Similarly, when you publish new research in different places, such as a journal article or association report, take a new slant or go more in-depth on one aspect to write a web article that speaks to Extension audiences too.
Adding content with purpose
It’s not just enough to add content when you have it. To make this effective, you need to add content for the right reasons.
These include meeting programmatic goals and audience needs, which we will be working more with teams to better define this year, and then map out content with this in mind.
It also means taking time to think about how people skim content on the website, and about all audiences we are trying to include. A couple tips in our guide on our training page can help you take a fresh perspective on your existing content:
If you have questions or other suggestions, please reach out to our web team to let us know.
