Tips on How to Clear Up Confusion with Your Content

NEW YORK, April 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- With content creation at an all-time high and with some brands scrambling to take up content as a marketing tactic, it's no wonder that readers are confused.  This confusion can have a real impact on how effective brands can be in their content-led marketing efforts.

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@SteveLazuka, Founder of Interact Media, understands this unique challenge that brands face, and in his latest article posted to PR Newswire's Small Business PR Toolkit, Lazuka suggests ways that brands can take a step back, slow down and reevaluate before diving into their next content-led program.  He believes that creating content that will be truly valued likely means thinking about the process differently, such as:

• Missing the mark.  Ensure that your content isn't aiming too high or too low for your reader. This can be measured with "readability" and it is particularly important so that you are not alienating your audience.
• Understanding readability.  Readability is defined as the ease with which a written text can be understood by a reader.  The majority of writers will craft their copy based on the inherent knowledge of the audience they are writing for.
• Scientific approach.  These days you can take it a step further with a scientific approach called the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Score mechanism. This tool evaluates the reading ease level and grade level of your content and provides you explanations of both – allowing you to customize your content as precisely as possible.

For further discussion on ways that you can customize your content to clear up confusion with your audience, click here: http://bit.ly/1BOwRXW.

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