Red Ink will take on nearly any writing project, but here are some ideas:
Applications
Tailored specifically to your needs for in-house developed applications, customized open source or off-the-shelf software:
- Application Usability Testing - Perform usability checking within your test environment. Provide feedback on navigational logic, functionality, bugs, error messages and user-friendliness
- On-line Help - Create a full-blown help system, page-level user hints and/or frequently asked questions (FAQs) for applications and/or web pages
- User Documentation Manuals - Write high-level and/or comprehensive user training or reference manuals, Quick Reference Guides (QRGs) and any other resources for paper and/or on-line distribution
- Process Flow - Create VISIO or other flow documents capturing the application processes
- Training Materials - Develop presentations for classroom training or modules for interactive independent study
Marketing Materials
Assisting you with developing a more distinct corporate and/or product image through the use of creative writing and design:
- Brochures - Write and define content layout for your new brochure or polish your existing information
- Advertisements - Create original tag lines, product descriptions and provide layout suggestions for ads
- Newsletters and Fliers - Write new copy on topics you provide - or wordsmith/edit existing material
- Product Reviews/Summaries - Develop exciting consumer-ready descriptions of a new product or service
- Layout Review - Review completed marketing materials for readability and consistency
Business Documents
Providing an experienced resource for your corporate documentation initiatives:
- Corporate Communications/Announcements - Create easy-to-understand and entertaining communications, custom-designed for the target audience
- Business Requirements/Report Specifications - Work with users to define their needs, and function as liaison with IT staff,to ensure effective communication between business and technical areas
- Intranet/Internet Site Maintenance - Convert existing sites to a more manageable format or different HTML editor, develop new or refine existing templates and standards, create new sites or manage current sites
- Project Life Cycle Documentation - Assist with the development of a project life cycle, create the appropriate presentation format for the information, write the descriptive user information and instructions
- Content Management Planning and Implementation - Work with you to define Content Management needs, determine the appropriate solution and assist in implementation
- Template/Standards Development - Develop, train staff and assist in the application of paper and/or web templates and standards that ensure corporate-wide consistency of new and existing documentation
Other Services Available
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