Resources

Writing and editing resources:

• Chicago Manual of Style
• Content Design London’s Readability Guidelines
• Microsoft Style Guide
• OneLook Dictionary
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (composite of style guides)
• Splunk Style Guide
• Strunk and White’s ‘The Elements of Style’

For more tips on improving your online content, review these blog posts by DK Consulting:

• Writing for Scannability
• Writing for Relevance
• Writing for Clarity
• Writing for Accuracy (includes free, downloadable checklist)

Business and technical communication resources:

• Association for Intelligent Information Management (AIIM)
• CIDM: Center for Information-Development Management
• TC World eZine
• TechWhirL website
• tekom (Europe)
• The Content Wrangler on BrightTALK

Content strategy resources:

• Brain Traffic
• Content Company
• Content Science
• Content Strategy Alliance
• Content Strategy Community

Content marketing resources:

• Contently
• Content Marketing Institute
• Digital Marketing Institute

Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Guides

• A Progressive’s Style Guide
• Conscious Style Guide (composite of articles)
• Inclusive Language from Atlassian
• Intuit Content Design
• Sprouts Inclusive Language Guidelines

For tips on how to use a style guide in your work, review Single Sourcing Solutions’ article on using style guides for collaboration and consistency.