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Why don't people get that content isn't magically created?

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slackerinabox

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I'm a web manager at a non-profit and started a new project. When I sat down with my manager and the VP to discuss the project I noticed some items on the proposed site map - "Daily Video Blog," "Weekly newsletter," etc.

I asked "who's going to make the videos every day.. Do we have a contract with a producer? Also, where's the newsletter content coming from?"

I went through the same exact thing early this year and only now, 10 months into the project, convinced people that the reason site X looks so static is because no one is approving the invoices I submitted for content creation!

What boggles my mind is that this isn't limited to the web - do people say "let's publish a newspaper!" without thinking of where the articles will come from?

Do people assume that blogs write themselves and daily video content magically appears?
 
Only the content producers actually think much about it.

Usually poor leaders are the ones who might be able to see the "big picture" but don't realize the necessary effort and detail needed for all the aspects of a project.
 
Yes, I know someone who created a town electronic magazine to fill with ads and stroke his political ego, but theres never any interesting articles.
 
Crono said:
Only the content producers actually think much about it.

Usually poor leaders are the ones who might be able to see the "big picture" but don't realize the necessary effort and detail needed for all the aspects of a project.
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YES! This has been frustrating me a lot lately - people who have big ideas but have no idea what goes into accomplishing these goals, or the resources they require.. When I ask the question I seem like a party pooper, especially since we don't have money to throw around for content yet features always seem important and now
 
yeah

I ahve a dude in my office that things everything is easy because he fancies himself a genius because he has a law degree.

he literaly things I can do 3 peoples jobs, 6 months of their work, in a week. because its all easy.
 
Zargon said:
yeah

I ahve a dude in my office that things everything is easy because he fancies himself a genius because he has a law degree.

he literaly things I can do 3 peoples jobs, 6 months of their work, in a week. because its all easy.
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Is that honestly how you think "thinks" is spelled? You did that twice :confused;
 
I get asked to do mail merges in my office because people I work with don't "understand" computers.

It's awesome.
 
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I always thought ATOT posts magically materialized. Are you suggesting there's some kind of entity behind it all?
 
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