8 March 2011
There’s really only one central principle of good content: it should be appropriate for your business, for your users, and for its context. Appropriate in its method of delivery, in its style and structure, and above all in its substance. Content strategy is the practice of determining what each of those things means for your project—and how to get there from where you are now.

A List Apart: Articles: A Checklist for Content Work

Great, great distillation from Erin’s new book.