A new way to discover whether readers engage with your written content
Our Engagement Testing Framework Specifically For Written Content
We have developed a message testing framework that is specifically for written content.
Readers engage with written content when:
- The writer and reader share common ground, using the same language and having a similar worldview.
- The tone is empathetic rather than judgmental or threatening. Readers typically use evidence of empathy as a heuristic to encourage them to keep reading
- The content is easy to navigate, with clear next steps that are not buried in the text. Easy steps create cognitive fluency.
The diagram below illustrates how important tone of voice is to both initial appeal and the call to action.

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