Articles by Val Swisher

Val Swisher is the Founder and CEO of Content Rules, Inc. Val enjoys helping companies solve complex content problems. She is a well-known expert in content strategy, structured authoring, global content, content development, and terminology management. Val believes content should be easy to read, cost-effective to create and translate, and efficient to manage. Her customers include industry giants such as Google, Cisco, Visa, Facebook, Roche, and IBM. Her latest book is The Personalization Paradox: Why Companies Fail (and How to Succeed) at Creating Personalized Experiences at Scale (XML Press, 2021), with co-author Regina Lynn Preciado. Val is on the Advisory Board for the Technical Communications Program at the University of North Texas. When not working with customers or students, Val can be found sitting behind her sewing machine working on her latest quilt. She also makes a mean hummus.

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5 Use Cases for Enterprise DITA Adoption and CCMS Integration

June 15, 2026

The Personalization Paradox: Why Enterprises Fail at Personalization

January 5, 2026

From Promise to Progress: Why Content Transformation is Essential to Successful Digital Transformation

October 2, 2023

Why You Need a Cohesive Content Strategy

January 7, 2026

How Topic-based Authoring Benefits Translation

November 6, 2024

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