Ed Marsh creates content and community

Hi, I'm Ed Marsh. This site is my portfolio. I've created concise, consistent, and accessible technical content for over three decades by incorporating information architecture, content strategy, and community building.

I'm passionate about continuous learning, IndyCar, and the Oxford (serial) comma. I specialize in building or revamping documentation practices, which involves:

I rebuilt this site from the ground up to show how I can work with developers and stakeholders to help organizations with all aspects of their content.

Ed Marsh, photo courtesy Arclight Images

How I can help you

Here are the biggest ways I can impact your organization. See all the ways I can help.

Technical writing

Technical writers are a Venn diagram of detective, translator, and librarian.

Content strategy

Is your content working for your organization? I can help you find out, and improve your entire content experience.

Information architecture

Content needs architecture and structure just like a house. I can guide you toward effective information architecture.

Community building

I excel at engaging the people in your organization who understand the benefits of good content to retain institutional knowledge.

Blog — Creating a static site

I updated and simplified my old WordPress site using the Eleventy static site generator. Here's how I can use the lessons learned to help you meet your content goals. Check back frequently to read the full series!

The why: Behind my SSG conversion project

I put myself in every role of building out a website to better understand how content is programmatically consumed and displayed.

The what: Creating the content strategy for my site

Working as writer, content strategist, and developer helped me understand how to orchestrate between the three roles.

The where: Working with a static site generator

I knew what I wanted (ease-of-use) and didn’t want (“ease of use”) when building a site with static site generators (SSGs).

Recent podcasts

I'm the jack-of-all-trades for the Content Content podcast, where I interview “the people behind the content” in technical communication, content strategy, content marketing, implementation, and more. Check out all of the amazing people I spoke with.

Sink and swim situation with Ann Rockley

“Mother of Content Strategy” Ann Rockley discusses a 30+ year consulting career, pivoting to a new business, and more.

A really fancy webform with Patrick Bosek

Heretto CEO Patrick Bosek explains why “pure” techcomm is going away, why being a CEO is like being an eight year-old with a lemonade stand, and more.

Clarity over consistency with MJ Babic

“The best term to use to call what I was doing was UX writing” says UX Writer MJ Babic.

Not acting like slow computers with Rahel Bailie

Rahel Bailie joins Ed Marsh to talk about an uneven history of content strategy, object-oriented content, how her career has led her across two continents, and the history of women in technical communication.