{"id":21788,"date":"2019-10-17T04:43:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T08:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?page_id=21788"},"modified":"2022-03-05T12:13:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T16:13:08","slug":"tipsheet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/types-of-articles\/tipsheet\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write how-to stories and tipsheets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Give readers news they can use to live their lives better<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25596\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25596\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/types-of-articles\/tipsheet\/how-to-write-a-tip-sheet\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/how-to-write-a-tip-sheet.png\" data-orig-size=\"385,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"how-to-write-a-tip-sheet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Take the next step&lt;\/strong&gt;\u00a0Tip sheets get read, shared, saved. 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Give readers news they can use to live their lives better, and watch your reach and influence grow. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/diverse-hands-holding-word-tips-182474840&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image by Rawpixel.com&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/how-to-write-a-tip-sheet-300x234.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/how-to-write-a-tip-sheet.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/how-to-write-a-tip-sheet.png\" alt=\"How to write a tip sheet\" title=\"How to write a tip sheet\" width=\"385\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/how-to-write-a-tip-sheet.png 385w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/how-to-write-a-tip-sheet-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Tips for tipsheets<\/strong> Learn how to craft step-by-step how-tos, service stories &amp; refrigerator journalism.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/diverse-hands-holding-word-tips-182474840\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Image by Rawpixel.com<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table class=\"indextable\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5px\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<h3 class=\"indextableheader\">Why write tipsheets and how-to stories?<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"indextabletdleft\"><a title=\"Why write how-to stories?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/01\/why-write-how-to-stories\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-stories-150.png\" alt=\"Why write how-to stories?\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-stories-150.png\" alt=\"Why write how-to stories?\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"indextabletdright\">\n<p class=\"index-story-headline\"><a title=\"Why write how-to stories?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/01\/why-write-how-to-stories\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why write how-to stories?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"index-story-deck\">Tipsheets get read, shared, used and acted upon<\/p>\n<p class=\"index-story-intro\">Top tips: How-to stories \u2014 aka tipsheets and service stories \u2014 move people to act.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"indextable\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5px\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<h3 class=\"indextableheader\">How to write tipsheets and how-to stories<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"indextabletdleft\"><a title=\"Try this how-to story template\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/02\/how-to-story-template\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/how-to-story-template-150.png\" alt=\"Try this how-to story template\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/how-to-story-template-150.png\" alt=\"Try this how-to story template\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"indextabletdright\">\n<p class=\"index-story-headline\"><a title=\"Try this how-to story template\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/02\/how-to-story-template\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Try this how-to story template<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"index-story-deck\">Tips for writing a tipsheet<\/p>\n<p class=\"index-story-intro\">Easy as 1-2-3: Here\u2019s how to write a how-to story \u2014 aka a tipsheet or service story.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"indextabletdleft\"><a title=\"How to write a how-to story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/02\/how-to-write-a-how-to-story\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/how-to-write-a-how-to-story-150.png\" alt=\"How to write a how-to story\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/how-to-write-a-how-to-story-150.png\" alt=\"How to write a how-to story\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"indextabletdright\">\n<p class=\"index-story-headline\"><a title=\"How to write a how-to story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/02\/how-to-write-a-how-to-story\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to write a how-to story<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"index-story-deck\">7 steps for tipsheets<\/p>\n<p class=\"index-story-intro\">Take this tip: Instead of just pushing your products, offer your customers tip sheets, or news they can use to live their lives better.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"indextable\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5px\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<h3 class=\"indextableheader\">Tipsheet and how-to story examples<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"indextabletdleft\"><a title=\"How-to story example: The American Egg Board\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/02\/how-to-story-examples\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-story-examples-150.png\" alt=\"How-to story example: The American Egg Board\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/how-to-story-examples-150.png\" alt=\"How-to story example: The American Egg Board\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"indextabletdright\">\n<p class=\"index-story-headline\"><a title=\"How-to story example: The American Egg Board\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/02\/how-to-story-examples\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How-to story example: The American Egg Board<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"index-story-deck\">Tipsheets are an eggcellent idea, demonstrates this Silver Anvil winner<\/p>\n<p class=\"index-story-intro\">Nest egg: How-to stories helped the American Egg Board sell $40 million more eggs for Easter. What can they do for your organization?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"indextabletdleft\"><a title=\"How-to story map: Green Apple Day of Service\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/02\/how-to-story-map\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sample-tip-sheet-150.png\" alt=\"How-to story map: Green Apple Day of Service\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sample-tip-sheet-150.png\" alt=\"How-to story map: Green Apple Day of Service\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"indextabletdright\">\n<p class=\"index-story-headline\"><a title=\"How-to story map: Green Apple Day of Service\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2022\/02\/how-to-story-map\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How-to story map: Green Apple Day of Service<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"index-story-deck\">Silver Anvil winner gets attention with tipsheets<\/p>\n<p class=\"index-story-intro\">Take a tip from this annotated tipsheet and stop telling folks what to do. Instead, focus your story on <em>how<\/em> to do it.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"indextable\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5px\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<h3 class=\"indextableheader\">More on tipsheets<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"indextabletdleft\"><a title=\"Quotes on writing a how-to story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/types-of-articles\/tipsheet\/writing-a-how-to-story\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/quotes-150.png\" alt=\"Quotes on writing a how-to story\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/quotes-150.png\" alt=\"Quotes on writing a how-to story\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"indextabletdright\">\n<p class=\"index-story-headline\"><a title=\"Quotes on writing a how-to story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/types-of-articles\/tipsheet\/writing-a-how-to-story\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quotes on writing a how-to story<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"index-story-deck\">What writers &amp; others say<\/p>\n<p class=\"index-story-intro\">\u201cOffer news they can use to live their lives better.\u201d \u2014 Ann Wylie, writing coach<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Give readers news they can use to live their lives better Why write tipsheets and how-to stories? 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