Did you see AP Stylebook finally added social media guidelines?
It prompted me to take a closer look at AP’s site.
I couldn’t help but think of the effort companies put into creating their own style guides.
In many cases, the end results seem redundant to the guidelines set forth by AP, long considered the journalist’s and PR person’s standard for grammar, punctuation and, well, style.
Got me thinking: Why reinvent the wheel when you can re-use?
On AP’s website, I found a resource I didn’t know existed before. I think it’s worth sharing. AP offers companies site licenses that enable them to create fully searchable and interactive online stylebooks based on the AP Stylebook.
Companies can create a corporate version of the AP Stylebook by adding their own entries or adding notes to existing entries where their corporate style differs from AP Style. The end result is a custom corporate stylebook that is fully searchable online.
You may want to check out how it works and what it costs.
You can also follow APStylebook on Twitter: @APStylebook
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