by lesley | Jan 28, 2013 | Marketing, Website copy, Writing Skills
One of the critical questions I ask my clients before I start gathering information is ‘Who is your target audience?’. I wish I could say that they are all completely clear on the answer to that question, but many aren’t and it makes my job...
by lesley | Jan 21, 2013 | Marketing, Social media
A few people have questioned my use of Twitter as a marketing tool – they see it as lightweight and trivial. “Isn’t it just for kids to chat with their friends?” they query. Yes, kids do use Twitter to chat to their friends, but it’s...
by lesley | Jan 14, 2013 | Marketing, Social media
One of the best things about online marketing is that it’s mostly free – but it does take time and effort. It’s not just about posting lots of tweets on Twitter or posting all your latest status updates on Facebook and LinkedIn, there’s more...
by lesley | Jan 7, 2013 | Readability, Website copy
I’m back on my soapbox about the importance of not only delivering the message that your potential client will respond to, but also presenting it in a way that makes it easy for them to see and process. After looking at many websites that start with...
by lesley | Dec 17, 2012 | Readability, Usability
Sometimes when I look at websites I wonder what the site owner was thinking when they put it together. It’s rarely aimed at the reader. If a website isn’t easy for the reader to understand quickly and find their way around easily, what else could it be...
