by lesley | Oct 7, 2011 | Marketing, Uncategorized, Website copy
Anyone who has ever written a page, a blog or an article with the search engines in mind will know that, these days, stuffing your content with keywords is more likely to get your site or item ranked down, rather than up. Today ‘relevant content’ is king....
by lesley | Sep 20, 2011 | Readability, Website copy
When people arrive on your website they are looking for something. If you want to keep them on your site you need to deliver what they want – fast. These are the things that you need to avoid: A splash (entry) page that shows off how clever your designer is,...
by lesley | Sep 18, 2011 | Blogging
A guest post from my friend Sarah Arrow, a prolific blogger. More bucks from your blog – repurposing your older blog posts Do you ever wonder what you can do with a blog that you have written? Y’know, get more mileage from your blog post… In this...
by lesley | Sep 6, 2011 | Writing Skills
I am not apologising for another blog about writing copy that has focus. It seems there are zillions of website owners who still have not got the message, so it’s obviously needed! Any commercial document – whether virtual or real – needs to have a...
by lesley | Aug 22, 2011 | Readability, Website copy
I was just watching a funny video about PowerPoint by Don McMillan and his comments about fonts reminded me of how much impact the font you choose has on your message. I used to create newsletters for Ford (the motor company) and the research and development site...
by lesley | Aug 15, 2011 | Marketing
When people connect with your business do they get a consistent message? Does the brand on your website reflect the signature on your emails, heading on your letters and invoices, colours and image on your marketing flyers and look and feel of your business card? If...
by lesley | Aug 8, 2011 | Writing Skills
Everyone can write, but when it comes to writing commercial copy for yourself writer’s block tends to kick in! It’s not necessarily because you can’t write effectively to market your business, products or services; it’s often simply a case of...
by lesley | Aug 1, 2011 | Marketing
I’ve noticed that more and more of my clients are asking me to write direct mail letters. The good old sales letter seems to be making a comeback – and it’s not just for business-to-consumer (B2C), but also for business-to-business (B2B) marketing....
by lesley | Jul 25, 2011 | Testimonials
A good testimonial is very powerful, but so many so-called testimonials are more like therapy than feedback! You know the kind of thing – ‘It was lovely working with you, you were so helpful and we really enjoyed the experience.’ This kind of...
by lesley | Jul 18, 2011 | Marketing
Just recently several clients have talked to me about direct sales letters. It seems that email marketing isn’t working as well as it used to and people are returning to the good old sales letter as a means of warming up leads! I want to look at a number of...
