by lesley | Apr 30, 2009 | Readability, Website copy
I was lucky to work for a client of some of the top advertising agencies back in the 1980’s – I learned from some of the best people in the advertising business how capital letters work. The secret is that most of the time they actually STOP people...
by lesley | Apr 30, 2009 | Marketing
Different rules apply when you put your message on paper instead of the screen. You need to consider how people handle the document. In yesterday’s meeting we discussed the impact of letters, formal invitation cards and email. They all work in different ways. If...
by lesley | Apr 29, 2009 | Readability, Testimonials, Website copy
Most people sit down and write what they want to say – and the result may have all the information in it, but doesn’t have structure. It’s a bit like Eric Morecombe said to Andre Previn “I’m playing all the right notes, but not...
by lesley | Apr 28, 2009 | Website copy
Have ever watched someone waiting for a web page to download? Do they sit calmly or are their fingers tapping impatiently and a certain amount of muttering and sighing going on if it doesn’t snap onto the screen instantly? It’s amazing when you think that...
by lesley | Apr 27, 2009 | Marketing, Readability, Website copy
I love words – however, as George Bernard Shaw famously said ‘You must learn to murder your children’! Writing lots of lovely words about your company doesn’t work for the reader on the web. When someone has arrived at your website they are...
by lesley | Apr 24, 2009 | Marketing, Testimonials, Website copy
Testimonials are a great way to show your expertise off! A third party saying how good you are is so much better than saying it yourself. So it’s really good when someone gives you a testimonial that you can add to your marketing material and your web copy. Do...
by lesley | Apr 23, 2009 | Website copy
You are probably the worst person to write about your business! That applies to me too – even though I’m a professional copywriter. The problem is that we know too much – and we’re so enthusiastic about our businesses that we want to tell...
by lesley | Apr 22, 2009 | Press & Media, Website copy
I mentioned the words ‘current economic climate’ on Twitter recently and got a flurry of positive responses along the lines of ‘I refuse to participate in a recession’; ‘What recession?’; ‘I’m busier than ever,’...
by lesley | Apr 21, 2009 | Marketing, Website copy
In conversation yesterday with some friends the issue of ‘why have you got a website?’ came up. A number of answers were suggested: Because everyone should have one. As an online brochure. So there’s somewhere for people to go when they ask. To help...
by lesley | Apr 14, 2009 | Readability, Website copy
I’ve talked about headlines and how important they are – then the subject of subheaders came up. So what is a subheader? It’s not a byline – that’s the ‘by Joe Bloggs’ bit that tells you who wrote it. It’s not a...
