by lesley | Jan 1, 2010 | Marketing, Readability, Website copy
There are a number of things that are important about creating a website – and the order in which they’re addressed is equally important. I’ve worked on sites where the designers have started work with no site map to work with – which can...
by lesley | Sep 18, 2009 | Marketing, Readability, Website copy
I’ve spent a lot of time working with people on their websites over the last week or so – and creating a website that works is so much easier when you start with the site map – or plan. With one of my clients we established that there were six...
by lesley | Jul 2, 2009 | Marketing, Readability, Website copy
I make no apologies for revisiting this subject – it’s important! I keep visiting websites that start their home page with ‘We are … a family company/expert carpet fitters/a long established company/dedicated to our customers/etc. etc....
by lesley | Jun 25, 2009 | Marketing, Readability, Website copy
English is one of the richest languages in the world – the multitude of words with nuances of meaning is awesome. It’s astonishing that it’s become an international language, simply because there’s so much vocabulary to learn – and...
by lesley | Jun 24, 2009 | Marketing, Website copy
A couple of posts ago I promised more about how people read different kinds of document. Here it is! On screen people scan in an F shape with the top bar of the F starting about 2/5 of the way down the screen. On paper the scan pattern changes, depending on the...
by lesley | Jun 8, 2009 | Marketing, Website copy
I watched most of this series of the Apprentice – and I like Sir Alan Sugar’s irascible approach; it’s definitely good TV. I always wonder about the candidates though, they seem to be lacking in one area – and one that I think is critical...
