by lesley | May 19, 2009 | Marketing, Readability, Website copy
1. Headline – needs to be in prime real estate and bigger than anything else to get attention. 2. Simple, easy to use navigation – easy to find, consistent, no overwhelm, no guesswork! 3. Don’t underestimate the power of using the text as hyperlinks...
by lesley | May 18, 2009 | Readability, Website copy
When you’re writing web copy it’s easy to let your keyboard run away with you! The first step is to have a structure to write within; I always mind-map my websites and then each page. This is the structure I use: 1. Subject matter of the page 2. Purpose of...
by lesley | May 16, 2009 | Marketing, Readability, Website copy
The Contact us page is rarely ‘written’. It’s that page where your email, phone number and snail mail address goes. Sometimes it’s also the page where you ask people to embark on a form filling exercise. Why do you need copy? Every page should...
by lesley | May 15, 2009 | Marketing, Readability, Website copy
When people land on your services or products page – what do they get? I’m not talking about ‘buy one get one free’ deals, or discounts or special offers – I’m talking about what are you presenting – and, more to the point...
by lesley | May 11, 2009 | Marketing, Readability, Website copy
Your website is part of your marketing – as is your business card, flyers, email signature, proposals – in fact, anything you give to people outside your business in either paper or electronic form. Have you got all your material consistently developed to...
by lesley | May 8, 2009 | Headlines, Press & Media, Readability, Website copy
You’re probably already guessing at lots of things your website should do – and you’re probably right for most of them, but these are my absolute essentials: # One – have a clear purpose Most people will say that their website is to make sales...
