by lesley | Oct 30, 2017 | Websites
The look and feel of websites has changed over the years. Gone are the days of long copy for the search engines and pages that look like articles. Today’s websites are colourful, video-rich with short, punchy copy and informative blogs. As a writer and someone who...
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by lesley | Jul 10, 2017 | Website copy, Websites
I’ve been writing web copy for well over a decade and clients still ask ‘how much content to I need?’ The glib answer is ‘as much as is needed to get your message across’, but it’s never as simple as that. In the ‘good old days’ web pages would often have as much as...
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by lesley | Mar 27, 2017 | Websites
I write lots of web content and work with clients and web designers on making websites user-friendly. That may seem obvious, but sadly the surveys reveal that, offered the option of a glitzy, pretty website and one that has fantastic usability for the website visitor,...
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by lesley | Dec 12, 2016 | Websites
I usually ask people this question during the first discussion when they ask me to write content for them. It’s surprising how many of otherwise savvy business people haven’t really thought much about this past ‘Everyone has to have one these days, don’t they?’ To...
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by lesley | Sep 11, 2016 | Websites
It’s a conversation that I have over and over again and it usually starts with “What do you want to say on your website?” when I’m taking a brief from a client. The answer varies a bit, but almost always includes things like: We want people to know about all our...
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by lesley | Nov 30, 2015 | Websites
If people visit your website and don’t ‘get it’ they disappear fast – often referred to as a high bounce rate. This is bad news, so you need to know how to hang on to visitors long enough to persuade them to take action. There are lots of reasons why people leave...
