by lesley | Sep 28, 2010 | Testimonials
When you get good feedback be careful how you use it. A whole page of testimonials doesn’t really work – most people stop reading after the first couple. Ideally you should spread them about, one on each page of your website or one in each section of your...
by lesley | Sep 6, 2010 | Readability
If you’ve invested lots of time and money in creating a website and promoting yourself online, it could all be a bit pointless if people arrive on your site and then don’t stay long enough to get your message. These are a selection of things that stop...
by lesley | Aug 3, 2010 | Newsletters
Good newsletters are great; but very few newsletters are really good. Most are average and many are a not very well disguised sales pitch. Newsletters are marketing tools and writing for the reader is the key to success. Here are my thoughts on newsletters –...
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 5, 2009 | Marketing, Website copy
In business your success is often directly linked to the impact you make on other people. We all know people who are very good at something, but aren’t as successful as another person who is maybe not as good at that skill, but really knows how to make an impact...
