by lesley | Jan 3, 2012 | Readability, Website copy
Why would anyone put a barrier between their message and their potential customer? When this is online where you have only a few seconds to get their attention, it doesn’t make any sense, but many businesses make it unnecessarily hard for their readers to get...
by lesley | Dec 13, 2011 | Readability
When people arrive on your website you want them to stay, read a bit and take action. However, many websites find people leave quite quickly and they don’t get as many enquiries/sign ups/sales/click throughs as they were hoping for. This is usually for one of...
by lesley | Aug 22, 2011 | Readability, Website copy
I was just watching a funny video about PowerPoint by Don McMillan and his comments about fonts reminded me of how much impact the font you choose has on your message. I used to create newsletters for Ford (the motor company) and the research and development site...
by lesley | May 16, 2011 | Readability
I’ve just read a blog about using colour on your website and, whilst I understand that different colours convey different feelings and also have varying ethnic impacts, there was a lot missing! These are my thoughts on websites and colour – all focused on...
by lesley | Apr 11, 2011 | Readability
These days people tend to focus on the web – and if you read the preceding blogs you’ll already have some ideas about creating copy for your website, but what about a hard copy brochure? The main purpose of a brochure is to put information about your...
