by lesley | Apr 7, 2011 | Readability
If you want people to get your message you need them to hang around long enough to read it. There are lots of reasons people don’t stay on a website; these are just five of them: 1. Too much going on, making it difficult for them to focus on any one thing and...
by lesley | Mar 7, 2011 | Readability, Website copy
Your website is where people check you out so it needs to be sticky enough to keep people engaged. If people don’t stay – they don’t turn into potential customers, so the whole point of your website is to get people to stay long enough to make a...
by lesley | Jan 27, 2011 | Readability, Website copy
Sexy black pages with white writing look slick and make an instant impact, but they make the reader work very hard to process the words and assimilate the information. This applies to any page where the writing is lighter than the background it’s on. Gold on...
by lesley | Jan 26, 2011 | Website copy
Readability is where what people read and how they read it come together. One without the other doesn’t work! It applies to web copy, marketing material and anything you use to promote your company where words and graphics come together. If you don’t get...
by lesley | Nov 18, 2010 | Marketing
Your business card reflects your business, so if your card is flimsy, cheap, free or lightweight, you might want to consider what you want people to think. People start making judgements as soon as you put your card into their hand – and be aware that touch is...
