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 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 6, 2009 | Readability, Website copy
The navigation on your site is one of the key issues affecting usability, so it’s quite important to get it right. Generally, a menu is expected to be either to the left of the copy or across the page horizontally underneath the masthead (your brand). If the...
by lesley | Apr 30, 2009 | Marketing
Different rules apply when you put your message on paper instead of the screen. You need to consider how people handle the document. In yesterday’s meeting we discussed the impact of letters, formal invitation cards and email. They all work in different ways. If...
by lesley | Apr 29, 2009 | Readability, Testimonials, Website copy
Most people sit down and write what they want to say – and the result may have all the information in it, but doesn’t have structure. It’s a bit like Eric Morecombe said to Andre Previn “I’m playing all the right notes, but not...