by lesley | May 1, 2009 | Readability, Website copy
If you’ve got visitors to your website you want to keep them! This is all about readability. Reduce your bounce rates and improve retention by paying attention to these five things: 1. Put the headline in the right place – it needs to be in prime real...
by lesley | Apr 30, 2009 | Readability, Website copy
I was lucky to work for a client of some of the top advertising agencies back in the 1980’s – I learned from some of the best people in the advertising business how capital letters work. The secret is that most of the time they actually STOP people...
by lesley | Apr 22, 2009 | Press & Media, Website copy
I mentioned the words ‘current economic climate’ on Twitter recently and got a flurry of positive responses along the lines of ‘I refuse to participate in a recession’; ‘What recession?’; ‘I’m busier than ever,’...
by lesley | Apr 21, 2009 | Marketing, Website copy
In conversation yesterday with some friends the issue of ‘why have you got a website?’ came up. A number of answers were suggested: Because everyone should have one. As an online brochure. So there’s somewhere for people to go when they ask. To help...
by lesley | Mar 20, 2009 | Website copy
Your About us page is not usually the first place people will look, but it is the place where they’ll check after they’ve decided you’ve got something they want. It’s where they ‘check you out’ – does your web copy tell them...
