by lesley | Oct 30, 2017 | Websites
The look and feel of websites has changed over the years. Gone are the days of long copy for the search engines and pages that look like articles. Today’s websites are colourful, video-rich with short, punchy copy and informative blogs. As a writer and someone who...
by lesley | Jul 10, 2017 | Website copy, Websites
I’ve been writing web copy for well over a decade and clients still ask ‘how much content to I need?’ The glib answer is ‘as much as is needed to get your message across’, but it’s never as simple as that. In the ‘good old days’ web pages would often have as much as...
by lesley | Mar 27, 2017 | Websites
I write lots of web content and work with clients and web designers on making websites user-friendly. That may seem obvious, but sadly the surveys reveal that, offered the option of a glitzy, pretty website and one that has fantastic usability for the website visitor,...
by lesley | Dec 12, 2016 | Websites
I usually ask people this question during the first discussion when they ask me to write content for them. It’s surprising how many of otherwise savvy business people haven’t really thought much about this past ‘Everyone has to have one these days, don’t they?’ To...
by lesley | Mar 10, 2014 | Marketing
Marketing spans many activities from audience research, product or service development right through to sales. However, when most people talk about ‘marketing’ they’re talking about the promotional part of the process. This is the bit where you are...