Writing for your reader

Writing for your reader

I wish I had a pound for every website I’ve visited that starts with ‘We’ – and then continues to ‘We’ all over their website in paragraph after paragraph! I know we’re all proud of what we do – but, as a potential...
Writing for your reader

Giving them what they want

This is your third step on the journey of writing the right thing for the right audience! Today we’re going to look at what people want. Now you’ve got your message honed and you’ve identified at least one target audience, you need to know how to...
Writing for your reader

Who is in your audience?

When you’ve cracked the message and got that polished to a shine, you need to know who you want to get it. I hear lots of people saying ‘Anybody’ or ‘Everybody’ – and I know of services and even products that do have a very wide...
Writing for your reader

Blogging for beginners

You don’t have to write to be able to blog; if you’re more comfortable talking then do a podcast or video and load that instead. If you do decide to write don’t ramble, keep it focused, make your point, stop when you’ve done that. If...
Writing for your reader

What stops people reading?

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...