by lesley | Apr 28, 2009 | Website copy
Have ever watched someone waiting for a web page to download? Do they sit calmly or are their fingers tapping impatiently and a certain amount of muttering and sighing going on if it doesn’t snap onto the screen instantly? It’s amazing when you think that...
by lesley | Apr 27, 2009 | Marketing, Readability, Website copy
I love words – however, as George Bernard Shaw famously said ‘You must learn to murder your children’! Writing lots of lovely words about your company doesn’t work for the reader on the web. When someone has arrived at your website they are...
by lesley | Feb 18, 2009 | Readability, Website copy
There are probably thousands of websites – probably tens of thousands – offering similar services or products to yours – all with web copy written in the hope of attracting new business. Whether or not you have competitors you probably think that...
by lesley | Feb 2, 2009 | Marketing, Website copy
When you’re creating web copy for your site you need to be absolutely clear on the reason that people buy your services. If you guess you’ll probably guess wrong! Be assured it isn’t because you are the only person delivering a particular service, or...
by lesley | Jan 27, 2009 | Website copy
I’ve been looking at web copy that is intended to persuade and it seems that when you want action you have to use sentences with power. For instance, do you say: ‘If you’d like to improve your skills you’ll find this programme will help you to...
