http://www.dawnb.co.uk web content - copywriting - online publishing Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-match-messages-to-audience/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-match-messages-to-audience/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:00:08 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-match-messages-to-audience/ Match Messages to Audience It’s that time of year when change is upon us – children going back to school, weather starting to cool, and the smell of autumn in the air. It’s a time of preparation for many of us and I wanted to focus on how important that is in the business world [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-match-messages-to-audience/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/tips-tuesday-to-too-two/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/tips-tuesday-to-too-two/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:14:07 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/tips-tuesday-to-too-two/ Spelling Matters: To Too Two I looked at the spelling of there/their/they’re in a previous Tips Tuesday post. Now I’d like to share some examples of another set of words that are often mis-spelt or used incorrectly: ‘to, too and two’ Remember, your website is your ‘shop window’ for potential customers and they can instantly [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/tips-tuesday-to-too-two/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/writing-tips/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/writing-tips/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:02:28 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/writing-tips/ Writing Tips! Whether you’re writing a letter, a report or writing for the web, good writing skills are important! You should plan and organise your content and the structure of information so that it is clear and accessible to your readers. The best approach is to get to the point quickly; visitors to your website [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/writing-tips/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/tips-tuesday-spelling-there-their-theyre/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/tips-tuesday-spelling-there-their-theyre/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:45:13 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/tips-tuesday-spelling-there-their-theyre/ Spelling Matters: There Their They’re When you consider that your website is a ‘shop window’ that potential customers will see, it helps to make sure that your spellings and use of grammar are up to the job! For instance, simple, every-day words such as: there, their and they’re – all sound the same but each [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/tips-tuesday-spelling-there-their-theyre/feed/ 1 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/07/tips-tuesday-blogging/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/07/tips-tuesday-blogging/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:05:29 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/07/tips-tuesday-blogging/ Blogging is big! Blogs are a popular way of reaching customers and an ideal opportunity to connect with a wide audience. Not everyone likes blogs but if writing, good spelling and grammar are part of your ‘shop window’ then blogging is certainly part of your customer liaison – or it should be. Follow these tips [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/07/tips-tuesday-blogging/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/04/tips-tuesday-what-else-to-write-in-a-newsletter/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/04/tips-tuesday-what-else-to-write-in-a-newsletter/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:37:09 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/04/tips-tuesday-what-else-to-write-in-a-newsletter/ One More Thing to Write in a Newsletter I wrote about how difficult it can be to think of interesting content for your own newsletter –10 ideas for newsletter content. I missed out one very important idea, so thought I’d add it now – and it’s so very important that it’s one tip all on [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/04/tips-tuesday-what-else-to-write-in-a-newsletter/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/04/tips-tuesday-what-to-write-in-a-newsletter/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/04/tips-tuesday-what-to-write-in-a-newsletter/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:50:33 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/04/tips-tuesday-what-to-write-in-a-newsletter/ More Than 10 Ideas for Newsletter Content I know it can be difficult to think of interesting content for your own newsletter – not least because we often underestimate how much we know and so how much of what we know will be interesting to other people… did you follow that? I thought I’d list [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/04/tips-tuesday-what-to-write-in-a-newsletter/feed/ 3 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/03/tips-tuesday-check-written-content/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/03/tips-tuesday-check-written-content/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:00:56 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/03/tips-tuesday-check-written-content/ A Few Ways to Check Written Content I read a lot of words, both online as well as printed, and I spot more spelling and grammar mistakes on the web, which is crazy really as it’s so easy to amend online content if a mistake has been made. Of course it’s better to avoid these [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/03/tips-tuesday-check-written-content/feed/ 2