http://www.dawnb.co.uk web content - copywriting - online publishing Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:05:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/how-to-connect-with-me-on-linkedin/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/how-to-connect-with-me-on-linkedin/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:19:52 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1910 I use LinkedIn to connect with people I know, but that’s not the only way to use it. How many people are talking about LinkedIn these days? There are books, training courses, blog posts, seminars about the different way to use LinkedIn for what you want – whether that’s finding a job, tracking down colleagues, [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/how-to-connect-with-me-on-linkedin/feed/ 1 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/blog-comments-build-relationships-do-you-leave-blog-comments/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/blog-comments-build-relationships-do-you-leave-blog-comments/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:12:33 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1905 Blog comments help build relationships, but do you comment on other people’s blogs? Whether I leave a blog comment is driven by how I feel when I read a blog post. If it’s interesting and stimulates some thought then there’s a chance I’ll leave a comment. If I’m confident that I can add to the [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/blog-comments-build-relationships-do-you-leave-blog-comments/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/06/marketing-effectiveness-from-online-advertising/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/06/marketing-effectiveness-from-online-advertising/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:05:52 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1868 Marketing effectiveness is about making sure that your marketing spend brings the results you want. Marketing is about a lot more than advertising but advertising – traditional and online advertising – is often the first answer to ‘What should I do?’ Some of my customers use online advertising. There are lots of options, but three [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/06/marketing-effectiveness-from-online-advertising/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/website-broken-links-and-the-404-error-page/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/website-broken-links-and-the-404-error-page/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:30:47 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1791 You’ve probably heard of ‘broken links’ but do you actually know what they are? And do you know what to do about them? And how about your 404 page (what?) have you thought about that too? Let’s start simply… What are Website Broken Links? If you click on a link and it doesn’t go where [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/website-broken-links-and-the-404-error-page/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/images-%e2%80%93-where-do-you-find-them/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/images-%e2%80%93-where-do-you-find-them/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:15:57 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1808 Images add Interest to Online Writing …but where do you find them? I was at a client’s recently and had a surprising conversation about using images from the internet. My client thought that if the image was on the internet then it was OK to go ahead and use it. It was freely available to [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/images-%e2%80%93-where-do-you-find-them/feed/ 1 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/website-testing-and-blog-testing/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/website-testing-and-blog-testing/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:39:33 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1763 When was the last time you tested your website or spent some time blog testing? Don’t know what I mean? Don’t know why it needs doing? Well in its simplest form testing a website or blog testing means looking at everything again (every page, every post) and making sure everything does what you expect and [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/04/website-testing-and-blog-testing/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/02/the-best-customer-communications/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/02/the-best-customer-communications/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:28:37 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1585 What’s the best way to communicate with your customers? Well you could go and see them all, or you call them or you could write to them or you could email them – and then you could do a combination of all of these. Of course, you could be organised and think about your communications [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/02/the-best-customer-communications/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-paragraphs-%e2%80%93-what-they%e2%80%99re-for-and-how-to-do-them/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-paragraphs-%e2%80%93-what-they%e2%80%99re-for-and-how-to-do-them/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:00:35 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-paragraphs-%e2%80%93-what-they%e2%80%99re-for-and-how-to-do-them/ Paragraphs – what they’re for and how to do them! These are very useful things but often neglected. The word ‘paragraph’ comes from the Greek ‘paragraphos’ meaning ‘to write beside’ or ‘written beside,’ so Wikipedia informs me. What does that mean for us writers? Whether you are writing an article, an essay or a story, [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-paragraphs-%e2%80%93-what-they%e2%80%99re-for-and-how-to-do-them/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-memory-%e2%80%93-and-how-to-help-it/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-memory-%e2%80%93-and-how-to-help-it/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:00:20 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-memory-%e2%80%93-and-how-to-help-it/ Memory – and how to help it! It happens to us all. Sometimes our memory lets us down and we just can’t remember. This is tricky if it’s a spelling you need – maybe a word you often spell incorrectly. Yes, I know you can just look it up on your computer, or find it [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-memory-%e2%80%93-and-how-to-help-it/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-punctuation-%e2%80%93-colon-and-semicolon/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-punctuation-%e2%80%93-colon-and-semicolon/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:00:45 +0000 Carolyn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-punctuation-%e2%80%93-colon-and-semicolon/ Punctuation – Colon and Semicolon : ; This is an area many people have difficulty with but it’s often easier than you might think. If you get your punctuation right, it will make your written work look and sound so much better. Not only that, but it can also make the difference between a piece [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/11/tips-tuesday-%e2%80%93-punctuation-%e2%80%93-colon-and-semicolon/feed/ 2