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/2011/12/blogging-your-questions-answered/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/12/blogging-your-questions-answered/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:31:53 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=2068 Blogging, an interesting topic. Well, I would say that wouldn’t I! Last night I ran an event Blogging: Your Questions Answered where I presented a series of facts and figures and then the fun started – an interactive session where I attempted to answer everyone’s blogging questions. It worked and I answered just about all [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/12/blogging-your-questions-answered/feed/ 8 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/10/practical-training-for-excellent-blog-posts/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/10/practical-training-for-excellent-blog-posts/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:59:34 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=2029 Would you like to improve your blog posts? “Practical training courses!” That was the feedback from a Social Media event I held recently. “With an emphasis on action.” So, I’ve decided to run a series of Action Class training sessions. Just 90 minutes, the learning will be practical and the actions will be applied on [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/10/practical-training-for-excellent-blog-posts/feed/ 2 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/2011/09/social-media-your-questions-answered/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/social-media-your-questions-answered/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:25:18 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1960 Yesterday I held my first customer event – all about Social Media and in particular some interesting (surprising?) facts and figures. I really enjoyed myself – but anyone who knows me knows that I love standing up and talking to people. It wouldn’t have been possible without some help though. So, thank you to the [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/social-media-your-questions-answered/feed/ 6 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/2011/06/speaker-at-ladies-at-11/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/06/speaker-at-ladies-at-11/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:55:55 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1847 Yesterday I was the speaker the Gatwick Ladies at 11 group, now being run by Diane of RM2 (one of my clients). It was a short talk – 20 minutes – on Three Legged Stools and Some Ws. The Three Legged Stool has three main parts. And the Ws? Find out more about some Ws [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/06/speaker-at-ladies-at-11/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