Sonja Jefferson

Thoughts on how to make waves with written content

Entries Tagged as 'Web design'

Is your website dead or alive?

October 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

 
"A stale website communicates a stale business" warns marketing expert Ryan James. If your web content is out-of-date you may be damaging your company’s reputation without even knowing it.

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Tags: Company web sites · Content · Content management · Web design

Think content first, then get the web designers in

October 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments

If you’re thinking about designing or redesigning your company website, it’s tempting to concentrate on how it should look to impress your customers. Design is important, but if you focus on colour schemes before content you run the risk of creating a great looking site that customers either have no use for or cannot use.

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Tags: Company web sites · Content · Marketing · Web design · Wireframing

Does your website pass the Customer Test?

September 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Web user behaviour is changing. Today we spend more time on the web, we have shorter attention spans and are way more demanding of the websites we visit than ever before. We are no longer impressed by self-serving marketing spin or cool flash graphics. These days there is no time for dawdling; we want to reach a […]

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Tags: Company web sites · Content · Marketing · Professional services · Web design

Dear Drupal - why I love content management software

March 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I’m very excited…about some software. People who know me will be amazed (apart from my rather dubious attachment to Guitar Hero 3 for the Playstation, this has to be a first). I’ve just started building my website using the content management system Drupal and it’s the most fantastic tool for a content writer like […]

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Tags: Blogs · Company web sites · Content · Content management · Professional services · Web design

How to market your services wth written content

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Selling professional services is tough. With no physical ‘product’ to demonstrate it is really hard to prove your unique expertise and set yourself ahead of the competition. Just saying you are ‘market-leading’, ‘cutting-edge’ or ‘quality-driven’ is not enough. There are hundreds of other companies in your field pushing the same empty buzzwords. How can you […]

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