November 11th, 2011
One of the most important steps when building a website is writing the content. You can have the best brand in the world, the most amazing animated gifs and photos, if your words are crap, your site will be crap.
Here is a great video illustrating the point.
June 11th, 2008
When building websites, I am given all of the website content, but more often than not, the privacy policy is not part of this document. As a result I end up looking at the current site and copying the existing text or searching the web for inspiration and writing something brief for the client.
If you are collecting any type of information from your website, such as email for a newsletter or comments on your blog, then you should have a privacy policy in place. But what do you put in there?
February 13th, 2006
Everyone agrees that having a website is crucial for any business. Whether your website is good for your business is another matter. The least your website should do is provide your customers with a way to contact you. Telephone numbers, address, directions on how to get there and an email are crucial pieces of information.
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June 15th, 2005
The first step in designing your website is planning its “information architecture”, of which navigation is an important component. Planning your navigation will not only determine what content needs to be written, but the naming convention that you choose will make of break your website.
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February 24th, 2005
Studies have shown that Web users don’t read the Web the same way they read a newspaper or a magazine. Think about it. Your newspaper or magazine reader is sitting in a comfy chair at a coffee shop reading for entertainment purpose or for information.
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