Nailing the ever-evolving SEO copywriting best practice can be likened to navigating a minefield. One innocent misstep and you’ll watch your rankings plummet in an instant. It doesn’t help that Google seems to be constantly shifting the goal posts with their search algorithm. Practices that were … [Read more...] about The SEO Blacklist – What to Avoid in Your Online Copy
How to Write a Business Case That Doesn’t Sound Like A Complete Sales Pitch
Writing a business case can feel a bit dirty, especially if the case is about your own service or product. If you've created something of your own, you probably did it because you felt an inherent need to do so. There was a gap in the market that needed to be filled, and you filled it. In a sense, … [Read more...] about How to Write a Business Case That Doesn’t Sound Like A Complete Sales Pitch
How to Make Your Copy & Content More Readable
So, you know how to create SEO-optimised content, that will rank well in Google. You know how to measure it for hits, click-throughs and shares. But is your content actually readable? It seems like a simple question, but with so much focus on SEO, the more delicate art of creating readable content … [Read more...] about How to Make Your Copy & Content More Readable
SEO Copywriting Tips
SEO copywriting can be a bit of an intimidating prospect. Writing engaging, exciting and profitable content is difficult enough in and of itself, without adding the difficulty of SEO to the proposition. But, with the right information in hand, you can bring the two worlds together and begin infusing … [Read more...] about SEO Copywriting Tips
Editing vs Proofreading – What’s the Difference?
To a writer, the terms ‘proofreading’ and ‘editing’ are two vastly different concepts. To anyone else, the two words can, and often are, be used interchangeably. While the two do cross over from time to time, when used in their proper context, they play two different roles in writing. When a … [Read more...] about Editing vs Proofreading – What’s the Difference?
What Does a Copywriter Do?
The world is full of copy. The world is also full of copywriters. They contribute to a $2.3 trillion dollar industry around the world. Unlike editorial or news writing, however, copywriting is all about targeting a reader and encouraging them to take action. That action can range from purchasing to … [Read more...] about What Does a Copywriter Do?
SEO Copywriting: What Is It and How to Do it Well
SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) copywriting is copywriting that is designed to rank well in search engines. Essentially, SEO copy is copy written with two audiences in mind. The first audience is the reader and the second is the Google Bot, or any other search engine crawler that ranks copy on the … [Read more...] about SEO Copywriting: What Is It and How to Do it Well
Website Copywriting Tips
Writing copy for the web seems pretty simple at first. You just have to fill in the text boxes your web designer has left for you and make sure you hit all the key points, right? The truth is writing copy for the web is a skill that takes time to develop. When you are creating copy for the web, … [Read more...] about Website Copywriting Tips