I’ve been watching in disbelief at the way marketers have been acting like social media only existed with the arrival of Facebook and Twitter. I’ve been social networking online ever since I first accessed the Xena: Warrior Princess Village virtual world chatroom on the internet back in 1997 - get with the programme people! Read More…
Making images accessible is an easy task, yet it’s also a task that can often be overlooked. Images on websites are usually quite small and unlike text on pages, can’t be resized without losing quality. This can prove to be a problem when a person who is visually impaired wants to know what is included in an image. There are a few simple steps to make your images accessible that will help visually impaired people. Read More…
There are many reasons to make your website accessible and they can largely be lumped under three headings that show why web accessibility so important. This page explains these three points to tell you why making websites accessible is good practice and how it helps your content to be accessed by the largest number of people possible. Read More…
A plain page of written online content can look dull and sometimes intimidating. Adding images and video for added visual and audio content can enhance your written page and help keep people interested. This page offers tips and advice for sprucing up your pages using these. Read More…
Most good, well researched pieces of written content will use or make reference to other articles. Always provide links to these articles for further background reading. It helps the reader find information they are looking for and by creating a helpful page it is more likely the reader will return. This page highlights a number of important tips to remember when you link to and reference other articles. Read More…
Always get feedback and input from your readers - two (or more) heads are better than one. Your readers can help you remain informed and highlight inaccurate or missing information. This page will explain the some of the best and simplest ways to do this. Read More…
Your website can live or die depending on the tone and style of its written content. This short guide explains what is meant by tone and style in writing and offers some help to get it right. Read More…
29.6 million people watched online video in the UK in January 2009 (comScore) and one scout around the internet makes it obvious why so many people accessed it: it’s impossible to escape video! Whether it’s for news, reviews, to enhance an opinion or to prove a point, video helps bring almost any article to life. This article looks into how this new trend toward video alongside written and image content is growing and what it means to online content producers. Read More…
Content may be king, but the layout of a webpage is critical to user experience. This page explains how to display a standard page of content in the best possible way. Read More…
Twitter is the micro blogging craze that allows you to write posts (called tweets) of 140 characters, follow and read other people’s tweets and send messages. That’s all the technology allows you to do, but there’s a hell of a lot more to this simplistic social network than you might think. You can use Twitter as a personal tool, but this page offers the best tips for using Twitter as a content publisher. If you don’t know your Twitter from your tweets, go to the Twitter website, sign-up and have a quick look around before going any further. Read More…
