Category: Writing tips

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Communicating effectively with different personality types

Published 30th June 2015
Have you ever had a personality type test? Whether it’s Myers Briggs, DiSC or any of the myriad of other tools out there, they can be fascinating and useful insights...
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What can you say and what can’t you say?

Published 21st May 2015
A little while ago, I gave a talk about copywriting at WiRE Gloucestershire. At the meeting before, I asked if anyone had any questions they’d like me to address in...
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Where to go for writing inspiration

Published 12th March 2015
A couple of months ago, I asked people on Twitter and Facebook what they’d like to see me blog about. (All ideas always gratefully received, by the way!) One of...
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Six tips for writing better emails

Published 21st January 2015
Here’s an interesting thing to consider. When you’re writing marketing material, I bet you think very carefully about what you’re saying and how you’re saying it. Hardly surprising – you...
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Quality over quantity

Published 18th December 2014
For my last post of 2014 I’m going to write a post about the importance of valuing quality over quantity. 
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Struggling to write about your business? Here’s what to do about it

Published 5th December 2014
I’ve had several conversations this week along the lines of “I find it so hard to write about my own business.” I can only sympathise – I know exactly how...
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What is a USP?

Published 27th October 2014
In a previous post, we looked at features and benefits. In this post I’d like to take things one step further and discuss your USP – your unique selling point....
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Four tips for overcoming writer’s block

Published 20th October 2014
Not in the mood to write? Terrified by the expanse of white screen staring back at you? Don’t worry, it happens to all of us at some point. If you...
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Putting jargon in its place

Published 18th July 2014
I was at a talk the other day and the speaker mentioned SEO. Some people in the audience (myself included) didn’t bat an eyelid; others looked panicked and confused. (For...
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Selling the sizzle not the sausage

Published 20th June 2014
The concept I’ll be discussing today was introduced to me with this phrase when I first started out. It’s a vital thing to grasp whenever you’re writing marketing copy because...

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