Advanced web-writing tips

Courtesy of Hoa Loranger, speaking at Nielsen/Norman Group’s Usability Week: 1. If you have sections designed for a specific group of people, write ‘For’ in front of that section. Eg don’t write: Flu information centre General public Journalists Healthcare professionals Write instead: Flu information centre For the general public For journalists For healthcare professionals 2. [...]


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Free web-writing help for charities

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Make your email content usable

A useful checklist for email copywriters…


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Get bold text right (and your users will thank you)

Bold text is a fantastic tool for web writers. It lets users scan a page to understand quickly what it’s about, and means users don’t have to do the thing they hate doing most online – reading.


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Jargon: is it always bad?

Does jargon have another function beyond making people feel that what they do is very important?


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