Demystifying user testing

Ever wanted to run a user test? Celeste Buckhalter’s Usability Week seminar gave a do-it-yourself view of user testing with some excellent tips. Read some of our favourite…


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New digital copywriting dates and courses

Boost your digital copywriting skills on a Sticky Content open course


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Free web-writing help for charities: deadline extended

Does your organisation need help with its website? You have until 15th August to enter Media Trust’s summer competition to win free help from us – the experts in online copywriting.


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Mixed messages make interfaces unintuitive

The problem with this travel ticket machine is that it pulls the reader in two directions – much as websites do if they put links in the middle of sentences


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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

Win free help for your organisation’s website, email newsletters, tone of voice or digital strategy in this summer’s Media Trust competition, in partnership with Sticky Content.


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Make your email content usable

A useful checklist for email copywriters…


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Do you need a content mentor?

Get your content critiqued by the experts, receive regular training in digital copywriting best practice, network with your peers… it’s the all-new Sticky Content Mentoring Programme. Join us for a free breakfast briefing on July 21 or August 18


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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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