The Downside of Talking Yourself Up

August 21, 2008 – 4:43 pm

Well, it’s been a bunch of busy weeks since my last post, and today I am faced with the harsh realisation that “talking yourself up” has a major downside…
This has probably been the sharpest reminder that business “transparency” is of utmost importance that I will ever have … and certainly not a lesson I need […]

Features don’t sell, benefits do.

July 13, 2008 – 10:08 pm

Features in themselves are generally cold, clinical and don’t connect with people. But BENEFITS are often tied in to emotions on a personal level, and therefore connect easily with people. Without this connection there is no sale!
Features don’t motivate a purchase decision (and they’re boring!).
Senario #1: Two identical cleaning products for sale in the “All […]

Does your website suck?! Avoid common problems

July 11, 2008 – 7:39 pm

Okay, this isn’t a very positive post and is very generalised, but I have found these issues are common in many sites (including some of the sites I created when I started out on this path!). I hope it helps you to create better sites (or at least gives you knowledge to demand better online […]

SEO strategies (warning: contains cynicism!)

July 2, 2008 – 6:00 pm

the best strategy for SEO and increasing sales and exposure has absolutely nothing to do with the internet…

Increase Web Conversions: Write Your Content For 7-Year Olds

June 9, 2008 – 5:48 pm

In Brief:Website sales and intro copy (text content) — especially titles — needs to be written as if it is meant for a 7-year old to gain Auto-Recognition -> we don’t want people to think, we just want them to act.
If we manage to achieve Auto-Recognition, we can then:

offer a user-friendly website (the first […]