It’s Halloween! In honour of the occasion I’ve compiled a handy checklist of things to do to SCARE those pesky visitors away from your website! Fog-shrouded mystery Make sure visitors can’t tell what your site is about. Don’t give away any clues! They get spooked and run away. Maze of hallways Have eccentric, inconsistent navigation […]
Archives for October 2013
Your website’s design tells people about you all the time, you know
By Tim Gray
We are communicating creatures, always picking up clues that will help us deal with people and situations. For written information, that can be: what you say the way you say it the way you present it. Design matters That last one is about visual design. Whether you pay attention to it or not, visitors to […]
7 practical tips for nervous bloggers
By Tim Gray
This is for new or not-so-new bloggers. Do you have ideas for posts and things to say, but find actually writing them takes you out of your comfort zone? Here are a few practical suggestions. 1. Chop the wall up to make signposts When you’re browsing, what happens if you encounter a “wall of text”? […]