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Does your website need a spring clean?

May 11, 2018 By Tim Gray

Here in the UK it feels like we’ve been waiting a long time for spring this year! But now that sunnier days are here, thoughts naturally turn to clearing out the old and bringing in the fresh and new. Are you looking at your website and thinking it could use a sweep through, but not […]

Tagged With: design, websites, writing

4 alarm signals that drive website visitors away (video)

July 26, 2016 By Tim Gray

Hi folks. This one’s a video I shot spontaneously the other day, prompted by the bees flitting between flowers in my garden. It made me think of web users flitting between sites. We’re all quite skittish and protective of our time and attention, so if your site gives us alarm signals we won’t hang around. […]

Tagged With: usability, websites

How to get nice spacing round images in WordPress

July 6, 2016 By Tim Gray

When you add images to a post or page using ‘Add Media’, WordPress jams them pretty tight up to the text. You can tell it to align the image left, right or centre, but you can’t control the spacing. You can see how that ends up in the image opposite. I don’t like that as […]

Tagged With: graphics, image, tools, websites, wordpress

You’ve found your purpose – now how do you show it to people?

April 12, 2016 By Tim Gray

I’ve come across loads of people who are helping others find their purpose, their story, their passion, the work they were meant to do or born to do, and so on. There’s clearly a great hunger for it. Old stories are breaking down. The world is not the way they told us when we were […]

Tagged With: marketing, psychology, websites

Why web designers suck (and how to spot good ones)

July 29, 2015 By Tim Gray

When I talk to people about their websites, it’s surprising how often they have a story of a poor experience with their web designer. Some of them feel unsatisfied with the results, or bruised by the process, but powerless to do anything about it. Granted, those stories may have another side that I don’t hear. But […]

Tagged With: blogging, branding, design, tech, websites, wordpress

How to make great word graphics for social media sharing

July 6, 2015 By Tim Gray

Images like the one above are a great way to share little pieces of your message. If you get them right. You can spread them on social media. They’re like message sweeties that people can share with their own contacts. Images like these are also good for putting in web pages, to show up when […]

Tagged With: blogging, design, image, marketing, personal branding, social media, tips, tools, websites

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