by Gill Booles | Aug 30, 2011 | Communication, social media, Website
Accept that you’ll never have as many Twitter followers as Stephen Fry. At least not at the same time as running a business. The news section of your website will be forever ‘under construction’. And those people who signed up to your newsletter will continue to wait...
by Gill Booles | Jun 20, 2011 | Communication, Writing style
I’m reminded of the sticker by Glasgow artist, David Shrigley. Simply says: ‘You can’t help looking at this’ Or a sign on a cake display ‘Remember fly pies? Eccles cakes £2.99’. Sometimes less is more: Stop being polite. Get to the point. Put the main point first when...
by Gill Booles | Feb 15, 2011 | Communication, Digital, Website
Today’s phones enable people to do most of the things they used to use computers for. It’s therefore worth considering how this affects communication. Here are 5 issues to bear in mind when communicating with smartphones. Quick Response (QR) codes. Black and white...
by Gill Booles | Nov 4, 2010 | Articles, Communication, Editing, Marketing, Print, Proofreading, Website
Welcome to the Words Are Everywhere newsletter. *************** Quiet Halloween as Words Are Everywhere prepares for busy Bonfire Night Ah, the crackle of sparklers in the cold night breeze…don’t you just love fireworks? But not the kind generated by missed...
by Gill Booles | Aug 12, 2010 | Communication, Digital, Freelancing
This week I didn’t get a dog called Zoe. It turned out she was mad – constantly scanning the environment, looking for threats. She paid not a jot of attention to people. I knew we wouldn’t see her again if she was let off the lead. She would bolt and keep on...
by Gill Booles | Aug 11, 2010 | Communication
I bought a new mobile handset. Shopping around online my search was momentarily halted as I stood, slack jawed with distress, staring at this entry on the Virgin Mobile website. “This is every social butterfly’s dream phone. Whatever you’re into,...
