by Gill Booles | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog, Communication, Content, Editing, Marketing, Print
Remember that man in overalls sweeping the floor of the Space Center at Cape Canaveral, who, when asked by JF Kennedy ‘What do you do here?’ replied: ‘Mr President, I’m helping put a man on the moon’? The point was he didn’t say, ‘I just come in and sweep the floor’....
by Gill Booles | Nov 12, 2014 | Blog, Content
As the leaves fall from the trees, it’s time to turn to evergreen content. That’s content that doesn’t go out of date, words that stand the test of time. Is it evergreen? Ask if someone reading in a year’s time would find the content informative and interesting. If...
by Gill Booles | Aug 7, 2014 | Articles, Blog, Communication, Content, Digital, Editing, Front page, production, Proofreading, Uncategorized, Website
Warning: Tenuous jumping on the baking bandwagon as the Great British Bake Off returns to our screens. I’d love some ideas for content that is light, easy and quick to make. My 32-year old designer insists we don’t have room for many words. How do we get more bang for...
by Gill Booles | Jan 7, 2013 | Marketing
We’re used to leap years, but what about skip years? The general opinion is that 2013 is a year to skip – here in Scotland the plan seems to be to keep our heads down and get through the year with the focus on the build up to 2014 (Commonwealth Games, independence...