Comments for John McGarvey - web copywriter

Comment on Loads of pun – best tabloid headlines to make you smile by Stewart Dunigan

Stewart Dunigan — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:19:13 +0000

When someone ambushed the house of commons in protest against fox hunting…

‘For fox sake’

Comment on Download my plain English copywriting contract by Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:49:54 +0000

Thanks John, your contract is really helpful!

Comment on Capital letters matter. Please use them properly. by Jack

Jack — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:49:41 +0000

Hi,

Good blog entry!

Doesn’t the word ‘Web’ (as in Web page) always need a capital letter?

Cheers!

Jack

Comment on Coming in August: great IT advice for businesses by Matt

Matt — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:50:22 +0000

Nice one, mate You will be great at this.

Comment on Coming in August: great IT advice for businesses by Raf

Raf — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:53:06 +0000

Mmmmmm Donuts…

Comment on Porn, pharmacies and phone sex. Who’s using the photos on your website? by Ian Brodie

Ian Brodie — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:41:32 +0000

I think you might be going a bit over the top on this one John.

I didn’t click on all the links, but pretty much every one I clicked on was using the image to illustrate an article or (as in my case) a short blog post.

The images aren’t being used strategically. It’s not a core part of the branding of the site or the business.

You have to pick your fights – invest your money and your time where you’re going to get the most return.

Mind you, I’d certainly agree with you when it comes to the important images in your business – you logo or site header, for example. One of my competitors uses a very common set of stock images of friendly business people on the top of their site. Makes me cringe when I see it.

On the other hand – does it make much difference to our viewers/clients? They probably don’t visit as many sites in our field as we do (I can pretty much guarantee no one visits as many sites on professional services business development as I do). Do they even notice that the image has been used a few times?

Cheers,

Ian

Comment on Porn, pharmacies and phone sex. Who’s using the photos on your website? by Raf

Raf — Fri, 21 May 2010 11:41:37 +0000

What a great article.

A lot of the time stock use comes from clients wanting things dirt cheap, rather than the agencies involved in putting sites/brochures together.

If you say, it’ll cost £200 for us to shoot something exactly right, £150 for this great stock image, or 3 quid for this rubbish one, they’ll go heap. Even massive brands.

Comment on Download my plain English copywriting contract by Business relationships: 11 things to do at the start - Bad Language

Business relationships: 11 things to do at the start - Bad Language — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:08:08 +0000

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Comment on Loads of pun – best tabloid headlines to make you smile by Stuart S

Stuart S — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:59:50 +0000

After George Michael had a car crash – The Sun headline :

“George Michael Shunts Trucker In Rear”

Comment on Loads of pun – best tabloid headlines to make you smile by playdumb

playdumb — Mon, 03 May 2010 04:50:27 +0000

the mothers in the tony neighbourhood of Chelsea had elective C-sections. The headline – Too Posh To Push?