Why meet your proofreader face-to-face? Surely, proofreading is just an abstract technical skill. Surely, it’s just hunting errors, fixing punctuation and making sure the page numbers commence at 1 and proceed in the conventional manner. Surely, English is interchangeable worldwide and finding a proficient practitioner...
You’re in Brisbane. You’re an SME. You have outsourced the writing of a brochure. You have ordered a print run of 5000 copies. You let an overseas proofreader check it over. They do the work. They confirm the sales messages have no typos or grammatical...
Did you know a copy editor and proofreader are two different things? As a business owner, the distinction may not seem important to you – but it is! As Brisbane-based copy experts, we at Search And Site Authoring are going to take a little time...
Clients are finicky about where they spend their money. When it comes to how your business presents itself, then, it’s imperative that you put your best foot forward. Copy is often the vehicle via which you make first contact with prospective clients so it’s essential...
Copyediting and proofreading are essential cogs in your content development machine. Without them your message risks falling flat or worse: actually damaging your brand. When it comes to good copyediting there are some tried and true methods for ensuring your content is up to scratch. Today...
By Martin Rusis, Managing Editor When you engage a financial copywriter to write website messaging for your target customers, something is going to happen that will feel wrong. Prepare to feel like they’re leaving out half the story. Why? Because their job is to connect you...
As a financial planner or accountant, a large part of your role is to educate and advise your clients on the functions and technicalities of the financial vehicle you're building for them. Clients need some level of working knowledge to be able to give you...
Do you work in the financial industry in Brisbane? Do you find yourself having to explain complicated products, services, concepts and terminology to your clients? The onus is on you to overcome the communication barrier. To do so, you must break down the key themes...
When you’re writing website content, the About Us page is one of the trickiest pieces. And it’s an important one to get right. It sums up why your site exists and frames the whole reason your value prop has probity. That is, the About Us...
Writing a good basic Case Study is not as hard as you think. And Case Studies are powerful pieces of communication and marketing collateral. Being able to write your own Case Studies is worth your while. While it might not be Pulitzer Prize-worthy, if you...