Archive for January, 2007

Putting Handwritten Notes and Messages on Your Webpages

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

This makes your web pages, especially your sales pages, that much more human, and imply a sense of empathy for the reader.

You can either write the text on a piece of paper, and scan it in, or you can use a handwriting font and an imaging program to get the images.

In my testing, it is easier and much better to get a handwriting font and type it in, as the words will be clear, sharp and the background is pure white. If you are scanning it in, it can be quite hard to get your writing to be crisp and clear, and the background can be pretty greyish, and hard to adjust to white.

I just found a great resource today that makes creating these handwritten notes on your computer so easy. It can be found at vletter.com

Oh, and did I mention it is FREE to use?

Why does correct spelling seem to be so hard to find on the web?

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

I just read this page, and it got me thinking as to how many webpages, blogs etc are misspelled.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html

Here’s a list of 100 most misspelled words in the English language.

Perhaps it is a product of our education system that we don’t spell well. Or is it a general lack of importance given to this part of the language.

Well, I think incorrect spelling on your sales page or corporate webpage is not professional and can hurt your message. People do think that you are not serious, if you can’t even take the time to correct the spelling on your website.

So go through your sites and correct the spelling!