Usability

How to Write Headlines that Lure In Readers… Like Charlie Sheen to a Media Scrum

A good headline is critical. Its purpose is to captivate your readers' attention and entice them into your body text.…

14 years ago

Persuasive Copywriting: Structuring Your Message With the Time-Proven AIDA Method

 Last week, I outlined some preliminary homework we have to do before starting to write. Let's assume that's done now,…

14 years ago

Persuasive Copywriting: 3 Things You Need to Know Before You Start

 In deciding what action to take (including which products to buy), we're influenced by both logical and emotional forces.Logical motivations…

14 years ago

Online Persuasion: 3 Basic Human Goals That Motivate Your Customers

To influence our customers' decisions, we must understand what motivates them.In 2004, Cialdini and Goldstein published a remarkable paper* which…

14 years ago

Online Marketing: How to Prevent Your Own Biases From Leading You Astray

Not long ago, I wrote some posts on psychological biases. The crux: knowing your customers' biases can help you create…

14 years ago

Online Copywriting Tip: How to Polish Your Text

Writing well comes easier to some people than to others. But even for the best writers, getting good results is…

14 years ago

Writing for the Web: To Whom, Or Not to Whom

I must admit, every time I use the word whom, I feel a bit uneasy. Though I'm uncomfortable using bad…

14 years ago

Understanding Social Proof: A Matter of Life or Death?

 As a teaser for next week's webinar, I'd like to provide one simple — if tragic — example of how…

14 years ago

Persuasive Messaging: Time for a Rhyme

Remember Johnnie Cochran's notorious line, "If the glove don't fit, you must acquit"?Of course you do. And not just because…

14 years ago

Web Usability Bloopers: Let's Hear Your Favorites!

Brain Katz approaches my desk – smiling lightly, shaking his head in disbelief. I know what this means: He's come…

14 years ago

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