Writing content for a website is easy. You throw a few lines together and you have a website, but you end up with a website just like the ones that ar...
Writing content for a website is easy. You throw a few lines together and you have a website, but you end up with a website just like the ones that are all about their graphics. Writing content for websites that brings people back is a little harder and takes more thought and effort.
We have all seen the websites that have all the flashy graphics and cool videos. They really grab your attention for a few minutes then when you look around the site a bit more you determine that that's all the website is about. Someone put a website up around those flashy graphics and forgot the most important part, the content.
I have put together a list of the most important things to remember when writing content for websites.
1. Purpose. Have a Reason for your Website---You have to have a reason to build a website, whether you have a cause, you want to start a business or it's just for showing your family pictures. Your writing needs to reflect your reason for your site. You need to know your audience. To bond with your audience is very important and it is why you need to speak to them, not at them.
2. Personalized. Don't make it technical, even if it is- The website must mean something to you and you must let your audience see what it means to you. If you make your website technical without feeling, you cannot connect with the bulk of your audience. and connecting with your audience is what it is all about. You must show yourself to really connect.
3. Research. You must do the work- You must know what you talk about, do your research. Always make sure the work is your own, value your audience. Show your audience that you value their attendance, create your own content.
4. Value. You must give your audience some measure of value with your message. By this I mean that it should be useful to your audience not just to you. An audience that sees value in a site will be more likely to return. The more you put yourself into your message, the more you will connect with your audience. You must make your audience better for having visited your site.
The bottom line is your content must have these four things (purpose, personal, research, value) and you will have no problem writing content for your website, regardless as to what kind of site it is.
