Danemco Website Services

Table Of Contents

Writing Good Content

Book Annoncement & Special Offer

What's New At Danemco

Voluntary Link Exchange

Make Danemco Better

Refer A Friend

Welcome to this month's edition of the Danemco newsletter.  A beautiful fall season is here and the potato harvest is over here in Southeast  Idaho.  Let's dig in to this month's edition of the Danemco newsletter by talking about writing good content for your website, announce the Websites For Quilters book, and talk about what's new at Danemco.

Education - Writing Good Content

• Cut Down The Word Count. People normally don't read your website like they read a book. They scan as they might when reading a newspaper.  One study suggests to eliminate half the number of words you would normally use if possible.  Photos and illustrations help tremendously with this.

• Important Information At The Top. You can learn a lot from reporters by studying how newspaper articles are structured.  They are written to be easily scanned.  They use bold headlines that describe the paragraphs to follow.  In a particular body of text, they put the most important information in the first few paragraphs and leave the background information at the bottom.

• Use Headings. It is good to use paragraph headings to describe what follows.  For example, when reading a long article, the author usually puts a heading that describes the following section.  This makes the article easier to scan.

• Use Bold, Italics, and Highlighting. When you emphasize key words with bold lettering, italics, or highlighting, it makes it easier to scan.  If your text were describing a sale on your website, you would like to emphasize the location or what people can expect from the sale.  It is not recommended to underline words for emphasis on the web because people think underlined text means that the text is a clickable link.  They may try to click the underlined words and wonder why their browser is not taking them to a new page.

• Use Lists. Websites that use bulleted or numbered lists of items also make it easier for people to read.  Put the most important items at the top of a list so that the reader can get the gist of what follows – making it easier for them to scan the entire list.

Book Announcement & Special Offer

What's New At Danemco & Dash Enhancements

Voluntary Link Exchange

Make Danemco Better

I am compiling a list of ways to improve the way our products work, subjects for future newsletters, and ways to improve our service to you.  If you have any ideas of how to improve the way Danemco operates, please let me know.  Please call or e-mail your suggestions to my e-mail address and include “Make Danemco Better” in the subject.

Thanks to a suggestion last month, we have updated a few of the login screens on the old Dash system to make data entry go much faster.

Refer A Friend

Our firm continues to enjoy business growth that is often attributed to client referrals.  We strive to maintain quality service for a reasonable fee to our clientèle.  We look forward to additional growth opportunities and desire to provide professional services to more clients.  We encourage you to recommend us to your friends and business associates as you deem appropriate.

Thank you for reading. Please forward to a friend.

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