Consider the moment before your supporter decides whether to open your email. They must sacrifice something in order to give you their attention. Either, they’ll need to delay the thing they were about to do next, or...
4 minute readConsider the moment before your supporter decides whether to open your email. They must sacrifice something in order to give you their attention...
Learn moreWhatever you do—don’t just imagine your headline on your page itself. Consider how your headline performs without the rest of your page to give it context. Does it make sense without an accompanying photo or intro text?...
2 minute readWhatever you do—don’t just imagine your headline on your page itself. Consider how your headline performs without the rest of your page to...
Find out moreKnowing how much or how little to say starts with being clear about your objective. Rarely is it our job to turn readers into subject-matter experts. Mostly, we’re in the business of motivating people to action. If...
2 minute readKnowing how much or how little to say starts with being clear about your objective. Rarely is it our job to turn readers...
Find out moreLet’s be honest, this stuff is hard. Never in human history has there been a communication medium more competitive than the Internet. Never has our collective attention span been more fleeting. As much as...
5 minute readLet’s be honest, this stuff is hard. Never in human history has there been a communication medium more competitive than the Internet...
Learn moreOf all the ‘rules’ out there for writing page headlines, this is the most transformative. If your headline sits on a petition or advocacy page, use it to communicate the ‘pain or consequence’ that follows from...
2 minute readOf all the ‘rules’ out there for writing page headlines, this is the most transformative. If your headline sits on a petition...
Learn thisHere’s an important piece of digital communication that you’ve probably never read: Few of us pay attention to stuff like this. And not because it doesn’t contain important information. It does. You’ve probably never...
5 minute readHere’s an important piece of digital communication that you’ve probably never read: Few of us pay attention to stuff like...
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