Course description
Writing for the Web – in-house course for teams and companies
This in-house writing for the web course covers best practice in writing and editing web copy. The course can be tailored to each team or organisation's main type of written content and provides practical techniques for improving readability and impact.
There is a distinct difference between web copy and traditional writing. With limitless access to information on the internet, savvy internet users will spend approximately 3 seconds on a web page before deciding to remain or click through to another. A business website requires functional, web-appropriate copy in order to bring measurable benefit to a business.
Writing for the web is all about attracting the reader's attention and keeping it. This course includes a pre-course assessment of participants' writing samples to identify strengths and weaknesses. Guidelines and tricks for writing online content will be included and examples are tailored to the types of pages and content that delegates actually write.
The course uses practical, small writing-groups to teach how to write with a visitor-focused style, hypertext links and best practice in SEO.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This course is ideal for teams that produce and deal with web content. Specifically, editors, webmasters, administrators, writers, technicians and designers may find this course useful. This course is highly customisable and delegates of all writing capacities are welcome.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Upon completing this web-writing course, delegates will understand how to:
- make an impact (with winning headlines)
- put key information first
- build a logical structure for webpages
- make the most of links
- improve their webpages' readability – choosing words that make a difference
- use the active voice
- improve SEO (search engine optimisation)
- use correct grammar and punctuation.
Training Course Content
The content of this course is tailored to the specific needs and style of each team or company. Typical course content may include these modules:
- Making an impact – grabbing readers' attention
- Visitor focus – creating reader-driven content
- Information islands – giving each section and page a logical structure
- Making the most of hypertexts
- Keeping people reading by making content 'flow'
- Maximum readability – choosing words that make a difference
- Using punctuation logically and helpfully
- Maintaining credibility – avoiding grammar traps
Why choose Emphasis Training Limited
Running tailored training and consultancy since 1998
More than 80,000 delegates from 1,000 organisations worldwide
Delegates rate our training 9/10, with an average NPS rating of 64
Reviews
Average rating 4.7
Great course…I liked doing the exercises and putting the learning into practice.
Great level of interaction with the group.
Expenses
Emphasis Training in-house training programmes provide teams and companies with training solutions that are both customisable and cost-effective. Depending on the number of participants and specific requirements, course fees will vary.
Included in course fees
- Individual pre-course analysis of a writing sample
- Post-course writing support
*This training programme is suitable for groups of 4 or more delegates.
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The King's Fund gives its writing a health check
The King's Fund chooses Emphasis to improve their overall writing standard.
Really useful to have the learning and the conversation.