Questions to consider to make a website friendly for your users Is Your Website User-Friendly When building a website, we all tend to focus on content and functionality, and that's great! On the other hand, we can't let functionality come at the expense of the experience of our users. If...
5 key factors to consider when building your website Are you planning to build a professional website for your business, online store or personal brand? This post breaks the process in to 5 chunks that you can plan separately to help direct the course your project. You have probably heard many times how important a...
Acronyms might be your best friend, but I’d like to remind you that they aren’t the best friend of everyone. Oxford Dictionaries define acronyms as words formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as they are spelled, not as separate letters. Examples of common acronyms in Canada include the CBC, AIDS, and RCMP....
Book review: Financial Times Guides: Social Media Strategy: Boost Your Business, Manage Risk and Develop Your Personal Brand (2018) by Martin Thomas By Melanie Ferris Strategic thinkers rejoice! This is the social media book for you. While many social media books look at why people should be using social media, this book asks: How can...
This is a simple approach to planning your next website project. It is a broad overview but a great starting point if you are stuck. These are the questions that I have found need to be answered when building a website. The answers can be very different depending on the size and complexity of your project.
Hello. My name is Melanie Ferris. I manage social media platforms for a variety of non-profit organizations as well as a First Nation. I also provide plain language editing to non-profit organizations and governments to help them communicate more effectively with Indigenous and other audiences. I develop curriculum and deliver interactive workshops for adult learners. I have extensive experience developing and executing communications strategies as well as media relations for projects and events.
I’m committed to using technology to enrich the human experience and collaborating on solutions to business issues. While our business is largely focused on social media management, we can also help with a variety of other needs, including plain language editing, web and graphic design, website development, and more.
I recently worked to secure our website, https://clearcutcomms.ca and for the first time since 2010 looked for the ROI of this simple process to a small business or organization. I have always been around teachers and mentors who insisted I secure websites and this became a habit. I am excited to share a simple process...
Hello. Thank you for reading. Our names are Olaniyi Adewole and Melanie Ferris (I'm the one writing this). We are starting a new business called Clear Cut Communications to help share some of the expertise we have in the areas of social media, communications, community engagement, plain language editing, and more! ...