Consulting

Website content consulting

For those about to launch a new site or are trying to figure out why their existing one isn't converting.

Improve your site’s content, usability, SEO and accessibility

If you want your website to be as effective as possible, it’s not enough to just focus on writing or design.

Instead, your site needs to take into account usability (UX), search engine optimisation (SEO) and accessibility in addition to the content.

After all, you can’t separate content from SEO or usability: they’re all connected.

That’s why people often hire SEO agencies only to find that while their site might rank higher as a result, their conversions fall. To improve your site, you need to take a holistic approach – which is where I come in.

Specific ways in which I can improve your website:

You might still be wondering how, exactly, I can help you improve your site.

Depending on your situation and what you need, I can:

Improve your information architecture

Most people agonise over what should go into their navigation menus, and how their website should be organised – and that’s fair enough. The way your site is structured is crucial. I can help you sort out what would work best for your users.

Make your site easier to use

It’s easy to judge a site based on how it looks – but what’s more important is how easy to use it is. Usability (often referred to as UX) is all about understanding your users, what they need and how they use your site. A lot of common website trends (including pop ups and long scrolling sites) cause more harm than good. I can identify key problems and show you how to fix them.

Explain how to write for the web

Make your writing more compelling, persuasive and easy to read.

Fine-tune your search engine optimisation (SEO)

Improving SEO, whether it’s for Google or AI search, is easier – and faster – than most people realise. You don’t need to pay an agency a quarterly fee to regularly do it for you. Instead, I can teach you the basics so you can easily and quickly do it yourself in a way that suits your business.

Fine-tune your marketing and content strategy

What often happens when I help people improve their site is I also end up honing their marketing strategy. This often involves their content marketing mix, what kind of articles they need to publish (and how often), and how to approach their email newsletters and social media.

Improve your call to actions and help your users complete their tasks

When people go to your site, they do so to complete a task. On the other hand, you have your own goals – and call to actions. An effective site takes both you and your audience into account: which is where I can help.

"The workshop was incredibly engaging. I enjoyed the workshopping activities, especially Dan’s encouragement. It was great to see examples from our council’s website – especially what worked and what could be improved.”
Taryn Kennedy
Penrith City Council
"Entertaining and informative. It was the best Writing for the Web workshop I've ever been to."
Janine Van Den Tillaart
Macquarie University
"Dan's thoughtful, practical advice helped me to refine my website and improve my SEO. It was easy to implement and made a big difference to the bottom line."
Matthew Young
Director, Melbourne Meditation Centre
"Dan has improved both our website copy and the SEO of our course browser considerably."
Peter Coppola
ACU
“Dan was a great sounding board while I was planning my website's content. I've been very appreciative of his skill at guiding me through website development, building my confidence and translating tricky concepts/approaches into easy to understand and implement bites.”
Julie Paraskevopoulos
Ecolix
"Great content and very helpful to everyone. The way you engaged everyone made them feel happy to contribute and easily get responses."
Amanda Manwaring
Department of of Transport and Main Roads
"Really good refresher workshop. Helped to clarify often-made grammatical errors and simplify concise writing habits."
Rebecca Sands
Knight Frank
"One of the most engaging and practical training workshops I've attended. It was clear that considered effort and preparation had been put into making the workshop tailored and relevant to us specifically."
Lauren Hogan
GMHBA
"Dan was an engaging presenter and answered all questions well. The exercises were extremely helpful in understanding the content."
Lurline Byles
Department of Fire and Emergency Services
"I was really impressed with the course and the delivery was both entertaining and engaging. We covered a lot of ground."
Ewan Richmond
Yarra City Council
“Dan has improved our website and SEO significantly.”
Alexandra Macaulay
ACU
"Great workshop. Clear, concise and lots of examples and exercises to do so we could apply what Dan had just outlined. Would definitely recommend."
Di Ovens
Landgate
"Dan is adaptable to the various audience’s requirements and has a tremendous scope of information and experience which he delivers very well."
Maggie Videan
Cancer Council NSW
"Very enjoyable and easy to follow. It was useful and engaging."
Darlene Vincent
NSW Department of Primary Industries
"Dan's Writing for the Web workshop was relevant, informative and fun – a must for any media business developing online content in Australia today."
Sarah Falson
Former managing editor at Reed Publishing
"Very engaging. I loved the sense of humour – makes it interesting."
Peta Cooper
NSW Health Pathology

Need more information about how you can optimise your website?

Let me know if you have any questions or would like a quote.