Who doesn’t enjoy a good question? A wise man once said, “Question everything.” But did he really mean everything? And did he mean out loud, or in your head? If you started to literally question everything, wouldn’t you be arrested and/or possibly slapped within a...
Conventional wisdom claims that, as copywriters, we have about five seconds to grab the reader’s attention and keep it. Five seconds is about the span of a heading. So you have a headline’s worth of time to reel your audience in, otherwise they’re back in the river....
Here’s the thing. Every single part of your page needs to reflect your brand voice – even the dead ends. It’s not just the upfront copy you need to worry about! Your whole website is an advertisement for your company, so make sure to give it some personality. Even if...
URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. Now that you know that information, feel free to forget it. Outside of quizzes (and they’re soooo 2020, are we right?), you’ll probably never have cause to use it. What is important is what URLs do, and how they can be...
‘Respect my authoritah!’ was the immortal line uttered by Eric Cartman in Season Two of comedy blockbuster South Park. (Admit it, you read it in his voice.) Like the show, the line has immortally endured, so much so that we are actively quoting it in an article about...
Cease! Desist! Who goes there? Halt! Heel! Yield! No! Time’s up! These are all examples of stop words. However, they are not the stop words we’re going to talk about in this article – mostly because there’s not a lot to say about them. When it comes to SEO, however,...
Business would be a lot easier if we could all see the future. Unfortunately, short of hiring a medium, the mists of time will remain clouded to us all. But Google does its best to read its users' collective minds in the form of predictive search. It’s not always...
Traditionally, mobile view has been the neglected little brother of web view. An afterthought, forever in the shadow of its widescreen, bells-and-whistles, more capable older sibling. Until 2021, that is. These days, you should be paying equal attention to both...
Although 2020 was a garbage fire of a year for a number of reasons, one thing’s for sure: we all spent a hell of a lot of time sitting in front of our computers. Content creators all over the world saw a huge uptick in engagement and impressions with their creations,...
Many people are under the mistaken impression that the UK and the US speak the same common language, namely the Queen’s English. For anybody who’s tried to navigate between the two tongues, this is demonstrably false. Lift vs. elevator, sidewalk vs. pavement… That’s...
If you’ve spent any time at all in the digital sales realm, you’ve probably heard about SEO (search engine optimisation) and how important it is for your business. Here at PepperStorm, we specialise in SEO. We know it like the back of our collective hands, and we’re...
They say that there's no such thing as a new idea. Everything under the sun has been done, and will be done again. So there's no need to wrack your brains trying to come up with new content for your blog every time you sit down to post. Chances are, someone's already...