5 sure-fire tips for writing accessible copy

by Sheryl Allen (Photo by Fabian Irsara on Unsplash) What is accessible copy? In an ideal world, everyone – including people with disabilities – can view, understand and interact with your content, both online and offline. If so, you’ve created accessible content. Go you! You might already know what accessible content looks like (think: colour…

Media Kit 2023 for Great Southern Touring Route

Agency client: Frank Lane Design and Branding End client: Great Southern Touring Route (GSTR) — Australia’s great road trip Brief: Content writing for 18-page media kit to encourage media take-up of stories/exposure for products/experiences on and around the GSTR. Includes copy for 3 x intro sections and 8 x themed pages exploring ‘kickstarter’ story ideas…

Web content for Bronzium spray tan studio

Agency client: Paul Kelly Creative End client: Bronzium spray tan studio Brief: Develop content for new website for Bronzium, the Surfcoast’s first 24/7 automated spray tan studio. Edit partial client-supplied copy draft and create new sections, to deliver a consistent brand voice across the site. Focused on the USP of simple, safe, natural and showcased…

Great Ocean Road Travel Planner 2023

Agency client: Frank Lane Design and Branding End client: Great Ocean Road Regional Travel (GORRT) Brief: Develop content for 68-page A5 travel guide, distilling the broader Great Ocean Road brand along with multiple individual destination brands, each with their own brand toolkit and defined personality. Create aspirational and engaging intro copy for themed sections plus…

Web content for Geelong Disabled People’s Industries (GDP)

Agency client: Paul Kelly Creative End client: Geelong Disabled People’s Industries (GDP) Brief: Develop fresh web content for this NFP, shifting focus to the ‘why’: providing meaningful work for people with special needs. Interview GM to gain insights, rewrite existing pages and create new, compelling content for Employment page. Use clear, accessible language.

Guide to Camps 2023

Agency client: Frank Lane Design and Branding End client: Australian Camps Association Medium: Print (68-page booklet) Brief: Develop engaging sub-head, qualifier and brief descriptive intro copy for each Australian state evoking a sense of excitement that ‘camps are back’ while conveying a snapshot of each state’s personality and offerings. Make it aspirational and fun.

Web Content for Geelong Golf Studio

Agency client: Paul Kelly Creative End client: Geelong Golf Studio Medium: Online website Brief: Develop content for Geelong’s first 24/7 indoor golf simulation centre. Focus on benefits of anytime access, ‘golf on your terms’, all-weather play and membership perks.

Business Events Victoria Planner’s Guide 2023

Agency client: Frank Lane Design and Branding End-client: Business Events Victoria Medium: Print (68-page booklet) Brief: Develop new editorial content to welcome and entice event planners back to regional Victoria post-COVID, using the theme Let’s meet again. Aspirational yet detailed enough to promote potential venues, activities and experiences on offer. Included intro copy and descriptor…

Fresh content for TAC Annual Report 2021-22

Client: Transport Accident Commission (TAC) Medium: Print Brief: Review and copy edit draft content for the Our People section of annual report (approx 8,000 words). Focus on consistency of voice and tone, accessible language, engaging flow, plus spelling and grammar conventions.

20+ online course descriptions for Hat Atelier

Client: Hat Atelier Medium: Web content Brief: Copy edit draft descriptions for online millinery courses to improve consistency and boost take-up. Include details of course tutor, skills to be learned and course elements in a tight word count … all with fun and engaging language.

Great Ocean Road 2017/18 Travel Planner

End client: Great Ocean Road Regional Tourism Client Agency: Frank Lane Design + Branding Agency Medium: 64pp A5 printed booklet Brief: Develop engaging, motivational editorial content full of stories, people and inspiration. Required interviews of Great Ocean Road personalities, research, development of editorial copy +  “must-do” experiences covering key themes, plus focus on villages and…