February 16, 2022
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Words Nicola Phillips
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Your website should feel like an extension of your business. You customers should be able to speak to you on the phone, receive a piece of printed information and for it to all feel the same; feel like they all come from the same voice. Your website is no different. Your customers need to feel they know you, understand your business and trust you to buy from you.
What tone of voice are you using? A tone of voice is not what you say, but how you say it. This encompasses not only the words you choose, but their order, rhythm and pace. A brand’s tone of voice should be distinctive, recognisable and unique. This needs to be expressed in the words and in the imagery you use and if used consistently will start to feel familiar to your customers. Pick up any book that talks about the psychology of persuasion and it will tell you that there is a strong link between familiarity and trust. Trust is the aim. So what is your site going say and how is it going to feel?
As American author Maya Angelou once said, “People don’t always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you made them feel.”
Do you know your tone of voice? You will already have one, you might not know it, be able to define it, but you will have one. It’s important to define it and use it constantly across all your platforms including your website.
So if you need a little help in clarifying your tone of voice, try this exercise:
Knowing how your want your website to look & feel will be a combination of knowing your audience, knowing your business, knowing your USP and knowing what you want to achieve.
If you would like to understand more about how to apply your tone of voice to you website, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.