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Gary Chow

Copywriter & Marketing Consultant

Brisbane, Queensland | www.lucidlingo.com.au/

Lucid Lingo is a copywriting and web content writing service based in Brisbane. We write, edit and proofread documents and pages for publication in print or online on the Internet. We write keyword-rich websites for search engine optimisation and marketing collateral including brochures, flyers and newsletters. We also write and edit corporate publications such as annual reports and investment product description statements (PDS), as well as assessment reports and tender proposals. We write in plain English to ensure key messages are delivered to your target audience. By using our affordable copywriting service, companies can save time and money and also free their staff to do strategic work. Formed in 1997, Lucid Lingo and its founder, Gary Chow, has served many of Australia’s largest companies including Suncorp, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, St George Bank, MLC and Citicorp.

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"He not busy being born is busy dying" - Bob Dylan

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Principles of plain English writing

19 Oct 11 | Gary Chow

One of the world’s most famous and successful investors is an advocate of plain English writing. His name: Warren Buffett. Here are his top tips. Read more

Comments: 4

How internet dating improved my copywriting

13 Aug 11 | Gary Chow

I gave internet dating a go once. It proved to be a salient lesson in what’s important in copywriting and grabbing attention online. It provided me with some great copywriting tips. Read more

Comments: 4

Copywriting tips from Keith Richards

21 Jul 11 | Gary Chow

As well as being an iconic musician and one of the most ‘elegantly wasted’ men on earth, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards can teach us a thing or two about copywriting tips. Read more

Comments: 4

Add colour to your business copywriting

04 Jun 11 | Gary Chow

Words have a powerful effect on how we perceive things, and nowhere is this more so than in the business copywriting you use on your website and marketing collateral. Read more

Comments: 3

Selling strategies: When caginess costs you business

14 May 11 | Gary Chow

Your industry knowledge is valuable and you have every right to protect it. But could withholding information from your customers as a selling strategy actually be costing you business? Read more

Comments: 6

More tips for writing killer web content

17 Sep 10 | Gary Chow

To be effective, website copy needs to be engaging. In this article I’ll help you with writing web content in a way that really pulls readers in. Read more

Comments: 7

Tips for writing web content

31 Jul 10 | Gary Chow

On your website, content is king. Here are some tips for writing web content so it works hard for your business. Read more

Comments: 1

Help! I’m bogged down by corporate buzzwords!

05 Jun 10 | Gary Chow

I can’t stand corporate buzzwords, jargon, clichés, corporate-speak or other forms of gobbledegook. They drive me spare. Read more

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