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Specialists in business storytelling, audio and marketing content with SEO impact, for businesses large and small.
Powerful, persuasive words
for your business needs
Texthouse writers specialise in creative marketing copy and editorial with a journalist’s flair for clarity, style and impact.We write high quality SEO marketing content for print, web, and multimedia. This includes website copywriting, case studies, blogs, brochures, audio and video scripts, interpretation, pitches, tenders, features – in short, any kind of business writing that needs a great eye for detail, and a great ear for story.With our experience in radio broadcasting, we also record audio interviews and podcasts to capture your authentic voice and put it on the airwaves. Our clients love our compelling, search-friendly content that engages their customers, and doesn’t sound like SEO. They love the fact that we speak fluent tech, sales and business narrative, as well as award-winning English.We love clients that appreciate warm, clear, effective communications. If that’s you…call us now
What we offer
Business Writing
Every business needs to get its message out effectively. Reach customers and connect. Be found on the web.
We help businesses to do this with our powerful words. Whether you need brochures, websites, case studies, product descriptions, scripts or blogs, we’ll provide fresh, engaging written content that gets you noticed.
Our web writing prioritises fresh content, style and SEO, and we’re happy to work with your tech team to meet your SEO and Analytics needs.
We also provide SEO makeover, blog and content writing to revitalise your rankings. And we’ve made a deal-breaking difference to many a competitive tender.
As journalists and creative writers, we also have a few cracking techniques around news, story, and understanding the customer viewpoint.
Every business is different, but we bet you’re currently wrestling with at least one of these:
websites, print brochures, case studies, blogs, tenders, white papers, news & features, exhibitions or AV scripts.
If so, cut to the chase and get a fast, effective professional writer on your books. You’ll find us approachable, flexible, practical and bright. And we love a good writing and editing challenge.
What’s your project? Call us!
Business Case Studies
Case studies are a powerful marketing tool to bring your business story to life with a real example. A case study is more engaging, authentic and persuasive than a broad claim, and future customers can more easily identify with the client’s journey. This makes case studies especially valuable for complex services and B2B.
Case studies are tightly focused, allowing you to profile market segments, different services, and new offerings.
They’re also versatile, with many practical uses:
- Print as leaflets
- Email to prospects
- Post on your website site
- Promote on social media
- Use as evidence for funding and referrals.
All in all, they’re a highly cost-effective way of reaching out to customers.
Do you need to
- Showcase an award-winning project?
- Produce a suite of examples for your sales team?
- Ignite interest in a new product or service?
Texthouse writers are trained journalists and experienced interviewers, with a great ear for story. They’ll get the best from interviewing you or your client, and shape it into a compelling narrative, pulling in supporting evidence and quotes for a stylish, high-impact promotion.
Great design is vital, too, so if you need professional layout, we can help.
And it goes without saying that your case studies will include search-friendly SEO keywords for web rankings.
Want to get started? Call us and get the ball rolling!
Our work
CLIENT
South of Scotland Enterprise
PROJECT
Website content writing and user-first consultancy
WORDS
South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) is the one-stop shop for businesses and enterprising communities throughout Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders. We’re here to help people and enterprises in the South to thrive, grow, and fulfil their best potential.
TESTIMONIAL
“Can I just thank you and Michael so much for the brilliant work you’ve done for us on the refreshed SOSE website. It’s been great to work with you. We are delighted with the end result, and feel we have developed a strong, productive and friendly working relationship. You have brought your expertise and much-needed clarity on our website content, which has really helped us to articulate what we offer to clients and potential clients. It was particularly useful to have your insights into user-first and accessible language, helping us to communicate SOSE’s wide offering effectively to different user groups.”
Tracey Graham, Head of Communications & Marketing, South of Scotland Enterprise
Meet the team
Texthouse is a writing and communications company based in Scotland. Our team are experienced journalists and copywriters for print and web, with special expertise in scriptwriting and online content writing with search engine optimisation (SEO).We’re creative all-rounders who between us cover a range of sector disciplines, and have a professional journalists’ ability to communicate complex topics clearly and effectively.We work alongside other professional associates on websites and business marketing, content and editorial services, as well as creative one-offs, including scripts, lyrics and interpretation for museums and visitor attractions.
JULES HORNE
WRITEREx BBC broadcast journalist with an MA in German and French from Oxford University and a background in news editorial, broadcast audio, and transcreation.Specialisms
SEO, case studies, audio and film scripts,
transcreation from German.Secretly also
A Fringe First-winning playwright.
MICHAEL SCOTT
BUSINESS MANAGERBA in Business from Napier University and over 20 years’ experience in the tourism sector as a visitor centre manager for Scottish Borders Council.Specialisms
Tourism, natural and cultural heritage, events, social media.Secretly also
A keen cyclist and Border birder.
Clients we’ve worked with
A New Dawn Coaching
Balanced Impact
Blaubart Verlag
Border Timberguard
Borders College
Borders Environmental Education Service
Boyle Dental Technology
Cherrytrees
Cindy’s Tea
Cocoa Black
Cohorts by Design
Countryside Kitchens
Crabtree & Crabtree
Craft Scotland
Creative Arts Business Network
Eildon Care Home
Eildon Housing
Elizabeth Moran Transformation
FBR Ltd
Fjordhus Fleming Homes
Fluffy Moos
Fluid Cohesion Ltd
Foster Care Connect
Fraser James Partnership
Get Knotted
Gunsgreen House
Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre
Heart of Hawick
Instinctively Wild
John Laing
Kitty Mackenzie
KRIMI Total GmbH
Kylesku Hotel
Live Borders
Lomax Lang Ltd
Magnums & More
Made in Hawick
Mansfield Care Homes
Maplehurst Guest House Marine Quest
Murray Hogarth Ltd
Nettle Media Ltd
Plumis Ltd
Precision Data
Neil & Co Solicitors
Nettle Media Ltd
Scott & Charters Ltd
Scottish Borders Council Museums and Galleries
Scottish Borders Council Economic Development
SERPS Invaders
South of Scotland Enterprise
The Scarf Company
The Hayhoe Webb Partnership
Theatre Gu Leòr
The Foodscape
TRICAPITAL Ltd
Turnbull & Scott Ltd
Universal Fibre Optics Ltd
Contact Texthouse
Please email jules[@]texthouse.co.uk, or call us on +44 (0)1573 348110.Look forward to hearing from you!Jules & Michael