Content marketing

Writers: Don’t fight skimmers and content skippers

By Tony Hallett / 12/10/2021

Years ago, I edited a blog series by futurologist Peter Cochrane*. But here’s the strange thing: readers would tell us they’d always first skip to the end. Why? Because Peter…

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11 essential content marketing links from Q3 21

By Tony Hallett / 01/10/2021

1. How to write digital copy: A complete guide First up for this quarter, some deep, deep content. Dan Brotzel’s enduring Medium post is among the most comprehensive guides to…

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Why Word beats Google Docs for our writers and editors

By Aled Herbert / 19/07/2021

As a content marketing agency, our writers and editors spend a lot of time working in word processors. These tools have come a long way in the last few decades…

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11 essential content marketing links from Q2 21

By Tony Hallett / 01/07/2021

1. No one likes ads. So let’s do something about it. When Getty Images recently bought stock imagery wunderkind Unsplash, some people were less than happy. But could initiatives like…

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The race against robots: Will AI erase human copywriters?

By Eve Michell / 15/06/2021

Over the last year and a half, as the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed all kinds of businesses to digitally transform and embrace automation, the subject of just how many jobs…

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How COVID-19 is changing content

By Shirley Siluk / 17/05/2021

Look at the content, messages and tone your organisation uses to promote itself. Why? Because the dynamics of the marketplace have changed. Sure, as a content agency, we would say…

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11 essential content marketing links from Q1 21

By Collective Content Team / 30/03/2021

1. 2021 Contently Report: What buyers want from content marketing Kicking off this quarter’s curation with one of the year’s big bits of research, from the team at Contently. 2.…

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Don’t let fake stats kill the credibility of your content

By Andy McCue / 15/03/2021

Good numbers and facts are an essential ingredient in most B2B tech marketing content. They help ground often high-level thought leadership concepts in reality. Whether it’s for a white paper,…

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11 essential content marketing links from Q4 20

By Tony Hallett / 04/01/2021

1. The 12-month content marketing strategy for startups The start of a year is a good time for such a comprehensive piece. But the truth is that any time is…

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Covid, career search and Collective Content

By Eve Michell / 22/12/2020

July 2020: Graduating from Zoomiversity 2020 has been a remarkably virtual year. Due to the pandemic, my final university classes took place over Zoom rather than in lecture halls, and…

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8 newsroom lessons to apply to content marketing

By Tony Hallett / 10/12/2020

When you’ve spent years in media newsrooms – as most of us here have – some ways of working stay with you. Working for online publications, newspapers and magazines has…

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Comedy formats teach us content lessons

By Tony Hallett / 10/11/2020

Some agencies will tell you formats don’t matter. Everything is just about great content – whatever the format. This often comes from people who have never experimented with new formats.…

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