Opinion

Copywriters, designers – the right balance

By Aled Herbert / 07/06/2012

Most things I read these days arrive serendipitously via some social media channel, mostly Twitter. A tweet last week directed me to mashkulture.net’s post containing an infographic on the difference between…

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Branded content lessons from B2C and B2B

By Aled Herbert / 29/05/2012

I’ve been on the frontline of journalism for 13 years now – in print, on the web, across consumer, B2B and customer publishing – and one evolving trend I’ve observed…

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5 tips for doing custom content well

By Tony Hallett / 22/05/2012

The way some publishers approach custom content – as a dirty little secret – is regrettable. And I could use a stronger word. True, it is signed off by and…

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The only reason you need NOT to kill a corporate blog

By Tony Hallett / 11/05/2012

Short post. We read a brilliant piece today on Windmill Networking by Joel Don entitled Time to Write Off Your Corporate Blog? (post no longer live). You might not guess…

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Virgin up in the air with content marketing – or just another top ad?

By Tony Hallett / 10/05/2012

Virgin has shot a short movie entirely at altitude, featuring several well-known stars on its planes. Which Virgin airline? How about all of them. Working ‘up in the air’ on…

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Betty Crocker, a 5-year-old girl and content marketing

By Tony Hallett / 22/04/2012

My little girl is old enough to find her way around YouTube videos on an iPad. Luckily for her, she is now also old enough to type in ‘Betty Crocker…

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Measuring engagement – a dilemma beyond social media

By Tony Hallett / 13/04/2012

When are you most deeply engaged with content? It’s a fine question in and of itself but if you’re a marketer – or specifically someone who measures how effective campaigns…

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Ink’s big think

By Tony Hallett / 29/03/2012

I’ll be honest – I don’t know if I really love or hate the video below. That’s probably good news for the folks over at Ink, whose inflight mags you’ll have…

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Content always core – some quick #aopb2b thoughts

By Tony Hallett / 14/03/2012

Today I attended the first event from the Association of Online Publishers (AOP) aimed only at those in B2B media. (You can still check out the #aopb2b hashtag on Twitter.)…

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How to intro a conference panel (e-book excerpt 2)

By Aled Herbert / 14/03/2012

Following yesterday’s post about how to get onto to the stage in good order – without any pesky mobile phones interrupting proceedings – today’s excerpt from Tony Hallett’s e-book, Everything…

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E-book excerpt – Phone fail on stage

By Aled Herbert / 13/03/2012

Over coming weeks Collective Content will be publishing parts of the new e-book by our director Tony Hallett, Everything In Moderation – How to chair, moderate and otherwise lead events.…

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Brand content – in an MPU

By Tony Hallett / 06/03/2012

One aspect of commercial content is the holy grail of producing engaging, non-distracting, even deep content in traditional online ad units. Let’s be fair – that hasn’t always been easy.…

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