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Content marketing trends #3 Personalised content

By Aled Herbert / 21/11/2018

There are several reasons why targeting people more individually can pay off. A one-size-fits-all approach is obviously quicker and cheaper, but personalising marketing material can ramp up the audience experience.…

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Cyber what? Why consistent style isn’t everything

By Aled Herbert / 22/10/2018

As writers and editors, we live in perpetual dread of errors, typos and inconsistencies appearing in our copy. After all, this is our business. We’re meant to be professional. We’ve…

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Content marketing trends #2 Parallax web design

By Aled Herbert / 26/06/2018

What are the newest trends and tactics used in content marketing? What’s catching on as a way to provide additional value to clients? Following on from the first post on…

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Content marketing trends. #1 Gifographics

By Aled Herbert / 08/05/2018

What are the latest trends and tactics used in content marketing? What’s catching on as a way to provide additional value to clients? In the first of a series, we…

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How to… run a content audit

By Aled Herbert / 27/07/2017

What is a content audit? Every brand should audit content and do so on a regular basis – ideally once a year. The reason is simple: your historical content holds…

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Example of a content audit

By Aled Herbert / 19/06/2017

Benefits of a content audit Our content audit is actually two processes in one: an inventory and an audit. It assesses both the quantity and quality of your content, and…

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Brand journalism and PRs: playing a little better in 2017

By Aled Herbert / 17/05/2017

Brand journalists are becoming more accepted by PRs although there remains a distinct split in levels of acceptance. Today marks the publication of our third annual study of the UK…

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Content Conversations: MediaCom Beyond Advertising's Tom Curtis

By Aled Herbert / 05/05/2017

Tom Curtis is managing partner and head of MediaCom Beyond Advertising. Often labelled as MediaCom’s content marketing division – a tag that Curtis dismisses as too narrow – MediaCom Beyond…

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Example of a content audit

By Aled Herbert / 10/04/2017

Benefits of a content audit Our content audit is actually two processes in one: an inventory and an audit. It assesses both the quantity and quality of your content, and…

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Content conversations: MEC Wavemaker's Ben McKay

By Aled Herbert / 20/03/2017

Ben McKay is managing director at MEC Wavemaker UK. Media agency MEC launched its Wavemaker content division last year to simplify its content, social, partnerships, SEO and creative offerings. Wavemaker…

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Content conversations: Karmarama’s Jamie Toward

By Aled Herbert / 22/02/2017

Jamie Toward is managing partner for content at London-based creative agency Karmarama, which has recently been bought by consulting giant Accenture. As part of that takeover, Karmarama, whose clients include…

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