Tony Hallett
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I’ve got an earworm. If you don’t know, an earworm is a part of a song – a melody, a key lyric etc. – that you can’t get out of…
Read MoreI recently flew on British Airways, and much as I wanted to write a piece about the decline of in-flight magazines — one of the great forms of brand publication…
Read MoreWhy do your customers choose you? This is one of the biggest questions in business. Companies that don’t know the answer are flying blind. We always ask this question of…
Read MoreTrust. Some would say everything has always been based on trust. From a member of the tribe guarding the cave opening at night while you sleep to… less important but…
Read More1. Your ‘critical thinking’ makes you unique – and GenAI can’t help you with that This was another big year for Collective Content’s ongoing efforts to make sense of and…
Read MoreDon’t lie. You’re not thinking that policies are sexy. But we’re kind of making a big thing about the latest version of our AI policy, aimed mainly at our writers,…
Read MoreI made a throwaway comment under one of our company LinkedIn posts the other day and someone challenged me on it. I said I’d “never come across many professional writers…
Read MoreC-suite urged to clarify AI productivity expectations and focus on skill building Do you work somewhere where it’s come from upon high that you must up your game with AI?…
Read More1. To appoint, or not to appoint: How to truly assess the capabilities of a potential new marketing agency partner We like the way the team at GO! brings together…
Read MoreIf we’re so strategic about content – about content contributing to the success of your company, team and career – then why do we sometimes harp on about commas and…
Read MoreBack when I was a reporter, an old hack once told me never to ask my best questions from the floor of a press conference or similar event. His thinking…
Read MoreI talk a lot (too much?) about some of the not-so-great uses of GenAI that we’re seeing right now. That could mean for copywriting or graphic design, as well as…
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