Collective Content (UK)

English – one language, a world of confusion

By Aled Herbert / 29/05/2019

“You should keep these things.” That’s what my boss said to me shortly after I started my first job in Singapore. On my desk were several expensive pieces of electronic…

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Why do we have staff around the world?

By Tony Hallett / 25/02/2019

Why do we have people in different locations around the world? We could simply answer: “Because we can.” But there’s a wider point that’s worth making. When I recently mentioned…

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Quality work – why I constantly assess our agency model

By Tony Hallett / 05/11/2018

On my mind: How to describe team members at our content marketing agency. That’s partly because we’re preparing a new website – nothing radical, just something every company does. But…

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11 essential content marketing links from Q1 18

By Tony Hallett / 28/03/2018

A Take on 3 Confusing Terms: Content Marketing, Content Strategy, Content Marketing Strategy This is the kind of foundational piece that everyone in who works with commercial content should read.…

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What’s more important than consistency in your copy? Give this a Go

By Tony Hallett / 22/01/2018

With matters of style in your content, there’s generally no right answer to whether you should be informal, use Oxford commas or do – or don’t do – a number…

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11 essential content marketing links from Q4 17

By Tony Hallett / 02/01/2018

Copywriter vs. Content Writer: Skills, writing fees and expectations This isn’t the exact same take we’ve provided but Barry is always good and this piece has a lot to ponder…

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What is… editing?

By Shirley Siluk / 18/09/2017

Writers tend to be solitary creatures but bringing writing to life is more often a group effort. That’s especially true in B2B communication. Whatever the business writing project—a blog post,…

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How to… ghostwrite

By Tony Hallett / 11/09/2017

WHAT IS GHOSTWRITING? Ghostwriting involves using a professional writer to create works in another person’s name. It could be a column for a newspaper or online publication, all the way…

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PR and brand journalists speaking a common language

By Tony Hallett / 24/05/2017

Native advertising is no longer a mystery. And almost everyone in PR knows their ‘brand publication’ from their ‘brand storytelling’ – as you might expect. These are just two of…

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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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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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Burberry, Screamadelica and the secret to creative cross pollination

By Tony Hallett / 13/03/2017

Every so often, anyone with a creative job has to recharge. There are places that will tell you how (I liked this one recently) and this post isn’t so much…

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