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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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The hunt for the B2B influencers

By Tony Hallett / 19/01/2017

We’ve heard a lot about ‘influencers’ and influencer marketing in the past few years, driven by the ability to tap those with large or important social media followings. But there…

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The ultimate content agency?

By Tony Hallett / 10/01/2017

There’s a question mark at the end of that headline. That’s because over the past few months we wrote several pieces about what to look for in a content agency.…

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How we charge for content

By Tony Hallett / 07/12/2016

Agencies – like some other companies – don’t often talk too loudly or publicly about how they charge what they charge. You know the reasons why. They include not wanting…

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Content Agencies Part 4: What’s your superpower?

By Tony Hallett / 21/11/2016

To any kind of start-up, investors often ask ‘What’s your superpower?’ What they mean is that ideally you need to have something unique and in-demand. Of course you should be…

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Don’t let perfection be your content marketing enemy

By Tony Hallett / 14/11/2016

Practice makes perfect, as they say. But how do you define perfect when it comes to content? Here’s why I ask. You know that old schematic, much loved by project…

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Content agencies Part 3: The right model

By Tony Hallett / 02/11/2016

Again we return to the question of ‘What makes a great agency?’ after recommending the best agencies in the content business specialise on content and that they work openly with…

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Red Bull’s Mateschitz on: brands as publishers

By Tony Hallett / 01/11/2016

“Brands need to take the phrase ‘acting like a publisher’ literally.” – Dietrich Mateschitz, CEO of RedBull  Today’s quotation comes not from a marketer but from a company leader (who also happens…

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Andrew Davis on: Content… relationships… trust… success

By Tony Hallett / 28/10/2016

“Content builds relationships. Relationships are built on trust. Trust drives revenue.” Andrew Davis, author and keynote speaker OK, so he sounds a little like Yoda here. But we’ve got to agree…

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Who needs WriteNow – the new on-demand content service?

By Tony Hallett / 25/10/2016

We recently launched an innovative on-demand writing service, WriteNow. Why is it innovative? After all, we hate it when people throw around that phrase without good reason. There are other…

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Content Marketing Landmarks: Microsoft’s Channel 9

By Aled Herbert / 20/10/2016

If you’ve spent any time in the tech industry, and if you’re reading this blog it suggests you may have, there’s a good chance you received an email or two…

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Content Agencies Part 1: Specialise

By Tony Hallett / 07/10/2016

What follows is controversial to some. The message of this post is: do one thing well. That’s what we believe in, speaking as a content agency. We think it’s good…

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