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Small partner, big ambition – how I show what’s possible

By Becky Thompson 09/25/2024

This is part of a series of posts where I talk about my experiences managing large channel marketing content programmes. This time I look at what smaller channel partners can…

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Written By Becky Thompson25/09/2024
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3 qualities to demand in your content agency

By Becky Thompson 09/16/2024

This is the first in a series of posts where I talk about my experiences managing large channel marketing content programmes. This time, I’m looking at some things that matter…

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Written By Becky Thompson16/09/2024
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What are your AI-generated meeting summaries not telling you? 

By Tony Hallett 07/17/2024

Back 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…

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Written By Tony Hallett17/07/2024
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Like The Bear? Love agencies

By Tony Hallett 06/20/2024

I wasn’t alone in loving the first two seasons of The Bear, which follows the highly strung family and wider team that run the titular Chicago restaurant (spoiler: there are…

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Written By Tony Hallett20/06/2024
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Do AI and plagiarism have anything in common?

By Eve Michell 05/23/2024

At first, the answer to this question might be a confident ‘no,’ and we understand. You’re not outright stealing anything when you use generative AI (GenAI), and you’re the master…

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Written By Eve Michell23/05/2024
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Plagiarism Week – why?

By Tony Hallett 05/20/2024

I’ve seen people lose their careers because of plagiarism. And I’ve seen companies lose reputation and revenue. That’s why we care at this agency. Stepping back a bit, I understand…

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Written By Tony Hallett20/05/2024
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Copy-wise: Follow this simple rule for lists (and don’t be a copy bro)

By Tony Hallett 05/10/2024

The internet loves lists. So did magazines, to be fair. And the ancient Greeks. OK, I have no idea if Aristotle and Socrates loved a top 10.  But to our…

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Written By Tony Hallett10/05/2024
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Good art – and good content marketing – doesn’t take shortcuts 

By Shirley Siluk 01/26/2024

Ideas are easy. Executing them is hard. And people have always been tempted by the promise of shortcuts to take ideas from conception to execution without that messy ‘hard’ part…

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Written By Shirley Siluk26/01/2024
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Jólabókaflóðið – What to get the content marketer in your life

By Zoe McNeill 12/20/2023

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land Pages were turned, cocoa in hand As evening crept on, and Christmas drew close Jólabókaflóðið reminds us of what we…

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Written By Zoe McNeill20/12/2023
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Around the world in seven words

By Andrew Smith 12/04/2023

Around the world in seven words The are many reasons to sign up to the Collective Content newsletter, which you can do here. One of them is the Word, or…

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Written By Andrew Smith04/12/2023
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11 best content marketing links Q2 23

By Tony Hallett 07/03/2023

What does generative AI mean for content marketing? Yes, we’re being unapologetically us-centric this quarter – starting with an important blog post from our content director about our position on…

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Written By Tony Hallett03/07/2023
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What the Hero’s Journey can – and can’t – do for you

By Bill Clark 07/19/2022

Here at Collective Content, we tell a lot of stories. Or maybe we only tell one. It depends on who you ask.

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Written By Bill Clark19/07/2022
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