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Successful habits of great content marketers

By Julian Heathcote 11/06/2024

What we learned from this year’s CMI B2B content marketing report The 2025 issue of the annual Content Marketing Institute (CMI) B2B Content Marketing Outlook report has been eagerly awaited…

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Written By Julian Heathcote06/11/2024
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Essential AI insights from Q1 24

By Eve Michell 05/07/2024

1. Accenture workforce report examines employee sentiment regarding AI in the workplace Accenture’s Work, workforce, workers report finds that 95 per cent of workers see the value in working with…

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Written By Eve Michell07/05/2024
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How to interview to create better content

By Bill Clark 02/28/2024

Every journey, physical or metaphorical, starts with one basic question: How do I get there from here? That’s a question that faces us at Collective Content every day. When it…

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Written By Bill Clark28/02/2024
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Why we have a GenAI policy – and why you should too

By Eve Michell 10/30/2023

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) – AI tools that can create content, including text responses, articles and images – is potentially the most significant disruptor in marketing of this decade. Since…

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Written By Eve Michell30/10/2023
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What does generative AI mean for content marketing?

By Aled Herbert 06/07/2023

We have been watching with amazement the speed at which generative AI has developed and affected so many areas of our lives and our work. While AI has enormous potential…

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Written By Aled Herbert07/06/2023
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Let’s stay together: What client retention means to us

By Fiona Skilton 03/30/2023

Bringing in new business is a key challenge for any agency, and we’re no different. But we value working with existing clients more than we do prospecting for new ones.…

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Written By Fiona Skilton30/03/2023
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My time as a grasshopper: the importance of a creative mentor

By Daine Lindsay 02/23/2023

Daniel-san had Mr. Miyagi, Harry Potter had Dumbledore, Luke Skywalker had Yoda, and if you ask me, there’s a lot of truth to be found in the old wise mentor…

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Written By Daine Lindsay23/02/2023
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Why DIY content might be the wrong decision

By Bill Clark 01/03/2023

Yes, you can! But should you? A friend of mine recently decided he could fix his stopped-up drain, despite having no previous plumbing experience. He got under the sink with…

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Written By Bill Clark03/01/2023
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Netflix shows how the wrong marketing content drives away customers

By Aled Herbert 11/29/2022

I’ve been in the news lately, though I wasn’t named specifically: I recently cancelled my Netflix subscription. And my experience offers a valuable lesson for connecting with customers – or…

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Written By Aled Herbert29/11/2022
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You’re gonna need a bigger boat

By Aled Herbert 02/28/2022

As a film buff, I believe there are many valuable life lessons to be learned from the world of cinema. At the risk of biting off more than I can…

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Written By Aled Herbert28/02/2022
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Why Word beats Google Docs for our writers and editors

By Aled Herbert 07/19/2021

As a content marketing agency, our writers and editors spend a lot of time working in word processors. These tools have come a long way in the last few decades…

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Written By Aled Herbert19/07/2021
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Your key to creativity: Documenting and vulnerability

By Tony Hallett 04/06/2017

Have you heard about authenticity in your content? It’s been a big theme for a while. But recently at an event I heard Alex Jones from Fjord Trends (part of…

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Written By Tony Hallett06/04/2017
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