content marketing
Let’s start with slop. We’ve all heard about it and – sadly – experienced it. But the explosion of low-quality content isn’t only driven by AI tools, and it isn’t the only reason we risk failing to see in a potential Golden Age of thought leadership. With that in mind,…
Read More3 examples: audiences seeking out ‘the human’
How do you stand out in a world of AI mediocrity and, more broadly, B2B same-ness? Where in the world? Twenty years ago, I was five years into editing a weekly…
Read MoreCommit No Nuisance – whatever that means
I was at a meeting in Southwark last week and walked past a somewhat well-known street sign, one that I’d pass most mornings on a commute I used to make…
Read MoreSearch engine optimisation (SEO) isn’t dead (yet). But as generative AI tools grab an ever-larger share of traffic from traditional search engines, content marketers need to adjust their SEO strategies…
Read MoreConnecting with prospects online is a challenge… but the biggest test is maintaining trust
In our ongoing series on generative engine optimisation (GEO), we’ve looked at key terms you need to know about this new strategy for being found online, current stats about AI’s…
Read MoreSEO in the age of AI search: How content marketers are fighting ‘Google Zero’
Many content marketers today might not remember the early days of the web – the days before LinkedIn (founded in 2003) or, even farther back, Google (established in 1998). But…
Read MoreWho does search serve? GEO raises hard questions for content marketers looking to be found online
If you’re a content marketer, how will you get people to view your content if AI-powered search engines no longer direct people to your website? That search apocalypse – known…
Read MoreWhat is a use case and when you should use one?
What is a use case? Don’t search it, don’t run your AI, just off the top of your head. If you’re like us at Collective Content, you’ve spent years reading…
Read MorePainkillers or vitamins – what do you sell?
The internet is thick with business guru after business guru telling you to sell painkillers rather than vitamins. What does that mean? Well, the theory is that we all know…
Read MoreWe established the way we work when Collective Content mostly worked on written projects like case studies, blog posts, whitepapers and eBooks, guides and more that we did, and still…
Read MoreThe joy of small audiences in B2B
B2B folk, how do you measure your content? Funnily enough, if you’re one of the rare professionals who says, “We don’t”, you get a pass. For now. The worse answer…
Read MoreThe $$$ is in the detail
The devil is in the detail, they say. But sometimes it’s the good stuff you find in the detail – in work or play. I recently visited several universities with…
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