content marketing

Culture of content – got one?

By Tony Hallett / 26/01/2015

You’ve heard the phrase ‘a culture of content’, right? Well, you’re going to hear it a lot more this year. Why? There’s a good chance your organisation has not only…

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The one secret to a LinkedIn profile that works for you – and your employer

By Tony Hallett / 01/12/2014

We don’t talk about it a lot but we spend some time at Collective Content helping companies and especially their senior executives with their LinkedIn profiles. Sometimes this takes the…

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Tell stories – but also answer questions with your content marketing

By Aled Herbert / 18/11/2014

‘Tell, don’t sell.’ It’s is a phrase you’ll hear a lot on our blogs here on Collective Content. And for good reason. The ‘tell’ is about stories and how to…

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Copywriter v journalist – be sure of the difference

By Aled Herbert / 10/11/2014

In the world of content marketing many of us who hail from a background in journalism, as reporters and editors, can sometimes get a little protective of our territory as…

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Content marketing in 2015 – more growth but challenges ahead

By Aled Herbert / 08/10/2014

B2B marketers plan to spend more on content marketing and produce more content over the next 12 months but they also face significant challenges in tracking and measuring its effectiveness.…

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Close the deal – when it's OK to break the golden rule of content marketing

By Tony Hallett / 22/09/2014

One of our golden rules of B2B content marketing (alongside things like “First, be useful”) is not to talk about your own company or products. But it can feel good…

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Why every B2B marketer should be using Google+

By Aled Herbert / 28/07/2014

What’s the most popular social media channel B2B marketers are currently using? If you read our recent blog post by Collective Content founder Tony Hallett you’ll know it’s LinkedIn. That’s…

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Which social network ranks in marketers’ top three channels?

By Tony Hallett / 15/07/2014

Earlier this year we carried out some research about the adoption of content marketing, specifically by B2B technology and telecoms vendors (where we have a number of clients). Out of…

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Beyond ads – Cannes highlights two native content musts for publishers

By Tony Hallett / 26/06/2014

Last week at Cannes banner ads were as popular as a McDonald’s on la Croisette. One paradox: plenty of those doing the trash talking work at agencies and publishers that…

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Talk about competitors in your content marketing, honestly

By Tony Hallett / 12/06/2014

It is a conversation we invariably have with clients. Even if we think we know the answer, when in the early stages of a programme we ask how they feel…

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Fact checking – a vital newsroom lesson for brand publishers

By Aled Herbert / 12/05/2014

If you are interested in healthcare technology you might have recently seen a story about an NHS Trust planning to use Skype for some outpatient video consultations. It was picked…

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