As another year begins, it’s time once again to look forward and set out the three words that I will look to shape and define my 2016. This is a practice I started in 2011, inspired by Chris Brogan, and it’s really helped me to think about the actions I need to take to make …
With the ongoing rise in content marketing, smarter search engines and increased competition within the earned media space, what does it take to really stand out and gain attention? With a new year ahead of us, now is as good a time as any to aim for a new set of higher standards for the …
Buzzfeed is a modern publishing phenomenon. Best known for listicles, GIFs and click-bait headlines, the company has now diversified into new areas, including politics, world news and even motion pictures. According to Buzzfeed, 2014 revenues surpassed $100 million and their post in February asking people to vote on the colour of a dress has generated over …
The increased focus on content marketing continues to grow, a trend highlighted by a number of studies surveying marketers’ top priorities: The content marketing boom is also reflected in the relative search volume trends for phrases related to content marketing: Content marketing can be defined as the strategy of providing valuable, relevant, quality content that …
As digital marketing (and marketing in general) continues to evolve, so does the thinking associated with what makes a modern marketer. There have been numerous posts about T-shaped marketing, the Pi-shaped marketer, growth hacking and even ninja rockstars! Whilst I’m conscious that there are already plenty of marketing buzzwords around, I nevertheless thought it worth exploring …
After spending the best part of ten years as an in-house client-side marketer, I recently made the decision to experience life as a marketer within an agency. My ambition is to continually develop myself as a rounded marketer, something I’ve tried to demonstrate using the ‘T-shaped marketer’ approach and I felt the change to agency-side marketing …