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Will AI in Marketing kill authenticity? An experiment…

As we embrace the efficiency and capabilities of AI tools, a critical question arises: How do we maintain authenticity in our content without sacrificing the unique voice and perspective associated with the human touch?

Channel marketing leads are like a gift from your Grandma

When you sell through channel partners, should you generate sales leads, or should they?

Four Reasons to Consider Podcasting in your B2B Marketing Strategy

Is now the time you should consider a podcast as part of your B2B marketing strategy? As part of some strategy work we’ve been doing on behalf of a client we’ve recently been looking at how their content marketing strategy might evolve in 2020. One area we’ve been evaluating is podcasting. We think for this…
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B2B Video — Four Examples of how you could be using it more

We’ve been doing quite a bit of B2B Video marketing work of late. Services like promo.com, Ripl and wave.video to name but three, have put regular animated content in the grasp of those with even the most limited of marketing budgets. These platforms also tend to be mobile friendly, also giving the opportunity to create quality content on the go — perhaps…
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Can you buy brand advocacy for a bag of sweets?

I recently received a delivery from Online retailer LED Hut. I’ve gone pretty much energy efficient LED lighting throughout our house as part of the renovation work we’ve been doing, and having done my research I ended up purchasing all the bulbs I needed from these guys. Ordering was painless, they arrived as expected via…
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