I’ve written before about the difficulties of the word “content”. It’s too often bandied around in discussions that lose sight of its meaning to viewers versus its importance in their strategy. And that blindness is costly. But you quickly find yourself drawing on it because it’s the common reference. Much of the time, that will […]
I’ve written before about the difficulties of the word “content”. It’s too often bandied around in discussions that lose sight of its meaning to viewers versus its importance in their strategy. And that blindness is costly. But you quickly find yourself drawing on it because it’s the common reference. Much of the time, that will […]
I was invited to a recent PRCA event, hosting 3x PR industry godfathers who founded and exited agencies. Like so much with running Augur, I found it had to be analysed at two levels simultaneously. On one hand, there’s nothing like real experience. It’s a hard-won asset that money can’t buy. But in dispensing the […]
People are looking for things. You want them to find you. But not just when looking for you, of course, that’s a given. Really, you want them to find you when they are looking for other things. Or, best of all, when they’re looking to buy other things. And so the clash emerges. Because of how search works, if you […]
We recently took part in a discussion from MyNewsDesk about the ways brands tell their story. Check out the recording below for our thoughts.
Young companies that aren’t eager to spend thousands on a retainer still realise they need to get their story out to the people who count. But, based on the selection of tools showing up on ProductHunt, you’d think the future of PR was press releases and spamming media lists. To anyone who actually has experience with PR, […]
In the effort to rule their industry, almost every player has ended up churning out the same old slurry by neglecting a key element of creating great stories. It comes down to this: the world doesn’t need more content, it needs better editors. A good editor establishes a fair, consistent point of view. They bring priorities, […]
“The internet is like an endless gong show for advertisers, with consumers only too willing and able to kill your interruption with a quick click of a red cross. This isn’t a “threat”, it’s a return to a more natural balance.”
Read the full post: Marketers and Time
Search has changed. It’s becoming so hard to just play the game that you end up with half the discussion revolving around really sensible smart strategy, things like using content to gain attention and stand out online or semantic markup and metadata to genuinely clarify the definition of your entities. The downside of this is […]
What’s the difference between a tweet and a blog post? What about a collection of tweets and a website? You may start with a description of 140 characters, but while this famous limit still applies, it’s hardly the point anymore. Twitter Cards (RIP ‘tweets’), are best thought of as ‘action+caption’ and may quickly become the […]