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Field notes on global growth.

What we're learning running marketing, brand and web programs across North America, Europe, the Middle East, India and Asia-Pacific — written up as we go.

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Industry Focus
August 22, 2026 · 7 min read

B2B marketing for manufacturing companies: where most brands get it wrong

Long sales cycles, technical buyers, and relationship-driven deals make manufacturing B2B marketing genuinely different. Here's what actually works.

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Industry Trends
August 21, 2026 · 6 min read

The real impact of AI on B2B enterprise marketing — and what it actually changes

AI is changing B2B enterprise marketing faster than most teams have caught up with. Here's what's genuinely different, what's overhyped, and what to do about it.

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Industry Focus
August 20, 2026 · 6 min read

B2B marketing for technology companies: standing out when everyone sounds the same

The technology sector has a marketing problem: too many brands saying the same things in the same way. Here's how to actually differentiate.

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Buyer's Guide
August 19, 2026 · 6 min read

B2B lead generation that actually works: what's changed and what hasn't

Most B2B lead generation advice is either outdated or optimised for vanity metrics. Here's a grounded view of what's actually driving pipeline in 2026.

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Buyer's Guide
August 19, 2026 · 6 min read

Account-based marketing: when it works, when it doesn't, and how to do it right

ABM is one of the most discussed strategies in B2B marketing and one of the most frequently misapplied. Here's an honest guide.

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Industry Focus
August 18, 2026 · 6 min read

Digital marketing for FinTech brands: what's actually different

Regulatory scrutiny, trust deficits, and technical buyers change what works. Here's how FinTech marketing genuinely differs from a standard B2B or B2C playbook.

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Industry Trends
August 17, 2026 · 6 min read

Digital marketing in 2027: what actually changes (and what doesn't)

A grounded look at what's genuinely shifting in digital marketing heading into 2027 — and which fundamentals aren't going anywhere, despite the hype cycles.

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Industry Trends
August 16, 2026 · 5 min read

Content marketing in 2027: what still works when AI writes everything

Everyone can generate adequate content now. That's exactly why the content that stands out will look different by 2027.

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Industry Trends
August 14, 2026 · 6 min read

SEO in 2027: where search is actually headed

Traditional SEO isn't dying, but it's changing shape fast. Here's a realistic picture of what search visibility looks like by 2027.

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Industry Focus
August 13, 2026 · 6 min read

Marketing for real estate developers: building demand before you build

Long sales cycles, high-value transactions, and buyers who research for months before ever picking up the phone. Real estate marketing runs on different math.

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AEO / GEO
August 11, 2026 · 6 min read

How ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity actually choose what to cite

These systems don't rank pages the way Google does. Understanding the difference is the first step to actually showing up in their answers.

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Industry Focus
August 9, 2026 · 5 min read

Digital marketing for EdTech brands: selling to two audiences at once

The person who decides isn't always the person who uses the product. EdTech marketing has to work for both — often in the same campaign.

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AEO / GEO
August 5, 2026 · 6 min read

Why AI search is the biggest shift in customer discovery since mobile

Search didn't just get an AI feature bolted on. For a growing share of queries, the AI's answer is the entire search experience — and that changes who gets found.

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Buyer's Guide
August 2, 2026 · 7 min read

How to choose a digital marketing agency: 8 questions to ask before you sign

Skip the pitch deck. These are the questions that actually reveal whether an agency can deliver — before you've signed anything.

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Events
July 30, 2026 · 5 min read

Booth design lessons from a year of global trade shows

A booth is a brand experience with a 3-day shelf life and a five-figure budget. Here's what consistently separates a booth that generates leads from one that just looks nice.

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Buyer's Guide
July 25, 2026 · 6 min read

Marketing consulting vs in-house team: how to decide

It's rarely an all-or-nothing choice. Here's how to think about what to build internally and what to bring in from outside.

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AEO / GEO
July 21, 2026 · 5 min read

The real cost of being invisible to AI search

Ranking on page one still matters. But if an AI assistant answers the question before your link is ever shown, ranking well doesn't help you at all.

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AEO / GEO
July 14, 2026 · 6 min read

What Generative Engine Optimization actually means for your brand

Search is splitting into two paths: one where people click a blue link, and one where an AI just answers them. GEO is how you show up in the second path.

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Buyer's Guide
July 8, 2026 · 5 min read

7 signs your marketing agency isn't working

Not every underperforming agency relationship is obviously broken. Here are the quieter signs worth paying attention to.

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AEO / GEO
July 3, 2026 · 7 min read

A 90-day roadmap to make your brand AI-search ready

You don't need to overhaul your entire site at once. Here's a phased approach for building real AI-search visibility in three months.

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AEO / GEO
June 29, 2026 · 5 min read

AEO vs GEO vs SEO: what actually differs and why it matters

Three acronyms, three different jobs. Confusing them means optimizing for the wrong outcome — and missing the other two entirely.

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Market Entry
June 22, 2026 · 7 min read

A founder's checklist for entering the Middle East market

The Middle East is one of the fastest-growing consumer and B2B markets globally — and one of the easiest to enter badly. Here's what to get right before launch.

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