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I’m over everything in the marketing/ad/comms space being ‘content’. ‘Content’ is a mushy vague lazy word. If it’s an ad, just call it an ad. If it’s a brochure, just call it a brochure. “We’ll just create this content” is the Marcom equivalent of “We’ll just fix it in post” #ads

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Next Trade Secrets Training Session: The Bard Sell - 26

Join us at our next workshop ‘The bard sell’ and learn how to use poetic techniques to make your commercial writing creative https://www.26.org.uk/news-views/26-noticeboard/the-bard-sell

The bard sell: learn how to use poetic techniques to make your commercial writing creative Give your commercial writing a bit more sparkle and polish with poet and copywriter Rishi Dastidar for an after-hours workshop on 14… ... See more

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Making a magazine - 26

Our member, Sophie Gordon, offers notes of her path from “we could make a magazine” to “now available in lovely shops.” Meet the people within and the ideas behind Beings magazine … um, now ... See more

A non-exhaustive, definitely non-expert account of what I’ve learned so far. By Sophie Gordon It all started with a message from my friend Gavin. Having taken a year-long sabbatical, he’d been travelling for a few months… ... See more