Marketing moves fast, but we move faster. As we move into the Summer, we’re keeping tabs on the big changes happening in the world of marketing. From campaigns heating up for the World Cup in a couple of weeks to stunts that shine a spotlight on the natural world, this month is all about collaboration. Here’s what happened! National Geographic campaign causes a buzz National Geographic have collaborated with Meanwhile agency to build and place bee houses throughout the city

Email marketing is essential for any business. You can entertain, educate, and promote your products through the power of digital mail - all needed for getting your offering in front of more eyes. But doing it manually? That's going to take too much time and energy. Plus, you don't need to, if you map out your email workflows well. In this article, we'll give you email marketing examples and show you the most effective flows for keeping your community engaged. Email workflow

If you’re a business owner or even sit within a marketing team, it’s likely you’re running a newsletter (or at least hope to run one when you have access to a few more resources!). But we’re realists. We know that newsletters take time, from designing the ideal visual layout to ideating themes each week or month to scheduling and reporting on the data. And sometimes, newsletters aren’t always the top priority. When you have 30 other tasks on your to-do list, your newsletter

There’s no doubt that email marketing is one of the most important tools that small businesses can utilise. Email is an important communication tool that can support a variety of essential communications to your community, including entertaining monthly newsletters, product highlights, all of which supports your customer’s journey But different email types are used for different reasons, and this might depend on whether you’re a business that sells to other businesses or di

Welcome to shoppertainment: the slightly ridiculous, entirely unavoidable reality that if your brand isn’t fun, it probably isn’t selling. This isn’t a trend in the usual sense. It’s not another “brands should be on TikTok” hot take that will quietly die in a strategy deck. It’s a structural shift in how people buy. Shopping used to sit at the end of a funnel. Now it lives inside the scroll. And the scroll is entertainment.

This guide sets out a practical approach to launching a product or service in a way that generates understanding, demand, and ultimately, commercial results.

Content audits aren’t flashy. They don’t come with shiny campaign visuals or impressive launch stats. But a proper website content audit can improve rankings, sharpen messaging, increase conversions, and stop you wasting budget on content that simply isn’t working anymore.

Social media has changed the way brands interact with their audience. But with millions of conversations happening online every day, how do you actually know what people are saying about you or your industry?

Blackcat Content’s eight-step guide to finding the right B2B content marketing agency Choosing a B2B content marketing agency is a big decision. It isn't just about finding someone who can create content. It's about finding an agency that can work as your in-house marketing team. The right agency becomes a real, strategic partner that helps shape your brand and brings genuine opportunities knocking. The wrong one produces generic content that fills a calendar but delivers lit

Choosing the best content agency for small businesses isn’t necessarily about finding the cheapest option. It’s about finding a partner that understands your constraints, your market, and how to turn content into measurable growth.

MarTech, short for Marketing Technology, is an abbreviation often used to describe digital tools that are used within marketing functions. As you can imagine, this encompasses A LOT of tools, with thousands promising better leads , smarter automation , and higher ROI , it’s easy to fall into the trap of buying software before understanding what you actually need - especially as a small business. When you’re building your ‘stack’ (which means just the collection of tools you u

It’s time to stop chasing virality. In 2026, success on social media won’t come from one-off viral moments. Instead, it will come from building platforms that consistently deliver on your brand and pipeline (ideally both at the same time!). Algorithms are maturing, audiences are more discerning, and brands are being held to higher standards. Here’s what that means. Take a look at our social media predictions 2026, broken down by cross-platform trends and individual channels

We’ve all heard the phrase: fake it ‘til you make it. And when it comes to opening your own business, that’s essential. All businesses start small. But there are some things you can do to make your business look more professional.

It’s officially that time of the year, when you step back from your business and ask yourself - are we going in the right strategic direction ? You’ve probably reviewed your financials, operations, and of course, your marketing too. Unlike the first two considerations, marketing can sometimes feel like an impossible environment to compete in as a small business . So many new tools are being developed, people adapt to shifting tactics online, strategies change between offlin

If you don’t sell to Australian teens you might be fine but there are already headlines that Keir Starmer is considering it as a real option for the UK as well. So there’s no better time to get ahead and start thinking how you could pivot your marketing plans if this does come into play.

In this article, we’ll explain how to best rank on Google, and although there are other search engines out there (Hi Bing, if you’re indexing this page), Google is by-far-and-large the most used search engine. In fact, Google monopolises the market share with over 90% of searches being done via Google.

As marketers, we love to define, label and organise. We colour-code content calendars, create ICP word clouds, and put audiences into neat HubSpot segmentation that make us feel like we understand our audience. And perhaps the oldest segmentation we cling to out of habit is the divide between B2B and B2C marketing.

In today’s landscape, authenticity and storytelling are what takes a restaurant from just somewhere to grab something to eat to a whole community of shared experiences and genuine connection, a place where people don’t just remember the food, they remember how it made them feel.

The green tick, the upward trajectory, the percentage increase, it feels good, doesn’t it? That small dopamine hit when the numbers climb, even slightly, is the marketer’s equivalent of applause. It doesn’t matter if the conversion rate only increased by 0.01%, it’s still an increase, and don’t let anyone tell you any differently! We hate to admit, a little to ourselves, mostly to others, but most definitely to other marketers, that it feels good. That is, until we hear the p

For small businesses, email marketing is an affordable direct line straight to a huge, accessible audience. The problem however lies in what you’re sending out, and who you’re actually sending it out to, because although there’s a lot of people to speak to, you only want to be speaking to the right people, in the right way.