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Month: December 2025

Finally, brand is the top marketing priority in 2026

For the past five years at least, I’ve found myself walking into businesses with great marketing functions and having to sell in the importance of brand. It’s always acknowledged, but very rarely prioritised. Performance marketing, on the other hand, has always been an easy sell. Dashboards, attribution models, numbers that give the comforting illusion of certainty. According to the State.. Read more

Why Your Business Needs to Think in AEO

I’ve been watching something interesting happen over the past couple of years. The way people search for information has changed and most businesses don’t seem to have noticed yet. People don’t click through to page two of Google anymore. They’re not comparing five different websites or scrolling through blog posts. Instead, they’re just asking questions… “What’s the best CRM for.. Read more

Steven Oakes – Fractional CMO in Manchester, UK.

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Fractional CMO in Manchester, UYK. 

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