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AI agents demystified by Nadia Ellis of Curiosity
Time to stop worrying and start building your hive of AI agents When I first started thinking seriously about AI agents, I felt the same way I did when I first encountered AI. Too technical. Too complex. A little too much time upfront. I’m fortunate to be surrounded...
AI and marketing expert Nadia Ellis and her curiosity hive of AI agents (Slideshow podcast)
In this episode of Slideshow, host Dave Hayward speaks with marketing and AI expert Nadia Ellis from Curiosity about the transformative power of AI agents in business and personal productivity. Nadia shares her journey from a traditional marketing role to becoming an...
How persuasion works (and how it doesn’t)
Persuasion and perseverance One of the hardest jobs I ever had was selling coffee in London. In my twenties, I started at a brand new company with no established customer base. Armed with a London A to Z street map, a newly bought suit, and some business cards, I...
3 unglamorous ways AI can improve growth and efficiency
3 practical ways AI can improve growth and efficiency for SMEs Relatively low cost access to AI makes things easier for SME businesses, but for the ones benefiting the most, it’s not in the ways you might think. That's because the zone is being flooded by frothy...
Is our fractional CMO model for you? (We might be the perfect fit)
This is part 3 of a 3 part series about fractional CMOs and marketing-as-a-service models. Click here for part 1, which introduces the rise of the fractional CMO. Part 2 is about our processes, flexibility, and results. Traditional fractional CMO vs. how we do things...
How our fractional CMO model works: Process, flexibility, and results
This is part 2 of a three-part series about fractional CMOs and marketing-as-a-service models. Part 1, which introduces the rise of the fractional CMO, is here. Part 3 discusses how to decide if these models are right for you. How it works Most of our clients work...
Why fractional CMOs are on the rise (and why our model is different)
This is part 1 of 3 articles about our fractional CMO and marketing-as-a-service models. Part 2 is about process, flexibility, and results. Part 3 is about how to decide if these models are for you. Fractional or part-time CMOs are on the rise There are a lot of...
The origin story of Europa Creative Partners
A bright object. A mystery wrapped in an enigma. That’s what we’re looking for in marketing and brand. It just so happens that it also describes my favourite moon in the solar system…. And the name of Europa Creative Partners (and our newsletter, Bright Objects). The...
5 AI tools to make your SME a big deal
Like Festivus, it’s AI tools for the rest of us. Running an SME does not mean you have a shortage of decisions. Now, it turns out you've got to keep abreast of all the AI tools you must choose. We thought exploring five areas in which AI can help with off-the-shelf...
I was taught by a great painter. Here’s what I learned.
The tension between structure and magic makes successful creative You may not know this about me, but I trained as an artist and am a painter (although I don’t get to practice much these days). One of my sketches is the header image of this article (no AI here!)....