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By Michael Weiss Practice Leader, Content & Social I came home from Content Marketing World thinking about a question that ran through my session and many conversations with my team: As AI makes it easier to gather information and produce content, where does the real value come from? My session, “Beyond the Numbers: Turning DataRead more

By Dave Reddy Practice Leader, Media & Influencers | Host, Pressing Matters podcast There are four essential parts to any well told story: grab attention, paint a picture, humanize, resolve a problem. Even when spinning a yarn about yourself, that isn’t easy. Now do it all in 60 seconds. It’s not for the faint ofRead more

By Sharon Barclay, Chief Innovation Officer Silicon Valley doesn’t stay Silicon Valley by accident.  The Bay Area’s reputation as the world’s technology capital isn’t something we can take for granted.  Like a houseplant or a relationship, it needs to be fed, nurtured and reinforced by the companies and people who call it home.  It’s oneRead more

AI Holds the Top Spot as Specific Narratives Lose Steam Broad AI stayed dominant, but February favored fewer breakout stories, while enterprise infrastructure, operational software, and selective security themes showed the clearest resilience. Welcome to Top Conversations in Tech, where we isolate the hottest trends, falling stars and shifting market dynamics to help technology marketersRead more

AI Splits Into Surfaces, Systems, and Safeguards Chat interfaces spiked, compute narratives returned, and deepfake risk forced integrity controls into the foreground. Welcome to Top Conversations in Tech, where we isolate the hottest trends, falling stars and shifting market dynamics to help technology marketers maximize their relevance. This month’s data reflects news and blog citationsRead more

AI Kept the Crown. Execution Set the Standard. Agents broke out, control layers gained share, and umbrella narratives lost heat. Welcome to Top Conversations in Tech, where we isolate the trends gaining momentum, losing relevance, and reshaping enterprise priorities. This analysis reflects a full-year comparison of 2025 vs. 2024, based on news and blog citationRead more

AI Re-Accelerates, Security Operations Surge, Semis Cool Welcome to Top Conversations in Tech, where we isolate the hottest trends, falling stars and shifting market dynamics to help technology marketers maximize their relevance. This month’s data reflects news and blog citations in September 2025 versus August 2025 and September 2024. We currently monitor 270+ topics, withRead more

It’s halftime. The second half of 2025 is already in motion, and if you’re a marketing leader, you’re likely facing a mix of fatigue, budget pressure, and the looming need to prove impact fast. So here’s the real question: Are you doing the right work, or just more work? The themes we’re hearing from marketingRead more

Part 2: How to Activate Your Customers and Accelerate Growth In Part 1, we made the case for a significant opportunity in marketing strategy: shifting from a focus solely on acquisition to one that fully embraces the value of existing customers, helping the business deepen trust, drive expansion, and scale advocacy. We believe that CMOsRead more

Marketing leaders are under pressure. Expectations are rising. Budgets aren’t. You’re launching campaigns, refining messaging, running webinars, and briefing executives. But something’s off. The results don’t match the effort. The narrative doesn’t land. The leads aren’t converting. More often than not, it comes down to one root cause: you’re not speaking to the right people,Read more