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Practical thinking for people trying to understand their audiences and grow. What's worked, what hasn't, and what to do about it.
The donation page mistakes quietly costing your charity income
Mobile drives 68% of charity website visits but desktop still banks 57% of the revenue. Here are the donation page mistakes quietly costing you income — and the fixes, in priority order.
Beyond the brand mention: the audience conversations you’re missing
To your audience, your brand is probably the least interesting thing about them. So why do most organisations study their audience only through what people say about the brand? Here’s how to listen past your own mentions to the world your audience actually lives in — and why relevance is built there.
YOUR INSIGHT IS LYING TO YOU, BUT tRIANGULATION CAN FIX IT
Every research method lies to you — in a predictable direction. Social listening over-indexes the loud, surveys the people who’ll trade time for a dollar, focus groups the confident. There is no unbiased method. Here’s how to choose the right one for the question and triangulate so the biases cancel out.
How to get YOUR CHARITY cited in ChatGPT and Google's AI Overviews
As AI Overviews and ChatGPT answer more questions on the page, the goal shifts from ranking for the click to being the source the AI cites. A practical GEO checklist for charities.
What is GEO? Generative Engine Optimisation, explained
GEO, or generative engine optimisation, helps AI systems trust and quote your content. Here's what it is, how it differs from SEO, and what to do to get ranked.
What good looks like: how to set digital marketing KPIs that actually measure success
What does "good" look like in digital marketing? A full-funnel KPI framework for purpose-driven organisations — from CPM to ROI — plus how to read attribution honestly.
A test and learn framework you can rely on to get results
Shape a test and learn programme that’s reliable and gets results.