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Gain from the knowledge we’ve collected from working with dynamic businesses in Australia, Asia and beyond. Our MD and Founder, Gemma Manning shares her insights on marketing strategy, leadership, the importance of entrepreneurship and more.

With the world of SEO forever changing and fast-moving, it is essential to have your finger on the pulse of the latest developments in the industry. That’s why we recently attended the esteemed Search Central Live event in Jakarta – a flagship event by the Google Search Central team. Search Central Live Jakarta 2023 provided […]

The SEO industry is abuzz with news of Google’s latest AI update, which sees the incorporation of Google’s generative AI into its search engine. This groundbreaking development promises to revolutionise how content is indexed and ranked (even though Search Engine Result Page rank will not matter anymore, in my opinion) on the world’s most popular […]

For any business to be successful today, a strong online presence is essential – and that begins with your website. But the reality is that Google’s constant algorithm updates make it challenging for business leaders, as well as marketers, to keep up with what’s important and what’s not – even for experts like us, who […]

2023 is shaping up to be a busy year for B2B marketers as we emerge from a challenging few years that forced marketers to largely switch their integrated marketing plans to digital strategies. In 2022, businesses started to slowly readjust to a new normal, and 2023 will see that accelerate. While digital marketing will still, […]

A few years back, I had a memorable encounter at a client event in Sydney. A woman approached me to chat about my business, Manning & Co (M&C). She shared that she too had owned a similar business and had been relieved to get out of it at the 10-year mark. In her experience, she […]

I am writing my latest post from one of my favourite places: the Qantas lounge at Singapore Changi Airport. I am starting to frequent the lounge again with borders opening and my pre-COVID lifestyle reasserting itself. As I write, the lounge is abuzz with chatter and laughter, with lots of business travellers once again passing […]

I am writing my annual IWD letter on the plane to Singapore – my first trip back since making the tough decision to relocate to Sydney late last year for family reasons. As I sit, ponder and write, I reflect on the morning that I have just had – a reminder of the constant juggling […]

Believe it or not, the year 2022 numerologically is a very special year. It might not feel like it at the moment as we enter the third year of the pandemic and case numbers surge with the Omicron variant running rife through most parts of the world, but according to numerologists, 2022 is a master […]

“Fight for the things you care about but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” Ruth Badger Ginsburg Every International Women’s Day, I acknowledge the importance of what this day represents. After all, I know only too well how vital it is to celebrate international women’s day and their achievements. […]

Learning from Challenges – I had learnt a lot about resilience by my thirties, much of it from just watching Mum as I grew up. My mum has bucketloads of inner strength and resilience, but at the time I didn’t really know much about it, other than her being brave and courageous. I know plenty […]