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Pipin Firmansyah
Google unveils exciting updates: 5 essential features to stay ahead
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 […]
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Gemma Manning
3 key B2B Marketing trends in 2023
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, […]
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Gemma Manning
Prioritising mental health and well-being this World Mental Health Day
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 […]
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Gemma Manning
Business the heart way: Reflections on my first in-person meeting with my Indonesian team
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 […]
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Gemma Manning
Celebrating courageous female founders this International Women’s Day
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 […]
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Gemma Manning
Reflecting on 14 years in business: three core beliefs to nurture in 2022 for our clients’ (and our) continued success
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 […]
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Gemma Manning
Fight for the things you care about: A letter to my 18-year-old self this International Women’s Day
“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. […]
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Gemma Manning
Learning from challenges
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 […]
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Gemma Manning
Top business insights from M&C founder, as featured in Dynamic Business
Manning & Co and Gemstar’s founder Gemma Manning features regularly in leading online publication Dynamic Business, where she shares top business insights alongside other business leaders on entrepreneurship, marketing and the secrets to success in business. From what makes you a great entrepreneur, to business strategies to implement in 2021, to how to pivot through […]
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Gemma Manning