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School Fees, Flatlining and Farcical PR Events Growth

School Fees, Flatlining and Farcical PR Events

My Executive Summary for this week: stop relying on someone else's platform, someone else's recruiters or someone else's sales process. Build what you own - the audience, the expertise and the narrative. The builders today are the ones who control their own distribution. Use social media

Dan Ilett · 6 min read min read
What You're Missing: Attention Flywheels & Trust Engines Growth

What You're Missing: Attention Flywheels & Trust Engines

Facebook company pages now reach just 1.37% of their followers organically. That is not a typo. It is however - awful. That means if you build a page of 10,000 followers and only 137 people see each post you publish. Instagram is barely better at 7.6% and LinkedIn company pages make up

Dan Ilett · 4 min read min read
Recommend a Friend Downtime

Recommend a Friend

Morning Folks, I hope you're in a good place this morning. I have a favour to ask. Two in fact - so I won't beat about the bush. Firstly, I'm growing the newsletter readership and I need your help. Would you mind recommending the Executive Summary to a few people? Two minutes. I'd really

Dan Ilett · 1 min read min read
India's genius narrative flip Growth

India's genius narrative flip

If you want a masterclass in the power of narrative, look to India. The country's rebrand of 'outsourcing' to 'capability centres' is winning jobs and business at an astounding rate. Multinationals like IBM, UBS, Lloyds Banking Group and Cargill are shifting thousands of roles to Global

Dan Ilett · 2 min read min read
Did Asset Management Die? Why Gen Z Has Disconnected Growth

Did Asset Management Die? Why Gen Z Has Disconnected

Asset managers aren’t just being out-innovated, they’re being out-narrated. You only have to look at the volume of news stories on alternatives vs traditionals to see this is a media war as much as a product-performance one. Some 42 percent of Gen Z investors in the US hold crypto, which

Dan Ilett · 2 min read min read