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Quad Digital is a content marketing agency. We blend creative, SEO, social and PR to build profitable audiences for brands.
Our content strategies drive engagement and nurture clients' customer relationships from prospect to sale, and on to return purchase.

Quad Digital is a content marketing agency. We blend creative, SEO, social and PR to build profitable audiences for brands.Our content strategies drive engagement and nurture clients' customer relationships from prospect to sale, and on to return purchase.

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by Emma Krstic

February 6, 2015 in Quad , Search , SEO

Ah, finally, Google is making the move we knew was coming! The search engine giant is shifting its focus onto mobile and responsive websites, pushing for better user experience on portable platforms. With mobile internet use on the rise, it makes sense; Google is moving with the times (or leading them).

The problem is, not all marketers have done the same. So when Google recently sent out a warning (via its Webmaster Tool) to sites which have problems when displayed on mobile devices, a lot of webmasters would have broken into a sweat and wondered what Google was really getting at.

Quad’s digital strategy for 2015

February 5, 2015 in Content Marketing , Quad

Behind the scenes, Quad continually evolves its strategy-backed content solutions to ensure clients reap rewards. Ben Dickens, Quad’s Managing Director, outlines what we’ve been working on in preparation for the year ahead.

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Don’t worry, this isn’t another 2015 marketing trend prediction post (we’ve already done one of those – see here ). Instead, this is a look at what Quad will be up to in the coming months… with a little review of last year thrown in for good measure.

2014 was an interesting year for us. We grew a number of retained accounts for 2015 – a great vote of confidence in Quad and our methodologies – and we worked hard to ensure our output was integrated across various digital channels, which paid dividends in all our projects. Read the rest of this entry →

Three trends for digital in 2015

October 30, 2014 in Content Marketing , Quad , Uncategorized

It’s that time of year again when us agency folk are speculating about what brands will be looking at next year. So, (not breaking with tradition) I thought I’d follow the trend and write my latest post on this subject. I also thought I’d demystify why we do this every year.

Firstly, we want to tell you what we’ve got in mind for the next 12 months. Although, as Quad’s clients will know, forward thinking in digital should be a central part of any strategic digital agency proposition. In fact it’s crucial to be evaluating new developments, technology and platforms as they arise, and making smart decisions about how or even if they have relevance to the brand’s goals and customers. There is also a bit of shameful steering going on. These are uncertain times, and if I tell you that the three things you should be focusing on are X, Y and Z, then you may well believe me.

With that in mind, here are my top three things to concentrate on in 2015: Read the rest of this entry →

Using our skill-set to help the National Literacy Trust

October 9, 2014 in Content Marketing , Design , Quad , Search , Social

This is a bit of a departure from my usual blogs, which focus solely on the industry and Quad’s perception of the challenges that brands face. But, this time around I wanted to take a look at a piece of work we were involved in through 2014 with The National Literacy Trust (NLT), an amazing charity which works tirelessly helping to raise literacy standards in the UK.

As an agency that values content so highly, including the editorial variety, it seemed like an obvious fit to offer our services for the Books about Town campaign. It involved digital, installations, and a good deal of participation from famous authors and artists to create book benches, which you may well have seen dotted around London as part of four trails. On Tuesday, with summer and prime outdoor reading weather having drawn to a close, the benches were auctioned off. In total, over £250,000 was raised for the charity, funds that are vital for the NLT to be able to continue its good work in the UK. Read the rest of this entry →

Staying ahead of disruptive technology

October 6, 2014 in Content Marketing , Quad

The Quad team and I have been spending a lot of time thinking about this topic and how we can grow our proposition of creating unified campaigns and experiences for our clients.

It’s increasingly apparent that brands are recognising the need for change. However, their internal organisations are so tightly linked to the marketing landscape that has grown up in the last 60 years, since TV came along, that the way forward has become blurred. This can be seen in the many tools and tactics that focus on a particular silo, while the root problem remains the same; brands need a strategy that will adapt to the disruption new technologies bring. Read the rest of this entry →

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by Emilia Charidemou

Learning how to pull with Quad Digital

July 14, 2014 in Content Marketing , PR , Quad

My first blog post for Quad! I’m Emilia and I’m working as PR intern here.

I’m a recent graduate in PR from the London College of Fashion and have a passion for strategy and communication.

I first got into PR when I was 16 and have worked with many clients since, from start-up designers to high end fashion brands. Read the rest of this entry →

Our mission to remove confusion from content marketing (or how to sober up an astronaut)

July 2, 2014 in Blogging , Content Creation , Content Marketing , Quad

Recently we’ve discussed at some length the confusion that exists around content marketing and what exactly it means. We certainly know what it means to us. I’ve blogged about this before, just as I’ve also blogged about the many companies out there peddling other content marketing solutions and given some advice on how to pick one, which I hope has been useful. Read the rest of this entry →

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by Isobel Weiner

Quad Digital expertise supports literacy campaign

June 26, 2014 in Content , Content Creation , Design , Quad

With the National Literacy Trust’s campaign about to begin, we at Quad are buzzing with excitement and anticipation.

From next week, you’ll be able to follow a trail of open book-shaped benches across London, each featuring the cover of an influential novel or children’s book, painted by some of the UK’s leading artists. We volunteered to build and design the website for the cause, since its aim of improving literacy is a subject close to our heart. Read the rest of this entry →

The importance of building content infrastructure

May 28, 2014 in Content , Design , Quad

Much of content marketing focuses on brand and audience building. But when you’re building an audience you need an infrastructure around which it can gather. Here at Quad , we have an in-house development team who work with our clients to create the best platform for the content their audience is going to engage with.

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Above is a perfect example of an infrastructure we’re very proud of. The website we built for Wimbledon Studios allows visitors to see all aspects of its business: the sets, the catering, its capacity for events and more. The blog also gives Wimbledon the opportunity to engage with potential location managers, event organisers, and other professionals who want to know what Wimbledon Studios offers that other facilities don’t. Without this platform, the content we create for Wimbledon would struggle to be seen.

Most of the content created off-site directs traffic back toward the website and that’s why building a solid infrastructure is so key. Writing excellent copy for Wimbledon Studios’ website and for other sites wouldn’t work effectively if there wasn’t a central hub for the audience to come to.

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We’ve written before about our work with Books About Town, the partnership between the National Literacy Trust and Wild In Art designed to encourage reading for enjoyment. Their BookBenches celebrating stories linked to London are soon to be unveiled for the summer. To mark this launch we’ve created a platform that encourages exploration and sends readers on their own BookBench finding adventure.

Books About Town has truly great content to share. The process of painting and placing new BookBenches provides important opportunities for pictures, tweets, and lively discussion. Below you’ll see our own contribution to this collection of excitingly decorated street furniture.

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There are lively interactions between us, the artist Mandii Pope, Books about Town, the National Literacy Trust and others in the location where our BookBench will be placed. All of this is directed back to the infrastructure of the Books About Town website. Without that infrastructure the readers interested in this story have no place to go.

If you need an infrastructure for your audience to live in from this content marketing agency , we can help. Call us on , drop us a line at or tweet us. We’re @QuadDigital.

Why artificially building links is a tired and risky strategy

May 20, 2014 in Content Marketing , Quad , Search , SEO

I’ve written a number of posts hoping to demystify content marketing and hopefully highlight what brands should look for in a content marketing agency, writes Ben Dickens , Quad’s managing director. But I thought it would be valuable to take a good hard look at the notion of links and why both brands and agencies seem to equate content marketing with link building. Read the rest of this entry →