Real thought
leadership

For brands with big ideas

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B2B content doesn’t have to be boring.

Your audience deserves better and so do you.

Real thought leadership enables brands to produce content that genuinely influences and inspires their audience. We believe that every B2B marketer should feel empowered to work on campaigns that make a real and lasting impact.

What we do

We help you to plan and deliver content campaigns that pass that test for Real Thought Leadership.

Real thought leadership...

Repositions your brand

Use provocative thinking to change the way audiences view your company.

Raises awareness

Unveil profile-building content that increases share of voice and leads to stronger market share.

Ignites conversations

Present timely insight and inspire audiences to take action.

Builds advocacy

Reward loyal customers with valuable, tailor-made insights.

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Who we help

Longitude is part of the Financial Times Group. Our mission is to help brands reach the people who matter.

Case Studies

Brand Positioning Campaign

pieces of key media coverage Europe-wide

Brand Positioning Campaign

Increase in brand perception

Brand awareness campaign

key articles in targeted local and international media

Brand Awareness Campaign

Increase in brand awareness

Brand Awareness Campaign

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How we do it

With the right blend of strategy, insight, campaigns and amplification, we help you to craft content that gets you noticed.

Diagnose the issues

We work with you to understand your challenges — both internal and external — and help you to find the right solutions that address these issues and meet wider business objectives. Whether you’re looking to establish your brand in a new market, launch a new product or grow your client base, we help you to identify the right type of thought leadership and marketing strategy to achieve your goals.

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Find a better story

We know it’s not easy to come up with original ideas, creative editorial and strong insight, or to create a distinctive voice for you and your brand in a crowded content landscape. You need to tell a story and we’re here to help. The best content communicates complex ideas simply and powerfully and helps win hearts as well as minds with its creativity.

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Change perceptions

We help you to create distinctive campaigns, based on real-world data and insight. These campaigns will help you build lasting connections with your audiences, strengthen perceptions of you and your brand, and help you to stay front of mind as an industry leader.

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Reach the people who matter

As part of the Financial Times Group, we can help brands connect with influential business audiences around the world – digitally, in print and in live conference and forums.

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NEW INSIGHT: A guide to visual storytelling

Looking for exciting and innovative ways to approach your next content campaign? We’ve brought together a variety of resources which we hope will inspire you to make your next campaign your most creative yet.

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NEW INSIGHT: A guide to visual storytelling

Our thinking

By Sean Kearns

Behind every successful thought leadership campaign sits a clear, robust strategy. But companies often rush into producing content without stepping back and thinking about why they are doing it, who it is for, and how…

By Ben Harrison

A year like no other is drawing to a close, so here we look back at the past 12 months of the Longitude blog to find out what you most wanted to read this year.…

By Rob Mitchell

From embracing empathy and borrowing from newsrooms to halo-effect content and influencing with authenticity, here are the trends in thought leadership that we expect to see in 2021.…

By Sean Kearns

If you have read a thought leadership piece over the past year that has not mentioned the impact of artificial intelligence, we would like to see it. They are pervasive, but too many are repetitive…

By Peter Elkins

It may surprise you, but people in the 15th century were as concerned about fake news and disinformation as we are today. Back then, the invention of the printing press was seen as a potential…

By Emma Hicks

Research shows that 91% of B2B buyers prefer visual content, such as video, infographics and information design, to more traditional, text-based formats. But that has led some brands to show off their visual prowess…

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Real thought
leadership

For brands with big ideas

B2B content doesn’t have to be boring.

What we do

Real thought leadership...

Repositions your brand

Raises awareness

Ignites conversations

Builds advocacy

Who we help

Case Studies

Brand Positioning Campaign

Brand Positioning Campaign

Brand awareness campaign

Brand Awareness Campaign

Brand Awareness Campaign

How we do it

Diagnose the issues

Find a better story

Change perceptions

Reach the people who matter

NEW INSIGHT: A guide to visual storytelling

Our thinking

Six ways to improve your thought leadership strategy

The year in review: What you were reading and watching in 2020

Top thought leadership trends to watch in 2021

Great expectations: Thought leadership, meet AI

How can thought leadership build trust in the disinformation age?

The four principles of visual storytelling and how to apply them to thought leadership campaigns