THE 7 TRAITS OF CONTENT: #2 INSIGHTS

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Engaging content using insights

unlocking engagement
through insights

In a world drowning in dashboards, insight brings meaning back.

With over 15,000 MarTech tools now competing for marketers’ attention, it’s easy to mistake measurement for meaning. And when 96.55% of online content still gets zero traffic, it’s clear that more data isn’t the answer when making engaging content.

In this episode of Challenge Accepted, Lucy Allen talks with Mohit Sikka about how to find the signal in the noise and how true insight turns information into action, and action into engagement.

Because data is just numbers.
Insight is what makes them human.

IN This episode WE discuss:

  • The difference between data, information, and insights — and why it matters
  • How to spot the “so what?” that turns information into action
  • The role of emotional and behavioural insight in better decision-making
  • The danger of AI’s black box, when speed replaces understanding
  • How bias shapes what both humans and machines see
  • Why one customer conversation can outshine a hundred dashboards
  • The Biscuit Test… if ‘Insights’ were a biscuit, what would it be and why?

GUEST SPEAKERS

Mohit Sikka

Mohit Sikka
Global Marketing Specialist
LinkedIn

Ginny Follen

Ginny Follen MSc, 
Behavioural Science & Marketing Strategist
LinkedIn

QUOTES FROM THE 'CAST

“Sometimes a single customer chat teaches you more than a month of metrics.”
Mohit Sikka
“AI can tell you what happened, but not always why. That’s where humans still matter.”
Lucy Allen
“True insight challenges what you think you know.”
Ginny Follen, MSc.

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