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      <description>How industrial B2B marketing budgets actually allocate across mining services, drilling, engineering, trades.</description>
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      <description>How we ship B2B wholesale portals on Shopify and WooCommerce for Australian brands.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Why Australian-only + vertical-deep is the right fit for PE portfolios</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-aus-only-vertical-pe-portfolio-fit/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-aus-only-vertical-pe-portfolio-fit/</guid>
      <description>121 Group's Australian-only + vertical-deep operating model is structurally well-suited to PE-portfolio engagements.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The AI stack running in production today</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-ai-stack-running-in-production-today/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-ai-stack-running-in-production-today/</guid>
      <description>18 months of production AI for our active client book.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
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    <item>
      <title>The 300-page milestone</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-300-page-milestone/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-300-page-milestone/</guid>
      <description>121 Group hit 300 substantive pages on the May 2026 site relaunch.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>operating</category>
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    <item>
      <title>The 1300 number question, Why we still publish a phone number</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-1300-number-question/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-1300-number-question/</guid>
      <description>Why 121 Group still publishes 1300 121 979 prominently across the site.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>operating</category>
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    <item>
      <title>The 12-month tenure club, Clients who've been with us for over a year</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-12-month-tenure-club/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-12-month-tenure-club/</guid>
      <description>Of the 132 clients on our active book, more than 50 have been with 121 Group for over 12 months continuously.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>operating</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Industrial B2B marketing trends 2026</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/industrial-b2b-marketing-trends-2026/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/industrial-b2b-marketing-trends-2026/</guid>
      <description>What's actually changing in Australian industrial B2B marketing in 2026, LinkedIn paid as flagship, capability-statement design as.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>industrial</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Healthcare marketing trends 2026</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/healthcare-marketing-trends-2026/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/healthcare-marketing-trends-2026/</guid>
      <description>What's actually changing in Australian healthcare marketing in 2026, AHPRA cosmetic advertising standard updates, GP supply marketing as.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>healthcare</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>B2C marketing trends 2026</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/b2c-marketing-trends-2026/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/b2c-marketing-trends-2026/</guid>
      <description>What's actually changing in Australian B2C marketing in 2026, Klaviyo predictive segments going mainstream, B2B wholesale portals as B2C.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Why we built an Australian-only book</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/why-we-built-an-australian-only-book/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/why-we-built-an-australian-only-book/</guid>
      <description>132 clients on our active book, all Australian.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Why vertical specialism beats discipline specialism</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/why-vertical-specialism-beats-discipline-specialism/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/why-vertical-specialism-beats-discipline-specialism/</guid>
      <description>For agencies serving regulated verticals (healthcare, industrial B2B), vertical specialism beats discipline specialism.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Why the Australian fertility market is different</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/why-the-australian-fertility-market-is-different/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/why-the-australian-fertility-market-is-different/</guid>
      <description>How Australian fertility marketing differs from US and UK markets.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>healthcare</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Why the Australian aesthetic clinic market needs discipline</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/why-the-australian-aesthetic-clinic-market-needs-discipline/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/why-the-australian-aesthetic-clinic-market-needs-discipline/</guid>
      <description>AHPRA enforcement on cosmetic / aesthetic advertising standards intensified through 2025-2026. Why aesthetic clinics need agency.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>healthcare</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Why marketing attribution matters more in 2026</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/why-marketing-attribution-matters-more-in-2026/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/why-marketing-attribution-matters-more-in-2026/</guid>
      <description>Marketing attribution post-iOS-14, post-cookie-deprecation, post-AI-search-disruption.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The private equity healthcare thesis</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-private-equity-healthcare-thesis/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-private-equity-healthcare-thesis/</guid>
      <description>Why PE money has consolidated Australian primary care in 2024-2026, what it means for marketing, and how PE-portfolio CMOs should think.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>healthcare</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The PE-portfolio CMO handbook, Marketing operations across multi-brand portfolios</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-pe-portfolio-cmo-handbook/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-pe-portfolio-cmo-handbook/</guid>
      <description>Field-guide for PE-portfolio CMOs running marketing operations across multi-brand healthcare networks, FMCG portfolios, or.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The occupational health marketing playbook</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-occupational-health-marketing-playbook/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-occupational-health-marketing-playbook/</guid>
      <description>How we run occ-health marketing for Job Fit Australia and other Australian occupational health providers.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>healthcare</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Melbourne / Perth / Sydney operating model</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-melbourne-perth-sydney-operating-model/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-melbourne-perth-sydney-operating-model/</guid>
      <description>How 121 Group runs three Australian offices, Melbourne HQ, Perth industrial pod, Sydney east-coast hub.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>operating</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The diagnostics + pathology marketing playbook</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-diagnostics-pathology-marketing-playbook/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-diagnostics-pathology-marketing-playbook/</guid>
      <description>How we run diagnostics + pathology marketing for Genomic Diagnostics and other Australian diagnostics businesses.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>healthcare</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The B2C capped-retainer playbook</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-b2c-capped-retainer-playbook/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-b2c-capped-retainer-playbook/</guid>
      <description>How we run capped retainers for consumer brands.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian trade services PE consolidation</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-trade-services-pe-consolidation/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-trade-services-pe-consolidation/</guid>
      <description>PE consolidation of Australian trade services, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, roofing, accelerated through 2024-2026. Marketing.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>industrial</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian trade ecommerce pattern</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-trade-ecommerce-pattern/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-trade-ecommerce-pattern/</guid>
      <description>How we run trade ecommerce engagements for brands selling to trade buyers, Skyreach, Berg Engineering parts ecom, Identity People.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian health + supplements B2C pattern</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-supplements-and-health-b2c-pattern/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-supplements-and-health-b2c-pattern/</guid>
      <description>How we run health + supplements B2C marketing for Australian brands.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>healthcare</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian property launch pattern</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-property-launch-pattern/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-property-launch-pattern/</guid>
      <description>How we run property launch campaigns for Australian developers + project marketers.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian promotional products + corporate-merch pattern</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-promotional-products-pattern/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-promotional-products-pattern/</guid>
      <description>How we run promotional products + corporate-merch B2B ecommerce marketing.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian Pinterest opportunity</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-pinterest-opportunity/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-pinterest-opportunity/</guid>
      <description>Pinterest is structurally underused by Australian B2C brands.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian manufacturing + engineering products marketing pattern</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-mfg-and-engineering-products-pattern/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-mfg-and-engineering-products-pattern/</guid>
      <description>How we run marketing for Australian industrial manufacturing + engineering products firms.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>industrial</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian Meta Ads discipline 2026</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-meta-ads-discipline-2026/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-meta-ads-discipline-2026/</guid>
      <description>How Meta Ads management has changed for Australian brands in 2026. CAPI server-side, Performance Max for catalogue, audience-signal.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian mental health marketing discipline</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-mental-health-marketing-discipline/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-mental-health-marketing-discipline/</guid>
      <description>Mental health is the highest creative-sensitivity bar in healthcare.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>healthcare</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian marketing vendor due-diligence checklist</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-marketing-vendor-due-diligence/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-marketing-vendor-due-diligence/</guid>
      <description>Practical vendor due-diligence checklist for Australian businesses + PE-portfolio operations selecting marketing agency partners.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
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    <item>
      <title>The Australian marketing ROI conversation</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-marketing-roi-conversation/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-marketing-roi-conversation/</guid>
      <description>How to have honest marketing ROI conversations as a buyer or seller.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian marketing roadmap 2026-2028</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-marketing-roadmap-2026-2028/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-marketing-roadmap-2026-2028/</guid>
      <description>Three-year forward-looking view on Australian marketing trends through 2028. AI search experience consolidation, healthcare PE roll-ups,.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian luxury + premium brand marketing pattern</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-luxury-and-premium-brand-pattern/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-luxury-and-premium-brand-pattern/</guid>
      <description>How luxury + premium brand marketing differs from mid-market B2C. Photography depth, brand-aesthetic consistency, longer-form content,.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian LinkedIn discipline 2026</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-linkedin-discipline-2026/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-linkedin-discipline-2026/</guid>
      <description>How LinkedIn has matured for Australian B2B brands in 2026. Personal-profile cadence, Sponsored InMail to named cohorts, Conversation.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
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    <item>
      <title>The Australian Klaviyo discipline 2026</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-klaviyo-discipline-2026/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-klaviyo-discipline-2026/</guid>
      <description>How Klaviyo has matured for Australian B2C brands in 2026. Predictive segments, deliverability discipline, identity resolution, dynamic.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian jewellery B2C marketing pattern</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-jewellery-b2c-pattern/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-jewellery-b2c-pattern/</guid>
      <description>How we run jewellery B2C marketing for Australian brands.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian industrial procurement handbook</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-industrial-procurement-handbook/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-industrial-procurement-handbook/</guid>
      <description>Field-guide to Australian industrial procurement, tier-1 mining-house panels, head-contractor pursuits, occupational-health enterprise.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>industrial</category>
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    <item>
      <title>The Australian hospitality B2C marketing pattern</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-hospitality-marketing-pattern/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-hospitality-marketing-pattern/</guid>
      <description>How we run hospitality + experience-brand marketing for Charleston's, Paint Pinot, The Indulge Group.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
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    <item>
      <title>The Australian GP supply crisis, A marketing perspective</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-gp-supply-crisis/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-gp-supply-crisis/</guid>
      <description>Australia's GP supply shortage is the operational issue dominating primary care strategy through 2024-2026. Why it's structurally a.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>healthcare</category>
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    <item>
      <title>The Australian Google Ads discipline 2026</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-google-ads-discipline-2026/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-google-ads-discipline-2026/</guid>
      <description>How Google Ads management has changed for Australian brands in 2026. Enhanced Conversions, Performance Max with audience signals, Search.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
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    <item>
      <title>The Australian furniture + homewares marketing pattern</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-furniture-and-homewares-pattern/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-furniture-and-homewares-pattern/</guid>
      <description>How we run furniture + homewares marketing for Australian retailers.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>The Australian florist B2C marketing pattern</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-florist-b2c-pattern/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-florist-b2c-pattern/</guid>
      <description>Florist + same-day-delivery B2C marketing for Australian brands.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
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    <item>
      <title>The Australian fashion B2C pattern</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-fashion-b2c-pattern/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-fashion-b2c-pattern/</guid>
      <description>How we run fashion + apparel + footwear B2C marketing for Australian brands.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>consumer</category>
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    <item>
      <title>The Australian creative production economics</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-creative-production-economics/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-creative-production-economics/</guid>
      <description>Why AI-augmented creative production is now structurally required for retainer-grade Australian marketing agencies.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>strategy</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Creative economics vs Meta CPM increases</title>
      <link>https://121group.io/news/the-australian-creative-economics-vs-meta-cpm/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://121group.io/news/the-australian-creative-economics-vs-meta-cpm/</guid>
      <description>Meta CPM has inflated structurally through 2024-2026. Brands without AI-augmented creative production losing the auction to brands.</description>
      <dc:creator>Adam Ducquet</dc:creator>
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