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13/10/2026

OpenAI has announced sponsored agents for ChatGPT Ads and this could be far more important than another new advertising format.

What happens when an AI agent becomes the first point of contact between your business and its customers?

Our latest blog explores how AI agents could reshape customer journeys, website traffic and digital marketing.

Read the full article here: https://dreamagility.com/2026/09/23/ai-agents-customer-journey/

OpenAI has just announced Sponsored Agents for ChatGPT Ads, and we think this is considerably more important than another new advertising format….

08/10/2026

How does our Smart Scheduling Agent compare with Calendly?

Discover how it goes beyond appointment booking by combining scheduling, lead routing, SMS notifications, automated follow-ups and lead management optimisation.

It tracks the full journey from advert to lead, appointment, customer and revenue - giving you better conversion tracking than other scheduling solutions and helping you turn more of your existing leads into customers.

Read more here: https://dreamagility.com/2026/09/14/calendly-vs-smart-scheduling-agent/

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29/09/2026

What if a document contained hidden instructions, not for you, but for the AI reviewing it?

That’s the idea behind “white text prompts”, a form of prompt injection designed to influence an AI system without the user necessarily noticing. They can be hidden in CVs, contracts, emails, webpages and other content that businesses ask AI to analyse.

As AI becomes more involved in recruitment, research, document reviews and decision-making, businesses need to consider not only what AI can do, but also how the information it processes could affect its response.

Our latest article explains how white text prompts work, why they matter and the practical steps businesses can take to reduce the risks.

https://dreamagility.com/2026/09/10/white-text-prompts-ai-prompt-injection/

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White text was once used to manipulate search engines. Now hidden prompts are being used to influence AI. Here's what businesses need to know.

23/09/2026

Google is encouraging more businesses to adopt Google Tag Gateway but if you already use Dream Agility’s First-Party Data Pixel, do you need both?

While both can improve tracking, they have very different goals. Google Tag Gateway helps Google recover more campaign signals, whereas Dream Agility’s solution keeps your underlying customer data within your own environment while providing accurate conversion attribution.

In our latest blog, we compare the two approaches, explain where Enhanced Conversions fits in and explore why data ownership and control matter when making changes to your tracking setup.

Before switching anything on, make sure you understand what it adds, where your data goes and how it could affect your wider measurement.

Read the full article: https://dreamagility.com/2026/09/14/google-tag-gateway-vs-dream-agility-first-party-tracking/

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16/09/2026

With clicks in the finance sector costing £50 or more, Google Ads can quickly become expensive for smaller and regional accounting firms.

But there may be another way to reach potential clients without competing directly against larger firms and national accounting platforms.

Google Local Services Ads operate on a pay-per-lead model, helping accountants appear prominently when people search for services in their local area. You only pay when a prospective client calls, messages or books, not every time someone clicks.

In our latest article, we explain how Local Services Ads work, what accounting firms need to qualify, the potential cost per lead and how to decide whether they make commercial sense for your business.

Read the full article:
https://dreamagility.com/2026/09/02/google-ads-for-accountants-local-services-ads/

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11/09/2026

The rise of GLP-1s is changing how some people shop for clothes. But there’s an interesting contradiction happening.

Some retailers are reducing the number of larger sizes they offer, while GLP-1 users are actually spending more on clothing as their bodies and wardrobes change.

For ecommerce retailers, this is a good reminder that sales data doesn't always tell the whole story. If a product or size isn't selling, it’s worth asking why before deciding there’s no longer a market for it.

At Dream Agility, we’re particularly interested in how changes in customer behaviour show up in search, ecommerce and paid advertising data and how retailers can spot those changes early.

We’ve explored the GLP-1 effect on plus-size fashion, what the data is telling us, and what retailers should be thinking about in our latest article:

https://dreamagility.com/2026/08/27/glp-1-decline-plus-size-fashion-retail/

Plus-size clothing ranges are shrinking as GLP-1 use rises. But with millions of plus-size shoppers still spending, are retailers making a costly mistake?

09/09/2026

We’ve just closed the final gap in the lead generation chain.

With our new Mindbody integration, you can now track a customer from their first paid search click, through to lead and appointment, all the way to the sale.

And, importantly, we can feed real-time revenue data into Google, Microsoft and OpenAI Ads so campaigns can optimise based on the customers who actually generate revenue - not just the leads who fill in a form.

Click → Lead → Appointment → Sale → Revenue.

Automatically. In real time.

No spreadsheets. No manual data uploads. No guessing which leads turned into customers.

It means businesses using Mindbody can finally see the full value of their paid search activity and optimise towards actual customers and sales value.

We’ve explained how it works and why it matters here:

https://dreamagility.com/2026/08/27/mindbody-revenue-tracking/

Track leads from the first paid search click through to sale with our new Mindbody integration. Feed real-time revenue data into Google, Microsoft and OpenA ...

02/09/2026

Seasalt Cornwall has delivered record EBITDA of £12.1 million, demonstrating the strength and resilience of the Cornish retailer’s multichannel strategy despite another challenging year for the wider retail sector.

With turnover holding remarkably steady at £149m, the results show the strength of a business that continues to adapt to changing customer behaviour and an increasingly complex retail landscape.

A fantastic result in a challenging market and a great example of why having a strong multichannel strategy matters.

We’re incredibly proud to work with Seasalt and to play our part in supporting the continued development and performance.

Congratulations to the entire Seasalt team on a record result and here’s to an exciting next chapter of growth. 🎉

Read the full story here:

https://dreamagility.com/2026/09/01/seasalt-record-ebitda-multichannel-strategy/

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Seasalt Cornwall has delivered record EBITDA of £12.1 million, demonstrating the strength and resilience of the Cornish retailer’s multichannel strategy des ...

26/08/2026

There are now around 12.5 people competing for every paid search vacancy.

And with junior roles disappearing and more senior marketers expected to work with automation and AI, knowing the basics of PPC might not be enough anymore.

So what should you actually know about AI if you're preparing for a PPC or digital marketing interview?

We've pulled together 10 AI topics worth understanding, from AI Search and Agentic AI to ChatGPT advertising, product feeds, attribution and even the humble negative keyword.

You don't need to be an AI expert. But being able to talk confidently about how AI is changing search, advertising and the customer journey could help you stand out from the other candidates.

We've put the full list together in our latest blog:

https://dreamagility.com/2026/08/24/ppc-digital-marketing-interview-ai-topics/

We've also created a more detailed AI Interview Preparation Guide. Get in touch with the Dream Agility team if you'd like a copy.

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Preparing for a PPC or digital marketing interview? Discover 10 AI topics hiring managers are increasingly looking for, from AI search optimisation and Agen ...

20/08/2026

Your website traffic is falling, should you be worried? Not necessarily.

As people increasingly use ChatGPT, Gemini and other AI tools to find information, some of the searches that used to bring people to your website are happening somewhere else.

That doesn't always mean you've lost the customer.

Your content could still be influencing the decision, being cited by AI or helping someone choose your business without generating a click. The challenge is knowing the difference.

That's why looking at visibility, visits and actual business outcomes together is becoming so important.

In our latest blog, we've looked at how Google Search Console, Microsoft Clarity and GA4 each show a different part of the picture, and how businesses can start measuring AI search visibility more effectively.

https://dreamagility.com/2026/08/19/ai-search-visibility-measurement/

At Dream Agility, we're helping businesses understand what these changes actually mean for their visibility, traffic and revenue.

Is your business currently measuring what happens beyond the click?

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Organic search traffic is changing as AI answers replace research clicks. Learn what Google Search Console, Microsoft Clarity and GA4 each reveal and what t ...