[SPECIAL REPORT]
2026 Marketing Insights
Patterns & Playbook for Expert-Led Brands in the Age of AI
If your marketing feels like it's doing less than it used to, you're not imagining it.
Over the last two years, the conditions that govern attention, trust, and discovery have shifted - incrementally, but materially.
This report gives you language for what you can already feel... and a clear way to respond, without expanding your workload.
It's written for expert-led brands: founders, principals, practice leaders and senior specialists who are already respected - and now want their identity and IP to translate into steadier, premium demand in an AI-shaped landscape.
SEEÂ THE NEW LANDSCAPE CLEARLY
A field guide to what's changed, and why familiar approaches now produce patchier results.
HOW PEOPLE FIND, TRUST AND CHOOSE NOW
And what makes the difference for work that's recognised, remembered and recommended.
MAKE SMARTER CHOICES (WITHOUT DOING MORE)
Clear sequencing so your attention goes where it creates the biggest return.
Hi, I'm Nina ChristianÂ
For 25+ years I've worked at the intersection of brand, marketing and leadership - first in agency environments, then as a strategist and mentor for expert-led brands.
I created Marketing Me® when personal branding was still emerging, and I now work most closely with the "what comes next" stage: when credibility is established, but the work needs to land more clearly with the right people.
This report is a distilled version of what I'm seeing across the market, and what I'm helping experienced professionals adjust for right now.
What you'll get in this report:
🎯 the key shifts reshaping how clients discover, evaluate and choose experts.
🎯why so much personal brand work hits a ceiling (even when it looks "good")
🎯 a simple model for what your marketing must do now to be discoverable in the AI-era
🎯 the ecosystem view: how buyers actually sample, circle, and decide
🎯 a practical 90-day plan to help you identify and strengthen the one function that will create the biggest impact for your brand and business.
BUILT FOR EXPERTS
(NOT INFLUENCERS)
This is for people whose reputation matters, and who want marketing to feel like an extension of their real work.
HIGHLY RELEVANT FORÂ B2B + SERVICE BRANDS
Especially where trust, perceived risk, and referrals influence decision-making.
What people are saying about this report...
"Nina’s Marketing Insights report is one of those rare pieces that as I read it, I found myself taking notes and having ah ha moments at every turn.It doesn’t chase tactics or trends; it reframes how credibility, visibility and trust are actually built in today’s market.What stood out for me was the clarity around how buyers really move now, where attention is filtered long before a human decision, and why connection not content has become the real constraint.The thinking is distinct, grounded, and deeply practical, with a strong sense of congruence between message, behaviour and experience.Add the 90-day action blueprint and this becomes less a report and more a smart operating guide for every business looking to be seen in a very crowded market.Nina is an absolute expert in this space and the insights in this report will change the way you think about your positioning in a 2026 market."
Chris Green
Author & Business Mentor, Managing Director of GYB Regional
25 years of advising top-tier performing businesses how to think bigger, transform through growth, and reimagine their legacy.
Get clarity on where to focus in 2026.
If this report helps you see the landscape, your position, or your next decisions more clearly, it has done its job.
