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In-House Advantage: Why Agency Creatives Are Taking Flight

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We are witnessing one of the great migrations. Art directors and copywriters, like Sandhill Cranes, are in flight. Their destination? Client-side opportunities. “A lot of people right now are intrigued by being closer to the core business and being much more effective,” says agency producer Jenny Gadd, who joined Airbnb last fall. According to Ad […].

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Life After Sorrell: it’s no good talking up creativity if you don’t have the talent and guts to support it

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Much chatter in adland on the new Life After Sorrell era (LAS) and how it’s a great opportunity for creativity to make a comeback as the differentiator between agencies and a sure-fire way to the client’s wallet. Hmm. Have they heard about procurement? Sorrell was indeed a ‘math man’ and creative agencies began to play.

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Walking the Line with Influencers: How to Satisfy the FTC without Your Influencers Becoming Employees in California

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In light of a new California decision interpreting California’s wage and hour law, brand companies should take a careful look at their influencer compliance programs not only for FTC compliance, but also potential employment law consequences. How a company establishes and maintains influencer compliance can potentially convert the influencer from an independent contractor to an employee.

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Seven Reasons Why You Shouldn't Ignore Mobile Ad Mediation

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As the mobile advertising industry continues to grow and become more complex, mobile ad mediation has emerged as a hugely beneficial new option for publishers. A mobile ad mediation platform helps publishers connect to multiple ad networks to maximize fill rates and increase revenue. The best way to earn more revenue from mobile in-app advertising is by increasing the number of buyers in your auction, and the only way to do that efficiently is by working with a mediation platform.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Women Are Rocking The Fishing Boat

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2018 is the year of the American woman. Oh yes, she’s bad and she’s nationwide. New research shows kids are more likely to go fishing with their mom – a direct contradiction of the idea that fishing is a boys club. Yet, a 2017 study revealed that only 19.3% of women and girls believed that […]. The post Women Are Rocking The Fishing Boat appeared first on Adpulp.

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MassiveMusic: sonic branding is relevant for B2B brands too

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By Roscoe Williamson In the past, it may have seemed that sonic branding was the preserve of behemoth global B2C brands with a stratospheric above-the-line spend. A myriad of superstar sonic logos such as Intel Inside, McDonald’s and Audi all battling it out for our attention at the of end of flagship TV campaigns. This.

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The 3 Key Tenets of Honest Advertising

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In-app advertising is at a crossroads. Ad fraud is reportedly at a record high. New buying technologies like programmatic are coming under fire. Brands are worried about their ads appearing next to objectionable or sensitive content. Consumers are increasingly worried about their data, and government agencies are cracking down. So where does all this leave the industry?

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Birds Are Way Cool—Let’s Save Them

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Did you know that nearly 314 bird species are on the brink of extinction today? This is not the centennial celebration that fans of biodiversity and the 100-year old Migratory Bird Act wanted. When Looney Advertising in Montclair, New Jersey learned that more than half of the birds in North America are at serious risk […]. The post Birds Are Way Cool—Let’s Save Them appeared first on Adpulp.

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Accenture peers into the future and it’s called a ‘cagency’

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The marketing world is full of crystal balls (it was ever thus) and peering into his at Campaign’s Media 360 conference was Anatoly Roytman, Accenture Interactive’s big boss outside the US. Accenture is good at naming things and Roytman (below) reckons the agency world is going to be dominated by “cagencies,” combos of consultancies and.

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The more things stay the same…

Advertising to Baby Boomers

A long time ago I wrote a book. When it was published, I read it. I was shocked. I had no idea that I’d written a book about Human Resources. It certainly wasn’t what I thought I’d written. It was as if you thought you were writing a science fiction novel and it ended up being a cookbook. I was reminded of this yesterday while reading an article in Tech Republic. ‘ Wait … I wrote a book about this in 2005, even though I didn’t think I was writing it.

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Retail media advertising: How e-commerce is becoming AdTech’s next frontier

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16 Mediation Questions You Need to Answer

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So you’ve been monetizing your mobile app for a while now and you heard about this thing called " mobile ad mediation." After doing some light digging on Google, you begin to realize that you’re missing out on opportunities to significantly increase your mobile advertising revenue and start to wonder what it’s going to take to get started with a mediation platform.

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The All New RAM 1500—Built To Serve Texans And Other Hard-Working Americans

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In the advertising business, we love to talk about the “brand promise.” In theory, every brand has one. Take RAM Trucks. RAM is devoted to hard work and performance in every aspect of life — family, neighbors, community, and career. Let’s see if these values come screaming through in the new commercial for the 2019 […].

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BBH Sport makes early bid to steal the World Cup for bwin

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The World Cup is almost upon us, bringing a welcome opportunity for advertisers and creative agencies to show their finest. And, every four years, worrying about the budget is given a red card: it’s football innit? Betting giant bwin enters the fray with this epic from BBH Sport: ‘Who Stole the Cup?’ showing four footballing.

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Court to Agency: Is That Your Final Answer on Soundboard Technology?

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In a blow to the soundboard industry, the D.C. Circuit recently ruled in Soundboard Association v. FTC , No. 1:17-cv-00150 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 27, 2018) that the Federal Trade Commission’s November 2016 opinion letter, which reclassified soundboard technology as “robocalls” under the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), is not subject to judicial review.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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“Healthy Input” or “Network Interference?” Either way, a necessary evil in Adland.

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Two peas in a pod? “Much of the Simpsons’ success can be traced to two main sources: an independence from network interference and a complete dedication to the writing…”. -John Ortved, The Unauthorized History of the Simpsons. The Simpsons TV show is the creative standard by which all comedy writing (perhaps all script writing) is measured.

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Hunters Hunt; Meanwhile, Gun Lobbyists Squawk Their Brittle Beaks

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YETI is an Austin-based outdoor gear company that makes high-end coolers, which are primarily used for hunting and fishing. Recently, the company took aim at its own outdated discounting programs, only to receive incoming fire from The NRA and its members. According to the Austin American-Stateman, YETI notified the NRA Foundation, as well as a […].

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Schweppes tackles club gropers with the “dress for respect”

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Venerable tonic brand Schweppes has somewhat belatedly come back to life – presumably due to the impact of FeverTree and all those other new rivals – and here’s its latest wheeze, the “dress for respect.” A slinky outfit fitted with sensors to show in real time (don’t we love real time?) how often three women.

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New Commission Is in the News

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The FTC has been back at full capacity for little more than two weeks but is already making news on the consumer protection front. On the staffing side, the Consumer Protection Bureau is currently being run on an acting basis by long time FTC staffer Reilly Dolan. Numerous media outlets were reporting that Andrew Smith, a partner at Covington & Burling, would shortly be appointed as the permanent Bureau Director.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Fearless Girl is US top marketers’ creative winner

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What do marketers think is the best creative work – or idea? The One Show in New York rounded up ten of them and they chose (as many have before them) ‘Fearless Girl’ from State Street Global Advisers and McCann-Erickson for the inaugural One Show CMO Pencil award. Fearless Girl has been harvesting awards by.

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Is M&S going to move food and clothing into two agencies?

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Marks & Spencer CEO Steve Rowe is ringing the changes, trying to wring some extra market share and revenue from his two main businesses: Food and Clothing and Home. A while back food was in the ascendancy but that’s stuttered recently and Rowe has brought in supermarket veteran Stuart Machin from South African-owned retail holding.

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JWT shares the “horrendous shame” of its gender pay gap

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“It was horrendous. Embarrassing for all of us. Like a punch in the face. Shame on us.” Two brave souls from JWT London got up on stage at the Creative Equals conference to share the humiliation of having the worst gender pay gap figures in the industry. To remind you, JWT’s mean pay gap is.

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W+K gets down with the kids for England World Cup reveal

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We all know now who knew who was in the England World Cup squad before we did, Wieden+Kennedy in making this film for the Football Association. Well done them for keeping a lid on it (COO Neil Christie probably threatened the team with his fabled early morning meetings if they transgressed). It’s the FA getting.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Martin Albrecht of Crossmedia: advertisers and media agencies are still lost in the mire of non-trust

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If you were in Miami last week attending the #ANAAFM (ANA’s Financial Management Conference), you may be forgiven for thinking about your retirement. Not only because you were on the beach, but because you might wonder what hits first: the end of this industry as we know it or your retirement. Most folks clearly bet.

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Kia Offers Industry Influencers A Text Drive

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To promote the launch of the Stinger GT, Kia, in partnership with INNOCEAN Worldwide, created an interactive book that mimics the performance of a true GT to share with 100 of the country’s most influential journalists and automotive-award jurors. The booklet, dubbed, “Text Drive,” featured eight chapters coordinating with the car’s 8-speed automatic transition and […].

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BT’s ‘Be There’ campaign loses its compass

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Many years ago, in the age of dial-up telephones, BT used to tell us “it’s good to talk.” As it would, as BT’s services were about the only way you could do this unless you were face to face. Now the company, which has suffered all sorts of mis-steps and calamities over the past few.

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Sorrell offers a tantalising hint into what next step might be

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Sir Martin Sorrell always liked a conference and now he no longer has to bother with running WPP he’s popping up all over the place, without all those pesky emails to deal with – presumably. He spoke at yet another in New York this week, telling them that: “What I’m looking at, and what I.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Gender stereotypes could finally be cause for complaint to the ASA

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The Advertising Standards Authority can’t be accused of a knee-jerk response to the problem of gender stereotypes in ads. Last July it highlighted the issue in the “Depictions, Perceptions and Harm” report, and now, ten months later, it is launching a consultation on a single proposed new rule for the ASA codes of practice. It.

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Victoria Milligan rejoins agency business at Dentsu Aegis

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Good to see Victoria Milligan returning to the media agency fold as marketing and communications director of Dentsu Aegis Network UK & Ireland. She is the widow of Sky sales boss Nick Milligan who died with their eight year old daughter Emily in a tragic speedboat accident in Cornwall in 2013. She lost part of.

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Sorrell to be quizzed at Cannes by New Yorker writer Auletta

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Is this going to be the hottest ticket in Cannes? Defenestrated WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell (below) is due to make an appearance, in a “candid discussion” of marketing issues with New Yorker writer and critic Ken Auletta, scheduled for the main stage on Friday June 22 at noon. Just how candid we’ll have to.

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18 Feet & Rising strikes a winning note for Kopparberg

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Jonathan Trimble’s 18 Feet & Rising hasn’t always had the best of luck. losing biggest client Nationwide fairly early on after producing some good work and then landing House of Fraser as the department store group teeters on the brink of high street oblivion. Marcoms group Creston bought a minority stake a few years ago.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.