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Audi’s synchronised swim blows other cars out of the water

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This is a rare thing – an ad that really makes you stop and stare. Although with BBH and Audi, the chances are better than most. “Two cars perform a synchronized swimming routine” is the kind of creative idea that might have been dismissed by a lot of clients — and it’s not one that.

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Data Predators and Surveillance Capitalists Get “T Boned” at SouthBy

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Legendary musician and music producer T Bone Burnett came to SXSW 2019 to slay digital demons. I highly recommend that you make some time to watch his keynote and/or read the text of his speech. It may shake you awake. There is so much to digest in Burnett’s speech that no recap is going to […]. The post Data Predators and Surveillance Capitalists Get “T Boned” at SouthBy appeared first on Adpulp.

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Writer/Creative Director for Hire. Let’s do Wonderful Together.

Gods of Advertising

Gods of Advertising is on backburner so I can devote more energy to completing a manuscript as well as writing for my clients. Perhaps you? Services include copy writing, brand manifestos and creative direction. I’m passionate about helping clients develop powerful creative business ideas. Consumer or B2B, versatile in the trickiest verticals. This is my portfolio.

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In-App Ads.txt: What You Need to Know [VIDEO]

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Did you know that in-app ads.txt is now available for mobile apps? This revolutionary ad tech dramatically improves trust and transparency in the digital ecosystem by allowing publishers to specify who is authorized to sell their inventory. Ads.txt has already proven to be enormously beneficial and popular in the browser world, and it’s now finally available to mobile apps.

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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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Ogilvy Paris wins Accor hotels global role

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Leading international hotel group Accor has appointed Ogilvy Paris as its global agency of record. Ogilvy’s main task will be the launch and management of a new Accor loyalty programme called ALL (Accor Live Limitless). Accor includes almost 4,800 hotels, resorts and residences across 100 countries, spanning luxury to economy. Ogilvy Paris CCO Matthieu Elkaim.

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Errol Morris Documents Chipotle’s Freshness, For Real

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Errol Morris is a documentary filmmaker. Some of his famous films include Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997), The Fog of War (2003), and The Thin Blue Line (1988). He also directs commercials. In this new campaign for Chipotle from Venables Bell + Partners, Morris, and post-production house, Timber, the client’s fresh food is prepared before one’s eyes […].

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At DDB, Two Ds Make a “B”

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Doyle Dane Bernbach, also known as DDB, is a creative stalwart. The agency was started in New York City in 1949 by Ned Doyle, Maxwell Dane, and William Bernbach, who acted as president. Bernbach and Doyle had worked together at Grey Advertising during the mid-1940s; Dane had been running his own small advertising firm. It goes […]. The post At DDB, Two Ds Make a “B” appeared first on Adpulp.

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WPP’s Kantar ditches sub-brands in drive for client-friendly (and buyer) simplicity

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Retirement is a comfy option for some but not, perhaps, if you’re a brand. WPP’s big research operation Kantar has announced it’s going to retire all its multifarious sub-brands – including some famous names like Kantar Millward Brown and Kantar Worldpanel plus newly-minted Kantar Consulting. CEO Eric Salama says: “The change in our branding reflects.

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Bercow puts UK government’s Brexit TV blitz in the balance

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As House of Commons speaker John Bercow (below) throws a new spanner in Theresa May’s Brexit works – telling her she can’t bring back the same bill three times, which she should have known already – the UK’s TV stations will be fretting about the possibility of a lost airtime bonanza. Sky News Because the.

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Former adam&eveDDB exec Dylan Davenport to head new-style agency The Wild

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Jungle Creations, which owns and operates a number of social media brands internationally, is revamping its in-house ad agency Treehouse as The Wild under the leadership of Dylan Davenport (below), formerly a managing partner at adam&eveDDB.

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

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Ogilvy raises its creative bar with Sipsmith’s Mr Swan

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Ogilvy UK has won buckets of new business recently despite some internal travails but what it needed was a really good ad. Now it has one for Sipsmith Gin, one of the countless new artisan gin brands on the UK market. Sipsmith is highly crafted (obviously) as is this film – featuring one Mr Swan.

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V Magazine and Oliver Peoples Make Recycling Sexy

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Fashion advertising is an area in need of innovation. The outfits change with the seasons but the advertising is well past its due date. Therefore, this new short film directed by Grant Greenberg and produced by Derby for V Magazine and eyewear maker Oliver Peoples is one to watch. New York’s Sims Municipal Recycling Center […]. The post V Magazine and Oliver Peoples Make Recycling Sexy appeared first on Adpulp.

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Yonder Media wins VitaCoco coconut water

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London media independent Yonder Media has been appointed as UK media agency for coconut water brand, VitaCoco, without a pitch. Vita Coco, which was founded in New York in 2004, is the world’s leading coconut water brand, and is sold in 30 countries. Yonder will be working with Vita Coco on the media strategy and.

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Sixth Generation Brewers from Pennsylvania Introduce Yuengling Golden Pilsner (YGP)

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Pilsner is a style of beer that craft breweries have been attempting to figure out for years. There are several domestic options for sale today, but few if any compare to the original—Pilsner Urquell. Now, D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc., America’s oldest brewery, is in the game with a new product and a new ad […]. The post Sixth Generation Brewers from Pennsylvania Introduce Yuengling Golden Pilsner (YGP) appeared first on Adpulp.

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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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The Best Real Estate Agents Rely On Intelligent, Effective Advertising

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Editor’s note: This is a sponsored post. Top performing real estate agents bring persistence, talent and lots of hard work to the job. When it comes to marketing, these sales pros seek an advantage, and thanks to a multitude of new marketing tools, it’s much easier for agents to showcase their listings and find prospective […]. The post The Best Real Estate Agents Rely On Intelligent, Effective Advertising appeared first on Adpulp.

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Burger King takes the coffee fight to Starbuck’s

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All advertisers want people to feel good about their brand – and many are the communications embarrassments that ensue. If they can disrupt the competition so much the better. Burger King is rivalling McDonald’s in the proper coffee stakes with BK coffee and here’s a nice little docu-ad on how it’s harvested, featuring a somewhat.

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Mark Read: a glimpse of the ‘shoes off’ version of WPP’s CEO

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Apparently the original plan was to interview WPP CEO Mark Read on a psychiatrist’s couch, but his team, quite understandably, nuked the idea. The Advertising Week audience was promised it would find out what the “shoes off” Mark Read is really like, and while the session didn’t go quite that far, it did give more.

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Are junk food ads living on borrowed time?

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The ad industry is preparing to fight back against the threat of stricter controls on junk food advertising, as the government announces a public consultation on whether there should be a watershed for TV and online ads featuring foods high in fat, sugar and salt. Stephen Woodford, CEO of the Advertising Association, said: “We urge.

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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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Wunderman Thompson UK springs surprise with former Partners founder Steve Aldridge as creative boss

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Former Wunderman execs have landed the plum roles in the two merged WPP agencies in the UK with Pip Hulbert as CEO and Richard Dunn as CSO and chairman. JWT CEO James Whitehead is moving to a “global client role.

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Adam&eve wins global brief to protect children from war, UK media rallies round in wake of Cyclone Idai disaster

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Save the Children’s UK agency adam&eveDDB has been appointed to handle a new global campaign for Save the Children International with the theme Stop the War on Children. Save the Children was founded by Eglantyne Jebb 100 years ago, in the aftermath of the First World War. In numbers 28 member organisations across the world.

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Matt Williams joins MSQ as new group head of content

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Former Engine head of editorial content Matt Williams is joining MSQ Partners in the newly created post of group head of content. MSQ claims to be the UK’s fastest-growing independent agency group with recent wins including Blu, Church & Dwight, Hertz Europe, Canal & Rivers Trust, Electoral Commission, Food Standards Agency, Innovate UK and UKEF.

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Colonel Sanders cruises the streets of ‘Chicken Town’ in Mother’s new KFC ad

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Chicken shops seem to be taking over local high streets in some parts of the UK, filling many of the spaces left vacant by more traditional retailers and selling full meals for £1.50 a portion.

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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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Re-born St Ives offshoot Edit wins Shell CRM

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Customer engagement agency Edit has won Shell’s Global Fleet Solutions CRM account after a four-way pitch. It’s a three year contract involving a team in London co-ordinating 24 international markets. Edit CEO Damian Coverdale says: “Going up against some big names in the industry and winning is a huge achievement, and justification of the strategic.

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BHF’s ‘Boy’ from MullenLowe shows scope of heart research

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The new campaign by MullenLowe for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) ‘Boy’ follows on from the ‘Beat Heartbreak Forever’ campaign launched last year. An enthusiastic young boy is shown joining the dots between hearts, blood flow and health issues faced by his family. The tagline “Our research starts with the heart, but it doesn’t stop.

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Born-again Sorrell on S4’s buy plans, WPP and the importance of investing in agency brands

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Prior to performing at Adweek London S4 Capital’s Sir Martin Sorrell shared some thoughts with Ian King at Sky, here. It’s an instructive five minutes or so from a seemingly energised SMS. Among other things he says he wants to buy an “infill” (ie small) creative company in Amsterdam to add to Media Monks plus.

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Ocean celebrates successful first year since re-listing, has potential £160m war chest

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Ocean Outdoor is celebrating a successful first year since re-listing on the London stock market with billings growing by 13.7 per cent to nearly £88m, revenue up 15.2 per cent to £62.2m and gross profit growth of 13.8 per cent to £15.2m. Crucially the Out of Home operator, which gets over 90 per cent of.

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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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Heimat packages the ripe smell of spring for Hornbach

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You never quite know what you’re going to get from Heimat for German D-I-Y retailer Hornbach but this one’s a winner (we think.) It’s the “real smell of spring,” captured and packaged for a grateful Japanese lady. Hope she’s Japanese anyway. If she’s Chinese there’ll be another trade ruction. MAA creative scale: 8.

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Sorrell’s new S4 Capital posts promising first year numbers

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Sir Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital has released its first full year results, for 2018, which appear to show the new entity is motoring nicely. S4 includes Dutch (now international) production company MediaMonks, acquired in July last year, and programmatic media company MightyHive, bought in December. Billings in 2018 were £59.1m, £291.2m had the two companies.

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Peter Reid of MSQ: the WPP diet – cutting weight fast looks healthy, but are its arteries clogged?

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At WPP’s last earnings call, the second since Sir Martin Sorrell jumped ship to avoid the plank, the Ogilvy-to-Kantar behemoth rebranded. The group became a ‘creative transformation company,’ whatever that means. earlier this week, addressing the bafflement that has rippled through adland since, new CEO Mark Read (below) took to stage at AdWeek in an.

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Rudd for Collins at Leo Burnett, Collins to Mcgarrybowen as London’s CEO musical chairs continue

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London’s game of CEO musical chairs has taken an interesting twist with former Ogilvy CEO Charlie Rudd rejoining his old boss Annette King at Publicis Groupe – helming Leo Burnett and Fallon – while former CEO of those two Gareth Collins is off to Dentsu-owned Mcgarrybowen. Which move triggered the other we know not but.

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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.