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That Cable Junk Mail You’re Getting? It’s Great as a Paper Crane
Bray & Co's Junk Mail Makeover for Fidium Fiber Internet turns the mailers cable companies keep sending into cranes, airplanes and fortune tellers
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A Baby Wanted Coffee. The Script Waited Years for a Sip.
Dead Ad Society's second Gold winner finally got made — with hungryman, INNOCEAN USA and a family-owned Pasadena roaster willing…
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Every Brand Is Either a Tim Curry Role or a Dolly Parton Song
Indie Spin: The one with the Whopper's comeback, seashells finding their way home, and a bodega in Queens.
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The BAM Connection Says It in 6 Words or Less
Rob Baiocco and Maureen Maldari left Grey to build a DUMBO shop where simplicity liberates creativity — and a trademarked…
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TDA Boulder Highlights the Nonsense in Financial Ads to Show Off ‘No Nonsense Banking’ at First Interstate Bank
The campaign goes after banking clichés and introduces straight talk, real humans.
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Grocery Store Receipts, a Rain-Soaked Sword Fight, and the Case for Being a Shark
Indie Spin: The one with an 83% valuation jump, a DP who jumped into Lake Arrowhead, and the ballot that…
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Argonaut Releases First U.S. AI-fueled Work for Financial Platform Xero
Xero is driving global expansion with 600 AI-powered campaign variations.
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A Flying Suitcase, a Beer Named After an Album, and the Weekend the Ballot Closes
Indie Spin: The one with Wrong Guard, a 42% CPM drop, and a hot air balloon shaped like luggage.
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Binary & Co Isn’t the Pizza. It’s the Pizza Delivery.
Simon Lewis built a four-person, fully remote Vancouver shop to put the marketing back into digital marketing — and found…
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Your :15 Is Playing to an Empty Couch
AI-generated search answers have ended the paid placement journey before the first impression and killed publisher revenue. It's time to…
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Grown Makes Things Better Than They Have Any Reason to Be
How a five-person St. Louis creative shop turned "grown-ass adults" into a business model — and why it's still an…
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A Spokestrout, a Cat Named Mittens, and Ten Indies on the Inc. 5000
Indie Spin: The one with a fish who finally got the mic, 589 million hours of Canadian TV, and an…
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Less Than a Year in, HLoveCo Expands its Team as the Agency Builds the Future of Personal Brand Strategy
New hires will support HLoveCo’s mission to redefine how leaders build influence in a human-first economy.
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Vuja Dé Digital Built an Agency on Telling Clients What They Don’t Want to Hear
How Todd Juneau turned radical candor, senior-led teams and a clean analytics loop into a home for brands stuck between…
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LBRB Collective Has 30 Free Minutes to Answer the Only Question That Matters
A new session series pressure-tests indie agency positioning before the RFP arrives, not while founders are scrambling to answer one
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AI’s Steamed Carrot Problem, a Ketchup Ambush, and a Bodega Built for Protein
Indie Spin: The one with a fleet of Leading Women, a Times Square hot dog hijack, and 93% of physicians…
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The Originality Tax: Why Instagram’s New Update Is A Bill For Imitators
The new algorithm is a foreclosure on the imitation-first model.
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Sea Monkeys, Suitcase Balloons, and the Slow Death of the Click
Indie Spin: The one with a 1,392-foot cheese pull, a cannabis light beer named Herbert, and a whole industry finally…
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Cornett Sends Families Into Orbit to Save LEGOLAND From a Giant LEGO Asteroid
'LEGOLAND Needs You' turns the new Galacticoaster into a cosmic rescue mission where kids build the ship, ride the ride…