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Nobody Wants to Pay a Stranger a Lot of Money Right Now
Indie Spin: The one with the trust recession, Dolly Parton’s airport, and a pizza built for exactly one person.
Fire Kite Found a Boy Band to Bury the Penny
A retired coin, a Boy Throb fanbase with a track record and a $50,000 pool that turns photos into clean water.
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 to say yes to the strange one.
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.
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 process keeps the work sharp
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.
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 finally closed.
Argonaut Releases First U.S. AI-fueled Work for Financial Platform Xero
Xero is driving global expansion with 600 AI-powered campaign variations.
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.
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 that flexibility beats bells and whistles
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 be more strategic. By Jeremy Cobb, VP of Digital Platforms at H/L
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 underdog on purpose
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 agency that put zero jobs on the AI chopping block.
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.
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 scrappy and enterprise.
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
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 who apparently don’t mind ads.
The Originality Tax: Why Instagram’s New Update Is A Bill For Imitators
The new algorithm is a foreclosure on the imitation-first model.
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 saying “last-click attribution is a myth” out loud.
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 and save the parks
Walt Geer Jumps From VML Into What’s Next
After six years he is taking his time on what comes next — and making the case for feeling, nuance and a braver industry
Presidential Portraits, Butterbeer Bars, and the Day the AI Rules Got Real
Indie Spin: The one with a $56 billion betting market, a MoonPie rescue mission, and Cornett’s ice cream truck.
A 55-Year-Old Fitness Icon Just Hired a Much Younger Agency
Jazzercise names Atlanta indie Super Nice its creative partner to reach the next generation of members
Prince Wasn’t on the List, and Other Lessons in Being Impossible to Forget
Indie Spin: The one with a Marilyn Monroe short film, a 13-week AI shelf life, and Korean fried chicken shot on an iPhone.