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A 300-Year-Old Vampire Finally Lands His First Brand Deal
Indie Spin: The one with a steamy shower reminder, a dating show about wardrobes, and a donation counter that counted twice.
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The Best Met Gala Statement Wasn’t on the Red Carpet
Indie Spin: The one with the bulletproof dress, therapy in a pint, and an accidental fleet of pilots.
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Back-to-Back Iridium, a Coffee Truck That Recruited 500 Doctors, and the Quiet Death of the 80/20 Rule
Indie Spin: The one with the seven-meter chili pepper, Mike Perez's million-citation analysis, and a vinyl record about a faucet…
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Sky Bunk Beds, Maya Angelou’s Confession, and the 47% Loyalty Cliff
Indie Spin: The one with Air New Zealand's NYC stunt, two Webbys for an AR project, and a $420M gaming…
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Step-Counting Chickens, Rethink at the Top of the A-List, and an Honest Earth Day
Indie Spin: The one with Webby sweeps, 21,000 chicken steps, and a 25-year exit interview.
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Cerulean’s Second Coming, Bruce the Goat, and a Mountain of Pencils
Indie Spin: The one with a Green Mountain goat, CMOs as first responders, and Gen Z's split verdict on kids.
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Privacy Premiums, Emmy Nods, and the Agency That Opened a Flower Shop
Indie Spin: The one with Response Media's HBR data, Colossus's Jon Stewart moment, and SuperBloom's retail experiment.
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Candy-Crushed Arenas, Cinematic Shopping Lists, and the 39% of Agency Contracts That Forgot About AI
Indie Spin: The one with the anti-nicotine campaign terrifying the internet, the feature-length hot sauce film, and the metric that…
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Horse-Powered Travel Planners and Other Reasons the Indie World Doesn’t Do Boring
Indie Spin: The one with predictive creator math, a Kentucky Fried three-peat, and a zombie game announcement nobody saw coming.
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Record Players, Mob Bosses, and AI’s Privilege Problem
Indie Spin: The one with nuclear submarine vodka, a fake construction site in Soho, and 83.6% of shoppers who can't…
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Alien Holograms, Spaghetti Westerns, and a 90-Year-Old Party Expert
Indie Spin: The one with the six-peat, the cold beer obsession, and the tomato takeover.
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Scissors Over Algorithms and the Burger King President Who Picks Up When You Call
Indie Spin: The one with the Fast Company sweep, invasive fish rebranding, and a concussion you can play.
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Eden Collective Was Hired for One TV Channel. Now They Run Humann’s Entire Media Strategy.
A 90-day engagement exposed the hidden cost of siloed media — and turned a channel gig into a full strategic…
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Brainrot, Dead Campaigns, and the Radical Candor That Moved PG&E’s Trust Score 17 Points
Indie Spin: The one with uncomfortable client meetings, AI-invisible brands, and a creative director who learns more from dead campaigns…
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What Role Does AI Play in Your Org? And a More Human Strategy.
Indie Spin: The one with cultural velocity, the brands that lost their soul, and what CMOs say when there's no…
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An Oscar Nomination, a Dublin Pub in Dubai and the Slow Funeral of the Follower Count
Indie Spin: The one with awards season reverb, extraction debt and the hard questions indie agencies are quietly answering right…
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The First Dinner, the Ad Age A-List, and 500 Consumers Who Skipped Google
Indie Spin: The one with an indie Agency of the Year, three lottery campaigns built from scratch in a single…
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The Ad Age A-List Just Became an Indie Affair — and a Golden Retriever Is Helping Close Brand Deals
Indie Spin: The one with three "Agency of the Year" designations, a road safety campaign from Northern Ireland that lands…
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Nightmare Fuel, Starling Physics, and the Ongoing Death of the Keyword
Indie Spin: The one with beer Russian roulette, brand murmuration, and the answer economy eating your lunch.