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Filterbuy’s Air Filter Ad Starts Normal. Then It Gets Gloriously Unhinged
PDA's national push for the brand opens as a tidy home-care ad. By the end there's a moose in the doorway and some amorous bunnies in the bedroom
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How Bad Bunny Generated $713 Million with Zero Flashy Promos
Indie Spin: The one with community-first cultural strategy, AI agents that work like colleagues, and the economics of authentic connection.
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The Toronto Report: A Big Week at Ad Age Small Agency
Ad Age's Small Agency Conference wrapped up in Toronto with IAN members claiming 40% of all awards
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When 8 Slices of Pizza Beat 8 Slices of Burger (And Other Indie Math That Adds Up)
Indie Spin: The one with Domino's dismembering burgers, indies calling BS on sacred cows, and 400 million people learning about…
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Receipts, Badges, and the 60% Reality
Indie Spin: The one with platform certifications, AI percentages, and very specific career advice
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When Bad Bunny Wears Your Brand and Colonels Stop Smiling
Indie Spin: The one with serious chicken, fake crises, and lemur-safe AI
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VisitLEX to Cornett After 13 Years: ‘Yeah, We’re Gonna Need More of That’
The shop that got horses to film commercials and beamed ads to aliens just won the pitch to keep doing…
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When Chaos Creates Art (And 9 Identical Ads That Aren’t)
Indie Spin: The one with Brad Pitt's chest, lottery psychology, and why your AI needs therapy
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‘Don’t Plan a Trip’ Is the Plan
Cornett and Visit Dublin Ohio invite families to embrace spontaneity—no itinerary required
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Show Off Weekly: Good Work, for Good (and for Sanity)
Take that, AI
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#12: Cornett for A&W Restaurants
Floats for Life
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IndieWork: The Ghost of Blockbusters Past
Plus, civitas scores with Apple TV
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IndieWork Weekly: Sh*t Shot and Dancin’ Danson
And get a load of this walrus!
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Ad Age’s Small Agency Awards Winners: In Their Words
It was a live party and celebration of excellence
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Indie Agency News Members Win Big at Ad Age’s Small Agency Awards
Of the 62 winners, members took home 20 awards
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Best of: #indiethinking 2024 (so far)
ICYMI: Get Caught Up on Some of the Year's Best #indiethinking
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#indiethinking Double Dip: How CMOs Choose Agencies + OwnIt Keeps the Heat On
A Double-Episode Chock Full of Learnings for Disruptors
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Member Props: The PR King & Queenmakers, OwnIt Love and More
A lot of good in the Indiehood
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With a Tradition of Trust, Cornett Hits Another VisitLEX Home Run
We break down the work that kinda broke the internet