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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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The Sentient Bookshelf, the Pizza Tote, and MapQuest’s Second Act
Indie Spin: The one with a 22x traffic spike, a pickle-green KFC, and a bourbon named after a parking lot.
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Welcome to Guesthouse: The Agency That Asks First
Three years in, Mitch Bennett's Chapel Hill shop produces in-house, lands briefs in two meetings, and treats client marketing teams…
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Grief Campaigns, Bridgerton Spectacles, and a Dead-Wrong Bezos Quote
Indie Spin: The one with Olympic appointment viewing, AI search rewrites, and an argument Jeff Bezos lost years ago.
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CMOs, Crisis Plans, and the Never-Normal Business of Staying Relevant
Indie Spin: The one with AI reshaping buying behavior, crisis readiness data, and why the CMO isn't dead after all.
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Data, Disruption, and the Changing Talent Landscape
Indie Spin: The one with pharma breakthroughs, industry transformation insights and Bradley Cooper
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Indie Work Weekly: High Fives to the Ad Club Winners!
Plus, a spin around some excellent member stuff!