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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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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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Mac & Cheesecake, Subservient Ghostface, and the Death of the Keyword
Indie Spin: The one with a Grand Effie, a trip to Ibiza, and Google's first dip below 50%.
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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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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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Balls for Balls, Brain Surgery, and the Business of Being Funny
Indie Spin: The one with testicular health at a German football stadium, two decades of bath faucet loyalty, and a…
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Meet Two Things: The Agency That Makes Itself Obsolete
The agency moved from Portland, Oregon to New York to be a catalyst for change, then get out of the…
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When Fry Boxes Reveal Brand Logic and Other Signs Indies Have Momentum
Indie Spin: The one with recognition rounds, strategic hires, and why fry boxes aren't accidental