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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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Indie Bombshells, Empty Auctions, and a Stanchion Pad With Opinions
Indie Spin: The one with the Cannes villa takeover, ChatGPT's wide-open ad auction, and a butter sommelier on the payroll.
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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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Venables Bell + Partners Has Been Proving Independence Works Since 2001
Paul Venables, Will McGinness and Brittni Hutchins on the partnership pure play, coaching culture and why brand love beats performance…
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Have a Great Day: Scout’s Love Letter to Its Factory Town
How Venables Bell + Partners turned the company's investment into community celebration