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Our most popular benefit. Bring anything you're working on—awards entries, pitches, strategy questions, whatever. We've helped members win awards, land coverage, and figure out tough decisions.
Book Your Sprint →Submit Your First Story
Share work, news, or thinking. New campaigns, hires, wins—whatever you have going on. We'll publish it as an article, include it in Indie Spin, or add it to our live Indie Tracker.
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1stPass Analysis Tools
Get unstuck on the work you're already doing. AI analyzes it first, then a human expert adds strategic context and solutions AI misses. 24-48 hour turnaround. Exclusively for IAN members.
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Thought leadership that needs work. Get editorial-grade analysis and specific fixes to make it publishable.
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Entries that feel incomplete. Get storytelling assessment, evidence gaps identified, and differentiation strategies.
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Visibility Without Work
We curate your LinkedIn posts for Indie Spin, amplify your work, and proactively create show opportunities from your thinking. You focus on brilliant work—we handle getting it seen.
Member Sprints
15-minute focused sessions with us. Bring anything—rough ideas, final drafts, strategic questions, or just need to vent.
Awards Programs
Four annual programs celebrating creativity, talent, and culture. No categories. Entry fees max out at $199. Easiest entry process in the business.
Community Access
Connect with 300+ independent agencies worldwide. Share insights, ask questions, find collaborators.
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Need help figuring something out? We're here. Email, calls, Slack—whatever works for you.
Show Opportunities
We build shows from member thinking. When we spot patterns in your posts or conversations, we create platforms for you to share your expertise—full production handled.
How to Get Featured in Indie Spin
Indie Spin curates the best strategic thinking from member agencies on LinkedIn. We're looking for posts that help other agency leaders make better decisions and show marketers how independent agencies think.
Quick tip: Posts with hard data, external validation (press coverage, awards), and strategic insights get selected most often. A single thoughtful post with specifics beats multiple generic updates every time.
We track all member LinkedIn activity. When your posts include concrete results, contrarian takes with evidence, or executive-level intelligence, they typically make the cut. Link to external coverage when possible—that dramatically increases selection chances.
We Also Build Shows From Your Thinking
When we spot patterns in member posts—multiple agencies questioning traditional leadership models, rethinking client hierarchies, exploring new approaches—we proactively create show opportunities and pitch them to you. You share the thinking, we build the platform and handle all production.
Want the full guide on what we look for? It's in your member resources hub.
The Three Rules of Indie Agency News
1. Be Cool
This is a supportive community. Connect and collaborate, but don't pitch other members directly.
2. Have Fun
Enjoy the journey. We'll handle the heavy lifting of getting you visibility.
3. Try Us
Bring us any idea, no matter how rough. We're here to help you figure it out.