March, 2019

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Ad Agencies Need Systems to Consistently Produce Leads

Fuel Lines

Believe it or not, most small to midsize agencies are not organized to consistently generate leads. Agency life is chaotic. Too much to do; to little time. The answer to this problem is to work smarter not harder by creating SYSTEMS for new business. A system is a set of detailed methods, procedures and routines created to carry out a specific activity, perform a duty, or solve a repeated business issue.

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Audi’s synchronised swim blows other cars out of the water

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This is a rare thing – an ad that really makes you stop and stare. Although with BBH and Audi, the chances are better than most. “Two cars perform a synchronized swimming routine” is the kind of creative idea that might have been dismissed by a lot of clients — and it’s not one that.

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Writer/Creative Director for Hire. Let’s do Wonderful Together.

Gods of Advertising

Gods of Advertising is on backburner so I can devote more energy to completing a manuscript as well as writing for my clients. Perhaps you? Services include copy writing, brand manifestos and creative direction. I’m passionate about helping clients develop powerful creative business ideas. Consumer or B2B, versatile in the trickiest verticals. This is my portfolio.

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Please Pause What You’re Doing and Give Thanks to Women In Advertising

AdPulp

March is Women’s History Month and a great time to look back in advertising history for significant early achievements by women. Here is a revealing document (a list of members of the Advertising Hall of Fame): Thankfully, the list improves through the decades, but perhaps not as dramatically as it should. The 1st Content Queen: […]. The post Please Pause What You’re Doing and Give Thanks to Women In Advertising appeared first on Adpulp.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Just Asking For a Friend: Decision Science

illumin

We’re kicking off a new series called “Just Asking For a Friend” to break down some tricky digital advertising terms that you might not feel comfortable discussing in the break room or important meetings. Don’t fret! We are here to assuage your fears and will help you brush up on key subjects like live audiences, the consumer journey, and machine learning vs. deep learning.

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Let’s Get This “Local” Bread!

All About Advertising Law

Bimbo Bakeries and U.S. Bakery recently found out that consumer confusion, like politics, is local, and that “local” means what the local consumer says it means. Let’s unbraid this loaf. In Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. v. Sycamore , No. 2:13-CV-00749, 2019 WL 1058234 (D. Utah Mar. 5, 2019), the jury originally awarded Bimbo $8,027,720 in damages on its false advertising claim against U.S.

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DDB goes back to the future to recapture glory days

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Omnicom agency DDB is changing its visual identity to mark its 70th birthday, harking back to its distinguished inception as New York’s most creative agency, the NYC equivalent of the UK’s Collett Dickenson Pearce, many of whom were inspired by the original DDB. As was the late David Abbott who worked there before co-founding Abbott.

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Hustle & Flow. Let’s Do Something AWESOME Together!

Gods of Advertising

In lieu of full time employment I’ve been working my ass off. If this sounds contradictory it is not. As any freelance writer will tell you, the hustle is as crucial as the creation. Unlike fat and maybe-happy FTE’s the freelancer must work to get work before he or she can work! Ah, the hustle. It’s like the fisherman who has to both catch his fish and then sell them.

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Dreamers and Artists Always Welcome #USA

AdPulp

Thanks to unrelenting media narratives about race and immigration, some American citizens have a deeply distorted point of view on the topics. It’s a sad reality and for millions, this is a tough time in America. Perhaps it will help to point out how the rise of ignorance and hate is also ushering in an […]. The post Dreamers and Artists Always Welcome #USA appeared first on Adpulp.

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Answering Your Top Mobile App User Acquisition Questions

InMobi

Do you have a lot of questions about mobile app user acquisition? Then you’ve come to the right place. This guide is for all mobile app marketing professionals and app developers looking to launch a successful app (in both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store), acquire users at scale while keeping acquisition costs minimized and launch a successful, sustainable app-led business.

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Retail media advertising: How e-commerce is becoming AdTech’s next frontier

what retail media advertising is what a retail media network is how the changes in the privacy landscape benefit retail media networks how retail media network functions market overview of retail media networks

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Best Practices - Amazon Advertising

AdGlow

Amazon's ad solutions are still uncharted territory for many marketers. As the e-commerce giant grows its offer to advertisers, here we share some tips to help you find, attract, and engage millions of Amazon customers at every stage of their journey.

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Brand Safety in the era of Slow Content Policing on Social Platforms

illumin

With recent concerns of the Momo Challenge viral internet hoax, some advertisers began quickly pulling back dollars from YouTube. Today’s cluttered social environments have provided anything but solace for consumers and marketers alike. Potentially offensive content, fake news, and hoax challenges still manage to find a way to disrupt social media platforms – making brand safety a top concern for digital marketers.

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Pols and Mecklenburg set up new agency Truth & Spectacle

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Two former Ogilvy execs – creative director Ivan Pols and consultant Alex Mecklenburg have formed a new “creative business consultancy” called Truth & Spectacle, named after an observation by legendary film director Stanley Kubrick. Mecklenburg, a former MD of agency Huge, says: “Truth fuels creativity but many businesses have confused their truth with brand purpose.

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FTC Hints It’s Feeling the Buzz

All About Advertising Law

Last September, the National Advertising Division (“NAD”) published a decision assessing whether the editorial content surrounding an affiliate link constituted “national advertising” requiring substantiation. At issue were two statements in a BuzzFeed “shopping guide,” in which the author tested and recommended various skincare products.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Data Predators and Surveillance Capitalists Get “T Boned” at SouthBy

AdPulp

Legendary musician and music producer T Bone Burnett came to SXSW 2019 to slay digital demons. I highly recommend that you make some time to watch his keynote and/or read the text of his speech. It may shake you awake. There is so much to digest in Burnett’s speech that no recap is going to […]. The post Data Predators and Surveillance Capitalists Get “T Boned” at SouthBy appeared first on Adpulp.

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In-App Ads.txt: What You Need to Know [VIDEO]

InMobi

Did you know that in-app ads.txt is now available for mobile apps? This revolutionary ad tech dramatically improves trust and transparency in the digital ecosystem by allowing publishers to specify who is authorized to sell their inventory. Ads.txt has already proven to be enormously beneficial and popular in the browser world, and it’s now finally available to mobile apps.

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New Video Success Story: McDonald's

AdGlow

As part of our video success stories series, here we uncover how Adglow and McDonald's Brazil deployed weather-sync to customise Facebook ads depending on the local weather conditions. The results were sizzling hot – don't take our word for it, see for yourself below!

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Goings On About Town

Advertising to Baby Boomers

For years I’ve been championing the marketing and advertising of normal everyday products to Baby Boomers: Boomer Backlash II If every time someone over fifty sees a commercial targeting them and it’s always for an age-related product or service, pretty soon their eyes will glaze over, they’ll get itchy and grumpy. The Real Issue : Marketing and advertising folks grasping the fact that Boomers will be buying billions (trillions?

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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We Are Social: how social media can help launch a new political party

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By Andre van Loon I remember a time, not long ago, when people used to say that British politics was slightly predictable, with the main parties converging around the centre ground. While this was exaggerated even at the time, it sounds positively strange today. Labour has steered strongly to the Left under Jeremy Corbyn, the.

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Definitely not “Winning”: Scammers Pay Millions to FTC and Missouri Attorney General for Running Deceptive Prize Scheme

All About Advertising Law

In February 2018, the FTC teamed up with the Missouri Attorney General’s office in filing a complaint against a prize promotions company and others that allegedly operated a large-scale deceptive prize scam targeting the elderly. A little more than a year later, the FTC and the Missouri AG’s office announced that they reached a settlement to the tune of $30 million.

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Errol Morris Documents Chipotle’s Freshness, For Real

AdPulp

Errol Morris is a documentary filmmaker. Some of his famous films include Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997), The Fog of War (2003), and The Thin Blue Line (1988). He also directs commercials. In this new campaign for Chipotle from Venables Bell + Partners, Morris, and post-production house, Timber, the client’s fresh food is prepared before one’s eyes […].

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A Marketer's Guide to Evaluating Bidder Performance of Multiple DSPs

InMobi

Dozens of mobile performance-centric demand-side platforms (DSPs) are available in the market. How do you choose between them? After all, each mobile DSP has different strengths and capabilities, and it is difficult to name one as the best for everyone. Rather, it is about which DSP fits your requirements the best. LEARN MORE How do you begin the selection process?

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.

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Just Asking For a Friend: The Consumer Journey

illumin

Exhibit A. The consumer journey has seen a lot of change over the years. Traditionally, it was thought of as a funnel. A linear process regardless of the industry or purchase type. B2B and B2C marketers alike agree that every single project, asset or initiative undertaken, has been driven by the idea of corresponding to one stage of this funnel. The theory behind the linear sales funnel is that marketers need to cast the widest net possible to ensure they are reaching everyone they can with the

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A tale of two ecosystems: how my reef tank resembles your agency.

Gods of Advertising

Left side of my reef, featuring the big Sailfin tang I call “Moose” I maintain a 180-gallon reef aquarium in my home. Try to anyway. The coral reef is the most complex, delicate and beautiful ecosystem in the world. Lighting. Filtration. Water parameters. Flow. Everything has to be calibrated and monitored in order to even passably mimic a real coral reef.

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Ogilvy Paris wins Accor hotels global role

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Leading international hotel group Accor has appointed Ogilvy Paris as its global agency of record. Ogilvy’s main task will be the launch and management of a new Accor loyalty programme called ALL (Accor Live Limitless). Accor includes almost 4,800 hotels, resorts and residences across 100 countries, spanning luxury to economy. Ogilvy Paris CCO Matthieu Elkaim.

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Guest Blog: Amazon’s New “Project Zero” – A Way for Brand Owners to Curb Counterfeits

All About Advertising Law

Amazon has just announced Project Zero to potentially assist brand owners in combatting counterfeit goods by removing products likely to be fake from the online retailer’s platform. Project Zero would allow brand owners to designate product listings for removal, instead of undergoing Amazon’s prior reporting and removal process, which required brand owners to report counterfeit products to an internal Amazon team for investigation prior to removal.

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Solving the Biggest Tech Challenges in RevOps

In this eBook, we’ll run through real-world examples that show how RevOps teams can benefit from modern solutions for the access, management, and activation of their GTM data. Whether you need to improve lead response times, boost adoption of core tools, improve lead qualification, or target and automate your GTM motions, you’ll find examples of how revenue teams are solving some of the toughest problems in modern business.

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Forget Wisdom of the Crowds, It’s Wise To Work with Senior Citizens

AdPulp

“El presentador de noticias de 88 años” is a new effort to fight ageism from Fundación Las Rosas in Santiago and Chilevisión. The Chilean TV channel recently brought legendary Chilean anchorman Javier Miranda, 88, back to the primetime news show to deliver a special announcement about the value of senior citizens participating in today’s aging […].

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How to Think About Mobile App Marketing Attribution

InMobi

When it comes to measuring mobile app marketing attribution (i.e. marketing campaigns with ads within mobile apps), it’s tempting to just port over web attribution models from Google Analytics or solely focus on single actions like when users click to download the app. But, these kinds of outdated user acquisition methodologies no longer cut it. For mobile marketers and app advertisers today, reaching, acquiring and retaining customers through mobile devices requires much more careful thought an

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Wonderhood shows what it’s made of for Comic Relief

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Wonderhood Studios just missed out on Virgin Media but it has a new and quite compelling showcase, this film for Comic Relief with actor Peter Mullan – plus a newbie to the silver screen. The BBC’s Comic Relief has raised over £1bn for good causes but its air of self-congratulation sometimes grates. None of that.

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Guinness hymns women’s rugby, Visa ups investment in women’s football

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Brands are falling over themselves to show how inclusive and supportive of diversity they are – so it’s better when they put their money where their mouth is. Guinness, hitherto that most macho of beers, is doing its bit by sponsoring the Women’s Six Nations rugby, plugging it with this ad from AMV BBDO featuring.

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Drive GTM Efficiency with Tech Stack Consolidation

Consolidating your tech stack is an effective cost-saving measure that drives GTM efficiency and adds value to your enterprise. With a cohesive, integrated tech stack, your revenue teams can deliver an excellent customer experience that sets you up to win faster than your competitors.