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Ria Campbell of Southpaw: how intelligent brands can influence the influencers

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Today’s influencer landscape seems a far cry from the early days of blogging. But lessons learned over the years since – by influencers, their audiences and brand owners, alike – have created a fast-growing area of marketing which is little short of super-charged. Back in the early and mid-Noughties, original thinkers and creators began blogging.

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The brand manifesto. Why copywriters love writing them and clients dig reading them.

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Crazy good…. For the past few days, even longer, I have been working on a manifesto for one of our clients. Actually, I’ve been working on two. Even more actually, I’ve been working on manifestos for 25 years, since becoming a copywriter. Nothing suits me more. Like many a creative soul, I am by nature a show off. And this is the way I can do it. I know I am not alone.

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Blood Red in Bogotá

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Historically, the red in Columbia’s flag is reminds Columbians of the blood spilled to create and defend their nation. McCann Colombia decided it was time to endow the nation’s flag with new meaning. Using Colombia’s flag and its tri-color yellow, blue and red hues, McCann created blood bags of yellow and blue on which a […]. The post Blood Red in Bogotá appeared first on AdPulp.

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Student Loan Market in FTC’s Cross Hairs

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Lots of folks were wondering whether at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) it was “ School’s Out ” with a shortage of Commissioners and a new administration in the White House. A recent case involving the telemarketing of student loan debt relief services makes clear that, at least in certain areas, school is still in session. The case also highlights the growing regulatory scrutiny on the student loan space.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Logan Wilmont of Doner: my Top Tips for Cannes

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Logan Wilmont is executive creative director of Doner, part of MDC Partners. Doner clients include Huawei, Geox, Meridian, Nikon, Invisalign and Fiat Chrysler. During his career he has won over 150 advertising awards including three Gold Lions. My Top Tips for Cannes TV2 – All that we share This was a brilliantly timed.

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Ebiquity’s Tim Hussain: programmatic is like the stock market – beware the waterfall of charges

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Tim Hussain is head of digital at Ebiquity. Ebiquity’s Media Value Measurement practice specialises in providing brands with tools and consultancy services to improve media performance. There is no hotter topic right now in our industry than programmatic transparency. It has become the focus of debate this year following last year’s ANA media transparency initiative.

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Adam&eve deconstructs the AA in new campaign

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Here’a perky new number for the AA from adam&eveDDB. Car breaks down, AA man fixes it, it probably said on the brief. Amazing what a cute child (some of you may think cute anyway) and a rousing tune can do. MAA creative scale: 7.

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Audi goes back to roots in new BBH ‘React’ ad

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This is a bit more like it from Audi and BBH: yet another “connected” car but this time it’s got something to do with driving. Not that difficult is it? Show a clear product benefit in a nice film, with a clever music track. It’s how Audi got motoring in the first place. MAA creative.

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Cannes cracks down on booze and noise – but isn’t that partly the point?

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The party’s over at Cannes, at least for the Daily Mail. Cannes organiser Ascential is cracking down on “inappropriate” behaviour at this month’s Festival and has singled out the Daily Mail/Mail Online for its raucous parties on yacht alley. The Mail says it’s not going anyway this year – so there. Last year those of.

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WPP to merge Maxus and MEC as client backlash bites

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Have the big holding company media agencies reached their high water mark? Not so long ago they were ruling the marketing and media roost; grabbing strategy from their creative rivals and pushing media owners around. Then last year the US Association of National Advertisers released its controversial report into “transparency” – with which the big.

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

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Y&R aims for creative “renaissance” with 12 new hires

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We often hear about agencies hiring creative teams. Y&R’s new CCO Jon Birley has gone a big step further by hiring a whole team of creatives, 12 in all. A creative department “renaissance” it seems. Top of the list is Jim Bolton, Birley’s former deputy at CHI and before that Leo Burnett who joins as.

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Buzzman shows Brits how to advertise mobiles

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Who’d have thought it? A good ad for a mobile phone camera featuring a footballer. Here’s one, for Huawei from French hotshots Buzzman. Should be played to every UK creative team working on a mobile account – until they scream for mercy. MAA creative scale: 9.

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Best ads of 2017: AlmapBBDO for Whiskas and BETC Paris (again) for Lacoste win in May

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What’s Whiskas got to do with autism? Not much on the face of it but Pedigree’s Whiskas is sponsoring a series of uplifting tales and this one from AlmapBBDO tells the story of Iris, locked in her own world, and new kitten Thula It could have been awful and a straw poll among autism professionals.

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Jen Smith of Maxus: my Top Tips for Cannes

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Jen Smith is global creative director of media agency Maxus. She is a juror on this year’s Cannes Lions media awards. My Top Tips for Cannes State Street Global Advisors -Fearless Girl The ‘Charging Bull’ is one of the great symbols of Wall Street. So when ‘Fearless Girl’ appeared overnight on International Women’s.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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New Publicis boss Sadoun lays cards on table

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We’ve all grown used to Maurice Levy’s fireside chats to the Publicis troops (and clients) over the years. Maurice is stepping down (a bit) and here’s new CEO Arthur Sadoun’s debut facing the camera (with profuse apologies for his rather winning French accent). The key point seems to be “cultural change,” whereby the three buzz.

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Is UEFA trying too hard to turn girls into boys in new FCB Inferno campaign?

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UEFA is trying to do its bit for women’s football so has a big new campaign from FCB Inferno launching for the women’s Champions League final in advance of the men’s version at the weekend. Both in Cardiff. Juventus versus Real Madrid should be good game; will the all-French affair twixt Lyon and PSG be.

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Above+Beyond makes two top creative hirings

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One of London’s new style agencies Above+Beyond – which aims to bring together diverse talents from film, music, branding and advertising – has made two senior creative hires: Ben Da Costa as creative director from CHI and senior creative Nathalie Gordon from Sunshine. Da Costa worked on Lexus’ award-winning ‘Slide’ at CHI.

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Now Ogilvy snaps up Halls Europe account

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New business is coming in a torrent at Ogilvy & Mather London at the moment – and this one doesn’t seem to be a present from owner WPP. Now it’s won the Halls Europe account, part of Mondelez International. Halls is handled globally by Wieden+Kennedy and it’s unclear if this will affect that relationship. Apparently.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Spectrum launches ghoulish assault on DirecTV

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This digital revolution in TV is all very well but how do you choose the best package when a new one seems to come along every day? One such is Charter Communications’ Spectrum in the US and it’s taking aim squarely at DirecTV in this new campaign from Something Different. Admirably direct. Although DirecTV might.

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British Airways is still flying but who exactly is it serving?

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How time flies: here’s BBH’s last big campaign for British Airways, all of six years ago. Computer problems were one of the things these intrepid aviators didn’t need to face, the cause of the disastrous BA meltdown at Heathrow and Gatwick over the weekend. But even back in 2011 ‘To fly to serve’ seemed like.

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VCCP finds its best for Macmillan Cancer Support

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Macmillan Cancer Support fills a valuable gap the NHS either can’t or won’t and it’s launching a new campaign ‘Life with cancer is still life’ through VCCP, based on a finding that the vast majority of cancer sufferers don’t wish to have their remaining life defined by cancer. A fitting campaign for a fine institution.

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Tom Denford and David Indo from ID Comms: the decline in agency incentives

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On this week’s #MediaSnack Tom and David continue their countdown to the one-year anniversary of the ANA’s media transparency report, looking at the significant areas of change in the industry that we believe have been impacted by the ANA’s findings, this week is looking at Media Terms of Business. Tom is in San Diego this.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.