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Ad Agency New Business Thought Leader Survey Report

Fuel Lines

Most agencies have an active new business plan but 67% of responders don’t view their program as successful. “When it comes to new business, it’s important that agencies never become complacent, even when times are good. In order to nurture and grow a vibrant agency, there must be a steady stream of new business opportunities in the pipeline.

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Ad Making Is Not Manufacturing, It’s A Discovery Process

AdPulp

Martin Weigel has been Head of Planning at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam since 2009. He has some strong ideas to share about the business. Like this one: When we succumb to the fantasy that we can professionalise creativity, that we can extract the play, unpredictability, and human element out of the process, that it can be treated […]. The post Ad Making Is Not Manufacturing, It’s A Discovery Process appeared first on AdPulp.

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CHI joint ECD Micky Tudor picks his Desert Island Ads

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Micky Tudor is joint executive creative director of CHI&Partners, the UK agency that sits in the centre of international network The&Partnership. He began his career at Lowe Howard-Spink and joined CHI in 2002. Desert Island Ads These are in no particular order. Just the ones that first sprang to mind. There could have been a.

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How to Repurpose Your TV Commercial for a Mobile Video Advertisement

InMobi

Traditional television is quickly becoming an outdated medium thanks to the rise of mobile technologies. According to Google, YouTube reaches more 18- to 49-year-olds in the United States than any cable network. More than half of the traffic is from mobile devices. The average number of video views per day on the site is one billion, and people watch videos for about 40 minutes during every viewing session.

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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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It’s a Small World After All

All About Advertising Law

If you think the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is the only regulator paying attention to online endorsements and reviews, guess again. According to a recent FTC press release, 10 of the 60 countries that participate in the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN) have taken actions in the year since the Network released the ICPEN Roadmap in June 2016.

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Social Media Marketing Is Fast and Unbound; Control Freaks Watch Out

AdPulp

If @Apple’s brand team applied itself in social media channels, its flock of fanboys and fangirls would be all over it. Whether Apple needs social media to create or sustain interest is questionable, which may explain why the company that works in a new spaceship-like building barely deigns to dabble in the medium. Tim Nudd […]. The post Social Media Marketing Is Fast and Unbound; Control Freaks Watch Out appeared first on AdPulp.

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The Internet and Social Media have turned us into insatiable… “content zombies!”

Gods of Advertising

Must…Have…Tweets! In the highly entertaining Tobe Hooper film, Life Force the human population are turned into ravenous creatures that must suck the essence of life out of other human beings every few minutes or die. Without going into plot (in this case alien invasion), the streets of London are quickly turned into a maelstrom of carnage. Half dead zombies grab onto the living, draining them.

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Welcome to the era of six-second video ads

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YouTube, Facebook and Fox (among others) have decided that what we need are more six-second video ads. Why six seconds? It’s longer than five but shorter than seven.dunno. Of course all three want more ad dollars. Any other benefits? The best reason they, or their supporters, have come up with so far is “frequency.” Ad.

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Five by Five’s Barry Markham: how creative bravery fired the best launches of 2017

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Launching a new product is a big deal. Every launch, however well researched and planned, has the potential to bomb. In an unpredictable world, fraught with risk and uncertainty, pushing the boundaries on innovation and creativity might feel risky and is certainly nerve-wracking. But to truly disrupt an industry or to genuinely cut through, launching.

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R3: Dentsu, WPP and Accenture are big buyers in July

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Global marketing consultancy R3 has produced its review of deals in July 2017 and a pattern seems to be emerging: the big acquirers in 2017 appear to be Dentsu, WPP and Accenture. Dentsu is busily buying what we might call digital/market intelligence operations – in line with its biggest buy recently, performance marketing agency Merkle.

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

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OtterBox welcomes NFL with CP+B Peyton Manning winner

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OtterBox makes protective smartphone cases and its ad property is retired quarterback Peyton Manning. Handy as the NFL season is about to start. The first rule of gridiron (do they still call it that?) is protect the quarterback from those opposing hunks trying to grind him into the turf. Which another OtterBox property is keen.

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McCann’s FP/7 challenges middle-eastern stereotypes in new music video

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We observed earlier that agencies need zero-based creativity in today’s marketing world – less fancifully, perhaps, that they need to take the work where they can find it. As FP7/McCann in Beirut is doing here with a music video, ‘Roman,’ for indie band Mashrou’ Leila, directed by Jessy Mousallem for Clandestino Films. In their words.

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McDonald’s picks Leo Burnett London for global sports

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McDonald’s, which moved its massive US ad account into DDB’s new We Are Unlimited operation last year, has given Leo Burnett London a big vote of confidence by appointing it to handle its global sports sponsorship activity. McDonald’s recently ended its 41 year relationship with Olympics organiser the IOC. First up is the 2018 FIFA.

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World’s biggest advertisers crack down on transparency, ad fraud and brand safety

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Who invented contracts? Some ancient Greek perhaps who should be the patron saint of lawyers despite his heathen ways. New research from the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA), which represents most big advertisers, show they’re busily rewriting contracts with their media agencies and other suppliers in the wake of, first, the US ANA reprt into.

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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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Bud Light takes a pop at rice-less beers

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Here’s a cheeky number from Bud Light of all brands, taking a pop at craft beers and their exotic ingredients. While you can depend on Bud Light’s combo of barley, rice (rice!), water and hops. From Wieden+Kennnedy presumably. Neatly done: we’re judging the ad not the “beer.” MAA creative scale: 8.

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BMB wins Campaign to End Loneliness uphill task

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London agency BMB has been appointed to handle the Campaign to End Loneliness account, a new one on me but they’re supposed to be spending £4m this year and next. Can you really end loneliness? Isn’t it a (disagreeable) part of life? Anyway there are reckoned to be a million or so people in the.

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Jung von Matt reprises violent history of the barbie for Edeka

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Jung von Matt’s work for Edeka, the biggest German supermarket chain, is usually worth a look – in the past we’ve had notable tearjerkers at Christmas, among others. This one for barbecues is utterly nuts. Seems to work for Edeka though. MAA Creative Scale: 7.

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Does Always’ new ‘Try. Fail. Learn.’ fail?

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Is the Always #LikeAGirl campaign from Leo Burnett for Procter & Gamble running out of steam? It’s won plaudits all over the world although it’s one of those things that’s hard to criticise publicly – the equivalent of kicking a kitten. Who is’t in favour of teenage girls gaining confidence and feeling better about themselves?

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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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Adam&eve hits stride with families reality show for McCain

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Families come in all shapes and sizes these days we know – weekend dads, two dads etc – but it’s still brave to put this aspect of life centre stage. Which is what McCain and agency adam&eve/DDB do here. Then (you’ve guessed it) we learn that it’s a good job we still get together for.

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Droga5 puts down another marker with debut for kwiff

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Oh no, not another betting ad. Here another for kwiff, an app that may improve the odds, from Droga5. Droga5 ECD David Kolbusz, who’s beginning to make waves in London since he came on board from Wieden+Kennedy New York, says: “Do you like money? I do. But I have no idea how to get more.

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Johnnie Walker takes a walk on the perplexing side

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Diageo’s Johnnie Walker seemed to abandon ‘Keep Walking’ when it abandoned BBH for Anomaly. But it’s on its way back, not roaming around the glens but, in this instance, riding a sinister train in Brazil, courtesy of Anomaly’s MDC stablemate CP+B. Strange, verging on perplexing. One of those WTF is this advertising? Oh, it’s… Nice.

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Why today’s big challenge for the agency establishment is zero-based creativity

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Much chatter in adland about the way the declining fortunes of FMCG – or consumer products – companies are impacting agencies. Procter & Gamble and Unilever are cutting back advertising and the number of agencies they use although they still spend some $7bn a year. The likes of Kraft Heinz are driving harder bargains with.

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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.

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Now Bell Pottinger faces industry sanction over alleged dirty dealings in South Africa

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When your (highly paid) job is to work behind the scenes it’s usually commercial suicide to become the story. This is exactly what is happening to London PR firm Bell Pottinger – whether or not it amounts to commercial suicide remains to be seen. Bell Pottinger has been accused by South African opposition leader Mmusi.

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New BBH Sport client bwin runs a different race

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Here’s a teaser from BBH Sport for new betting client bwin, inviting us to bet on a CGI car race (the main pan-European campaign with three such races breaks in the autumn).

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IPA calls on YouTube and Google to mend their ad ways

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The UK’s IPA agency trade body has formally called on Google-owned YouTube and Facebook to work with the IPA and ISBA (the advertiser equivalent) to bring the safety, measurement and viewabillity of their online video up to acceptable industry standards. In a robust letter to the digital duopoly IPA Director General Paul Bainsfair has called.

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You Need A Realtor To Get The Deal Closed

AdPulp

Real estate prices in many major U.S. markets are totally out of hand. This leads to stiff competition for the most desirable properties and in some cases, multiple bids, cash offers, and the waving of the inspection period. Realtor.com is in its own death-match with Redfin. Redfin has native-to-the-web usability, which may lead users to […]. The post You Need A Realtor To Get The Deal Closed appeared first on AdPulp.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.