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Ad Agencies: The Two Things Prospects Want to Buy

Fuel Lines

You should stop selling your services, that’s not what prospects are buying. Agency business development programs are often sales focused. They’re built around outbound, interruptive sales tactics that are designed to start engagements with prospective clients. The prospects have little, if any, awareness of the agency or how they’re different from their competitors.

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Everybody Hertz: Accenture and the $32 million cyber fail

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By Wayne Guthrie, co-founder and director at Fearlessly Frank “Amateurs!” Ian Brown could be heard complaining, when the lights — and sound — went out on The Stone Roses’ first ever national TV performance. At a crucial moment, they’d placed themselves in expert hands, and although ultimately the incident increased their mystique, it was, on.

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Programmatically Speaking: Understanding VAST, VPAID, MRAID and SIMID

InMobi

If you’re new to the world of mobile ad tech, it’s likely you’ve found yourself at the receiving end of a steady stream of jargon. Some of the most common terms flying around when it comes to video and other creative formats are VAST, VPAID and MRAID. But what do these terms mean and how do these technologies differ? What came first? The Video Ad Serving Template, more commonly referred to as VAST, was first established by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) to standardize communication bet

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Most Viewed Video Ads: Avengers Endgame

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The last eleven years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has all been building to this. Avengers: Endgame is the culmination of a 22-film story that’s largely revolved around original six Avengers characters like Captain America and Iron Man – and the eventual threat that Thanos would pose. Ahead of the release of Avengers: Endgame, some of the most popular brands in the world partnered with Marvel to harness the series’ huge popularity.

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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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Targeting First-time CMOs for Ad Agency New Business

Fuel Lines

Here are five brands that have added their first CMO. As any agency business development executive knows, it’s crucial to track decision-maker shifts in order to beat competitors to the pitch. First-time CMOs are one of the top new business triggers for agency changes, media shifts, and new marketing technology investments, as new hires tend to make changes within 3-12 months following their appointment.

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George Parker: think small and think up north

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Readers of both MoreAboutAdvertising and AdScam will be more than familiar with my ongoing obsession with how the BDHC’s (Big Dumb Holding Companies) have managed to destroy what was once a great business that allowed you to get pissed, drugged and laid at a BDA’s (Big Dumb Agency) expense. You can see my presentation on.

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Online Lender Settles with FTC on UDAP, TSR, and EFTA Claims

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The Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with an online consumer lending platform, Avant LLC, highlights the importance of legal and regulatory compliance in the fintech space, including—perhaps most importantly—what happens after a loan is made. According to the Commission’s complaint , Avant offered personal consumer loans through its website.

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Demonstrating Trust in Programmatic Advertising Part II: Data Privacy and Security

InMobi

An important aspect of trust is not to ask for it, but rather to be able to establish it through demonstrable measures and efforts. Trust is more than just talking about it on a website, or at a conference. It needs to be followed through with action. We sincerely hope that all players - from publishers, ad exchanges and supply-side platforms to agencies and demand-side platforms - are willing or able to do this.

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IKEA launches Lagom Collection – new uses for old stuff

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Good of IKEA to spend its marketing money without trying to sell us anything (actually quite a lot of ads do this, unwittingly.) Proximity London is launching KEA’s new “Lagom Collection,” new uses for products you have already. Lagom means just enough or sufficient in Swedish. Proximity ECD John Treacy, says: “If you want to.

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Canvas Shoes Are A Canvas for Creative Expression

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I like when brands act as canvases for their customers to make meaning. To me, that’s how connections that lead to repeat transactions are made. Today, Vans is launching their latest brand campaign – Waffleheads – a series of videos about collectors, customizers and creatives that have truly turned Vans into a canvas for creative expression.

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

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Out of Home should target world number two says Decaux

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To Dubai for the 60th Annual Congress of FEPE International, an extraordinary event with over 400 delegates that brings together the burgeoning worldwide Out of Home industry and, among other things, tests the stamina of even the most accomplished hotel bar crew. Out of home execs are unique in many respects, not least because most.

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Amy McCulloch of eight&four picks her Desert Island Ads

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Amy McCulloch co-founded eight&four in 2008. Eight&four is a creative and media agency in London which has grown up alongside the launch of Instagram, the death of organic and the shrinking of consumer attention spans. Quality over quantity, audience focus and cutting through in a culture of meaningless messaging is high on its agenda. The.

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Big name UK creative agencies turn down Audi

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Are the peasants revolting? Campaign reports that Leo Burnett, Lucky Generals and Ogilvy have declined invitations to pitch for Audi – which should be a much-prized account – in what’s said to be a procurement-led pitch. Audi is being defended by BBH (now owned by Publicis as is Leo Burnett) and has been the agency’s.

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Adam&eveDDB thinks big for Amstel’s Bridges on bridges.

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Adam&eveDDB is rightly lauded for its big ideas (and big productions to go with them) although maybe it should steer clear of horses in future. In its big debut for Heineken’s Amstel it offer us a very large Jeff Bridges, bringing people together across, um, Amsterdam’s bridges. Bridges on bridges (Jeff that is) says: “Bridging.

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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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An Hour of Advertising with star copywriter Vikki Ross

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By Matt Williams An Hour of Advertising is a series of long-form interviews with people in the industry I most admire. We have a drink, chat about the past, present and future of advertising, then I publish the interview pretty much verbatim. They always prove to be fascinating discussions, covering everything from the subject’s biggest.

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Interpublic leads market again – have big US clients have lost faith in ever-changing Euro rivals?

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It’s becoming a tale of two continents among the big ad holding companies: Interpublic has just announced another stellar set of quarterly results – organic revenue up a whopping 6.4 per cent in Q1 2019 – following on the heels of bigger US rival Omnicom’s 2.5 per cent (although Omnicom’s global numbers were blitzed by.

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McCann hits confident note for high-def Microsoft Xbox

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Flagship Interpublic agency McCann seems to be motoring nicely on both sides of the Atlantic and, in London anyway, its flagship account is Microsoft Xbox. Most gaming ads are shoot-em-ups of one sort or another but confident Xbox is essaying a travelogue, showing its enhanced properties. Microsoft itself is seemingly carrying all before it, under.

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Former Publicis exec Ewen Sturgeon joins new Wunderman Thomson team as Europe boss

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Here’s a clue as to what WPP’s Wunderman Thomson will look like and what it hopes to do. The recently-merged agency has hired former Publicis big hitter Ewen Sturgeon as CEO of Europe and South Africa, reporting to global boss Mel Edwards. Sturgeon (below) founded the digital agency that became Wheel and then joined Publicis.

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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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Sorrell’s S4 Capital is growing fast

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Sir Martin Sorrell’s new S4 has reported revenue up 38 per cent to £40.9m and gross profit up 37 per cent to £32.8m in Q1 2019, a pretty staggering performance since the business only started a year ago following his ousting from WPP. S4 owns production company MediaMonks and programmatic specialist MightyHive plus a couple.

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Is this love? Droga5 and Amazon Prime can change your life

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Droga5 London’s new campaign for Amazon Prime sums up internet shopping perfectly: it’s all about scrolling through your phone, getting lost in the fantasy, then thinking “sod it” and making the purchase. These four ads also make the very important point that — just like books and echo dots — fashion and home furnishings are.

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W+K Amsterdam’s anti-plastic effort for Corona lays down marker in Out of Home awards stakes

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Corona and Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam won FEPE International’s classic creative award at this week’s Congress in Dubai (trade body FEPE, now in the process of renaming itself World Out of Home Organization, divides posters into classic and digital.) The sculpture, created from waste, is another anti-plastic effort, this time on London’s Old Street, may be non-digital.

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Soho life: BBH and The Photographers’ Gallery get arty

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BBH has partnered with The Photographer’s Gallery in an ongoing project to help promote exhibitions and activities in the Soho art space throughout the year. For their first work together, BBH has produced four short films to spread the word about the influential Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, using shareable content to help make it.

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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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New IPA president Nigel Vaz sets himself a tough task as he vows to “reimagine” the industry

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Nigel Vaz has made some very big promises in his inaugural speech as president of the IPA. He has vowed to “Reimagine” the industry and guide member agencies through the kind of transformation that they have all been struggling to achieve over the last few years, while helping them to overcome a “perceived lack of.

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Online tightens iron grip on UK adspend – but it’s still growing nicely

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UK adspend continues to motor ahead – despite the gloomsters – up a surprising 6.3 per cent in 2018 according to an Advertising Association/WARC survey. The two are forecasting further increases in 2019 and 2020, despite Brexit and all that. It’s open to debate, however, how much of this is actually advertising.

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Piers Morgan blows even more hot air for ITV and Uncommon

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Love him or loathe him, Piers Morgan provides value for money at ITV. It may be a sign of general dumbing down, but the provocative Good Morning Britain presenter seems to drive the national conversation more than Radio 4’s Today programme these days. Daniel Craig’s papoose, Gregg’s vegan sausage rolls and Little Mix’s body art.

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Leonard’s Uncommon breaks cover in style for Ecover

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This is more like it, so far Nils Leonard’s Uncommon has been as notable for the noise it makes than the ads (although the ones that have surfaced have been perfectly respectable) but this new effort for Ecover will get people talking. With the questionable assumption that a baby smells better than anything else, it.

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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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Former Y&R boss David Patton takes key global role as Technicolor expands into ad content

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David Patton, arguably the most high profile casualty of Mark Read’s re-organisation of WPP, has landed a plum new job as global president, customer experience and advertising at Technicolor. Technicolor also owns MPC Advertising (MPC was formerly the Moving Picture Company), high end post production company The Mill and Mikros-MPC studios. Patton (below) spent two.

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Burger King corrects its customers in new BBH effort

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The customer’s always right – but not in this instance from Burger King and BBH it seems. Burger King is usually willing to try something new and, if it winds up McDonald’s, so much the better. Not what you expect from BBH either. Maybe all that work for Tesco is bringing a populist bent to.

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Choose Go with Conoco

AdPulp

Petroleum is an everyday product that we all know causes harm to the environment. Nevertheless, we have people to see and places to be. As an advertising category, gasoline is not known for exceptional humor, wit, and creative taste, which makes the following “fast fantasy” spots for Conoco all the more entertaining. The humor here […].

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Traffic Managers Keep The Flow Alive

AdPulp

Editor’s note: The following article was generously provided to Adpulp.com by Epica Press Club. They may not have the starry status of the creative folk you see on juries or on stage at advertising festivals, but without heads of traffic and the managers who work for them, large organizations would malfunction. As their title suggests, traffic […].

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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.