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2021: The Year Of The Independent Agency
Agencies of all shapes and sizes were disrupted as the pandemic plunged our industry into the unpredicted territory. And while the experience has been humbling for us all, I’d argue it has gone a long way to showcase the strengths of the independent agency model and how they work with their partners.
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How to Tie the Loose Ends of Your Brand
Good branding is the foundation for all your marketing success, which is why so much effort goes into it. It’s important that your branding is memorable and constant across all channels and platforms, with one report finding that consistent branding increases revenue by 33%.
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Great Expectations: Why Customers Want More From Your Words In 2021
The words businesses are using are under a microscope. And that means brands need to make sure that what they’re saying – and how they’re saying it – stands up to scrutiny. So how do you make sure your words are fit for purpose, no matter what 2021 throws at us?
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Cookie Restrictions Will Not Solve Privacy Concerns, But Non-User Matching Will
Browsers are blocking third-party cookies in the name of privacy, but this alone won’t protect personal data within the digital advertising ecosystem. There is a far better and simpler solution for achieving this goal, in the form of contextual targeting.
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What’s in Store for Food & Nutrition in 2021?
Now that 2021 is well underway, consumers everywhere are seeking knowledge and practical advice on how to better themselves and their health after a rocky year under quarantine and stress.
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Prioritizing Innovation: A Q & A with Melissa Tischler of Lippincott
We spoke with Melissa Tischler of global creative consultancy Lippincott about her Principles for Driving Innovation-Led Growth, why brand is an essential input to innovation and how prioritizing innovation today can unlock growth for tomorrow.
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The Evolution Of Experience Design In 2021
5 experience principles that are fundamental to how we can design and reimagine brand experiences that work at every stage of the consumer lifecycle, for 2021 and beyond.
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Younger Consumers Are Craving More (Authentic) Health And Wellness Visuals
With increasing awareness around mental health for Gen Z and Millennials, brands have a distinct opportunity and also a responsibility to connect with younger consumers by more accurately reflecting the realities of how and why these generations prioritize their mental wellbeing.
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How 2020 Changed America
Throughout all of these events, the impact on the daily lives of Americans was profound. The compounding crises altered how we work, how we learn, how we entertain ourselves and even how we think about social issues.
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3 Tips to Creating High-Powered Online Experiences
In this article, we will focus on high-powered messaging, although frequent messaging is rather straight forward as businesses engage in frequent, cross-channel advertising to catch the consumer near or at the point of consumption.
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3 Tips to Creating High-Powered Online Experiences
In this article, we will focus on high-powered messaging, although frequent messaging is rather straight forward as businesses engage in frequent, cross-channel advertising to catch the consumer near or at the point of consumption.
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7 Retail Trends to Fall in Love With
Retailers are ready to make the most of limited in-store options and online shopping this year. And while the pandemic has undoubtedly accelerated the dramatic transformation of the consumer retail market, the trends that have been driving this transformation have actually been around for years.
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4 Trends, Accelerated by The Pandemic, That Will Persist Through Recovery
We know it as consumers as well as marketers: the COVID pandemic precipitated profound social, economic, technological and behavioral changes in 2020.
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The New Tools for Tangible Transformation
As brands seek to continue transforming at speed, they require a new set of tools to build a structure that will withstand shake-ups in the digital landscape.
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Kind Words at Work
The pandemic turned work-life on its head. We’re caught in the tumbling load of a never-ending workday, pinballing between Zoom and Slack, duking it out with the family for WiFi, dishes piling up around us in our office…er…kitchen, and just trying to hold it together while we just. take. a. minute. to. remember. what. day. it. is.
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Why TV Advertisers Need To Tune In To Audience Trends To Thrive
For decades, a TV served as the focal point in millions of living spaces; if you didn’t have one, you were the exception, not the rule. Fast-forward to the present day, and it’s clear that a lot has changed.
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An Audience of One: The President
The CNN town hall in Milwaukee gave President Biden a chance to “speak to the American people,” said a Marquette University professor. When Biden arrived in Milwaukee (February 16) billboards spoke directly to the President.
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Why Digital Advertising Needs To Embrace Human Experience
Of all the common themes in science fiction – spaceship battles, alien invasions, colonized planets – the most tenacious might be the question of what happens when machines become more like people.
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2020 Put The Social In Media, But What Will 2021 Look Like?
Last year was the year we lived vicariously through social media. Cooped up indoors, it was our portal to the outside world, removing the miles between us and our friends, family and colleagues.
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Super Bowl Ads Fumbled the Ball on COVID-19
Years from now, when historians and cultural anthropologists look back at the 2021 Super Bowl ads, what will they glean about our culture today?



















