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Have a Heart: Why Brands Need an Emotional Reboot in Troubled Times
Mike Foster, founder and strategic creative director at Straight Forward, explores how brands can take action to spark emotional connections in an era of uncertainty.
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A Note to Marketers Everywhere. Let’s Talk About Who Is Actually Doing the Work and Amplify Their Voices Appropriately
Far too often, a Black creative or strategist will share an idea or concept that gets remixed or watered down by their counterparts or superiors, losing all the special vision it once had.
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How Being a Mother to Two Young Toddlers Helped Elevate My Career
If you want a job done best, hire anyone who cares deeply for something beyond their day-to-day profession. Try hiring a mom.
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Nurturing the Next Generation of Creatives Requires Designers to Be Good Teachers, Too
For the creative industry (and advertising in particular) to better reflect society, real work must happen.
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The Changing Priorities of Women
The rise of staunch individualism combined with a newfound power and freedom to say “no” means brands and businesses need to pay close attention to the wants, needs and desires of women or risk being shut out of life in the new normal.
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The Sports Media Evolution
Sports media 2.0 is very much a living and breathing concept that will continue to converge and evolve.
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Audio Advertising: All the Rage Without the Risk
Choosing your genres, using the right technology, and working with trusted partners can open exciting doors into a world where an audience is engaged, receptive and open.
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Reimagining the Public Conversation
Conversation is a superpower. But what if we can make it even better?
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Why Companies Should Strive to Create a ‘Learning-Centric’ Culture
The more seeds of knowledge that get planted, combined with learning experiences that are created to fertilize the workforce, the more this allows organizations to celebrate successful harvests in the most meaningful ways for all, season after season, and then some.
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Live Events are Back. Here are Three Ways to Reach New Audiences We Learned During the Pandemic
By Rick Faigin, EVP, Acceleration Community of Companies (ACC) Client Advisory Live music events are roaring back, with audiences eager to once again experience the joy of being part of a cheering crowd swaying to the music on a summer night. During the depths of the pandemic, with concerts completely off the table, the artists who depend on live events…
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The Rise of Diversity and Female Leadership in the Advertising Industry
We sat down with Adform’s Charlotte Kure Juul to discuss her own journey to the C-suite.
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A Marathon or a Sprint? Modern Icons Are Mastering Both
The two speeds at which modern culture is conceived and consumed is not only increasingly key to success, but also resetting the very foundations on which modern brands (and the teams behind them) are built.
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#RealTalk: The State of Brand Behavior on Twitter and What’s Coming Next
Created by the brand strategy experts at Twitter Next, #RealTalk provides a new, data-informed look at what it takes to achieve brand distinction on Twitter (and beyond)
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Retail Can Not Only Survive, It Can Thrive
The Role of Digitalisation and the Age of Hyper-Personalisation in Attracting Brick-and-Mortar Consumers By Alia Gogi, President Asia, Sephora From Beijing to Bangkok, the combination of a growing middle class — and a young population that is increasingly aspirational in its consumer choices — has resulted in the Asia Pacific region driving the global retail industry forward. This is a…
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A Metaverse-Driven Transformation Is Coming to Retail
Retail is rewiring, and it’s happening before our eyes, says Liz Aviles, Vice President of Strategy and Cultural Insights for creative agency Upshot.
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How Inclusive Is Your Digital Marketing Strategy?
Using an inclusive lens for your digital marketing approach isn’t just a way to meet compliance needs, reach more consumers, or improve the bottom line.
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Introducing #TwitterPrism
Change is happening. A broad spectrum of brands are working diligently to meet the demands of a rapidly-evolving market by connecting with diverse communities of customers and fans.
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Conference Room Tables Are Turning – A Q&A with Jeff Graham, President and CMO of Cactus, Denver
Jeff Graham, President/CMO of Cactus, Denver Talks About the Changing Dynamics That for the First Time in Years Are Working for Both Creative Talent and Agencies
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Reflections on SXSW 2022, Serendipity, and Resilience
A global pandemic – the Great Accelerator – has kicked off a period of exponential change that’s only just begun. Now is the time to be bold, step forward and fight to be a part of the world that is still being re-built.
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Why Clean Websites Matter and How to Achieve Them
Now’s the time for brands to lead by example, making websites greener and cleaner, not only to attract more customers, but to be part of the change.



















