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September 26, 2018 4 Ways to Fix Your Social Media Strategy

The bad news: Chances are your brand is doing social media wrong. Now the good news: I’m almost positive your brand can right the ship…

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September 19, 2018 Culture

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September 18, 2018 7 Questions You Have To Ask Before Choosing An Agency

Getting married is exciting. There’s the nervous energy that comes from starting your new life together. The anticipation for what the uncharted future will bring.…

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August 28, 2018 Are M&Ms Killing Your Culture?

If you’ve spent any time in an advertising agency (or frankly, breathing air on this planet) you know there are few things that can instantly…

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August 6, 2018 How To Tell When Your Ad Campaign is Worn Out

Advertising agencies trade on big ideas. The right idea at the right time has the power to help a brand explode out of the competitive…

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July 26, 2018 The 5 Fastest Ways to Become Your Agency’s Favorite Client

You want to know a secret? Every agency has a favorite client. It doesn’t matter if you’re an award-winning creative shop, a big media firm,…

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July 9, 2018 When Goliath Suddenly Has To Think Like David

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” – Henry Ford While there’s plenty of conjecture as to whether…

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June 17, 2018 7 Questions Every Client Should Ask Their Prospective Ad Agency

I once had a client tell me that choosing a new ad agency was like getting married after one date. She said the feeling was…

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June 4, 2018 The One Hire You Cannot Make

Years ago, one of my partners gave me an analogy for hiring that has always stuck with me. He said, imagine you’re starting a company…

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May 30, 2018 The Biggest Mistake Ad Agencies Make

It’s all Bill Bernbach’s fault. Or, at least, that’s where the problem started. Before Bernbach led the creative revolution in the 1960s and transformed the…

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