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There are several hills I’m willing to die on, and one of those hills is that people that who work in the creative industries and enjoy their job are better at it. I have no data to prove this, I have no graph or chart or diagram. I just believe it, but I’m not the only one. More recently, the argument for (work + fun = good work) seems to have found its place in the collaboration between our very own ‘Van …
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Do you ever notice that curious thing that happens when you really think about a word? You may sit there thinking what a strange collection of sounds and noises to mean something so specific, so nuanced. There's so much meaning from seemingly so little. Isn't language fascinating? How do we make complex associations from what are effectively refined grunts? Maybe our brains are magical. Then poof. The meaning …
There’s been an interesting debate on the strategy internet as of late about what the difference is between a planner and a strategist. Given the indecision in the industry today, I thought I’d go ahead and find an answer that works for all of us. That answer is simple: It literally does not matter what you're called. They’re just words. Go do your job. By the way, this is also why account handlers and creatives …
Data-driven. We see this phrase absolutely everywhere in the marketing world today. On agency websites, on job descriptions, in people’s bios, on LinkedIn, and on resumes. I’ve got a problem with that. There's a concerted push to making sure everything is data-driven. But it’s not fully understood how narrow that statement really is. Making sure something is ‘data-driven’, is actually the best way to ensure you’re …
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Editor's note: Toby Donaldson joined Adpulp.com as an Emerging Voice earlier this year. He has since fully emerged. Toby is now a contributing writer. This is his latest piece. Screaming into the void? Keep screaming. There are more advertising blogs on the internet than stars in the night sky. Surely, they can’t all be getting sufficient readership, response, and interaction to make them worth …
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This new article in our Emerging Voices Series is made possible by the generous support of Adpulp's patrons on Patreon. Please join us and help pay writers. Life is a series of forks in the road. The same is absolutely true of a career in strategic communications. Somewhere early in your career, you’ll go from delivering for, to partnering with clients. It becomes your responsibility to use your …
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This new article by Toby Donaldson in Adpulp's Emerging Voices series is made possible by the generous support of Looney Advertising in Montclair, NJ. Brand is coming back into vogue. Skepticism of Martech-led short-termism is reaching CMOs and CEOs, so much so that the Gartner CMO survey ranks brand strategy as the most vital marketing capability in 2020, overtaking analytics. Marketing leaders appear to be …
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This new article in our Emerging Voices Series is made possible by the generous support of Adpulp's patrons on Patreon. Please join us and help pay writers. Corporations have been wrestling with an innovation problem for decades. Some of the most well-known are infamous for it, with an innovation strategy that appears to downright steal ideas or absorb innovative upstarts into venture funds and incubator …
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This new article in our Emerging Voices Series is made possible by the generous support of Adpulp's patrons on Patreon. Please join us. LONDON—When we think of The Art of War we think of a dusty, old, impregnable tome pored over by tweed-clad old men in dusty drawing rooms. Maybe it’s an accurate stereotype, but I don’t think it should be. The Art of War has a mythical reputation for good reason. It’s …
This new article in our Emerging Voices Series is made possible by the generous support of our patrons on Patreon. Please join Adpulp's subscribers on Patreon. When you do, we will deliver fresh material for your head. Witness... LONDON—The last two decades have seen the world double down on a growing obsession with ease and convenience. Industries, fortunes, and entire ways of life have been built on the idea …
