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Mekanism’s Unique Blend of “Soul + Science” Helps It Win New Business

How does an agency win so much new business, its hair catches on fire? For decades, the answer has been to win a truckload of trophies at One Show and Cannes. But that answer has worn thin. Today, savvy clients are looking for the creative firepower that's capable of gathering a crowd and a team of data scientists to help explain and improve the ongoing investment. Mekanism and its new performance offering dubbed …

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One Man with Exceptional Vision Can Help Many Others See

Rishad Tobaccowala is the singular voice rising above all others, for me, and for many others working to make better communications and stronger and more meaningful bonds with customers. Rishad is a Senior Advisor to Publicis Groupe, a holding company with 80,000 people. He also freely shares his insights with anyone who wants to subscribe to his Substack newsletter, The Future Does Not Fit in the Containers …

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Mark Read of WPP on What’s Next for the Agency Business

WPP's CEO, Mark Read, calls the shots. Given that he leads the world's largest collection of marketing and ad agencies (including AKQA, Grey, Ogilvy, VMLY&R, and WundermanThompson), the shots that Read calls tend to be heard and considered far and wide. To this end, Judy Pollack, executive editor of Ad Age, asked Read several pertinent questions recently. Read's replies are clearly worthy of some consideration …

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There’s No Business Like New Business

As a member of the Epica Press Club, Adpulp.com is honored to bring you this interview with Wunderman Thompson London’s Head of New Business, Charlie Martyn. He discusses the challenges and highlights of his job with Epica's Mark Tungate. How would you define your role? Is it simply about getting business into the agency, or is it more nuanced than that? It may be the widest-spanning job in the agency, to be …

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Stop Wasting Words

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 …

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Stop the Semantic Obfuscations: This Is Why People Don’t Like Strategists and Planners

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 …

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How to Make Better Strategic Decisions: Stop Thinking So Much

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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Know What’s Up in ’21: Read Wunderman Thompson’s New Future 100 Report

As a marketer, are you feeling cautiously optimistic about 2021? Can 2021 be a hopeful year of economic rebound and societal healing? Wunderman Thompson Intelligence, the agency’s futures think tank and innovation unit, believes so. Their findings are presented in the agency's annual Future 100 report, which helps lift the lid on trends that will shape the coming 12 months. Mel Edwards, Global CEO, Wunderman …

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Will Marketers Stop Funding Media Garbage Masquerading As News?

Faux News agreed to pay millions of dollars to the family of Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staff member who was murdered in Washington, D.C. in 2016. As part of the legal settlement, the details of the case were kept quiet until after the election and the resounding defeat of Don Trump. Ben Smith, media columnist at The New York Times has more: Why did Fox care about keeping the Rich settlement …

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Curtail The Tall Tales, Or Get The Hell Out of the Booth

Last week, a radio executive at Atlanta-based Cumulus Media sent a memo telling its talk show hosts to stop spreading rhetoric about a stolen election or face termination. “We need to help induce national calm NOW,” Brian Philips, executive vice president of content for Cumulus, wrote in an internal memo after a mob attacked the national Capitol building, first reported by Inside Music Media. The company …

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