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Digital Divinations

When short & sweet falls short

The 15 second advertising format is the go-to format today, but how effective is it really? This week’s YouTube leaderboard is filled with advertising using this format, but how many are truly memorable.

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Jailhouse Juggernaut

Can jailhouses provided answers to the talent and cost crunch that Ad Land face? Here’s a few thoughts about a similar Finnish experiment that could be applied to advertising.

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Advertising & the allure of agile.

With advertising abuzz with agile techniques, here’s an advertising insider’s take on whether this truly works in reshaping the Ad World and generating more creative work with less time and resources.

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What’s that you say?

As a connoisseur of the written word, copywriters are tasked at crafting and protecting a brand’s voice. But how does that voice translate to the end consumer experience?

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The price to pay

  There is a not so secret war being waged in the world of advertising, completely oblivious to the common man who breezes past the average ad. The bean counters…

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Agency super powers

What do you really want when you choose an advertising agency? Fast turn-around times? Cutting edge ideas? Or perhaps someone just at your beck and call to execute your campaigns….

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Creativity creates change

How can creativity and industry-relevant skills in education help transform developing regions such as Africa? This was a question that was posed to me recently and as an advertising professional,…

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Going digital

  How to pick your digital agency If you aren’t already online, you probably want to be. And if you are a company, you are looking for a business partner…

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