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3 Hidden Truths About In-Housing (and how to solve them)
August 02, 2021
Before the pandemic, there was a steady rise in the number of companies reining in aspects of marketing that an outside agency would normally handle. Some, like Coca-Cola, Red Bull, and Kind built content studios to drive the creative process. Others, like Liberty Mutual and Clorox, built in-house …
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It's Time to Evolve User-Generated Content
July 19, 2021
Let’s talk about User-Generated Content. If you aren’t well-versed with the term by now, especially after the 2020 pandemic, then we have to ask what life on Mars has been like. User-Generated Content (UGC) is now as much a part of a savvy brand’s content strategy as social media and display …
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The Need for Speed—How to Get Great Ideas to Market Faster
July 12, 2021
A year ago, we would have told you that speed is the key for success in today’s marketing world. Given the realities that we have had to manage over the past year, being able to react in real time is now too slow.
Covid has accelerated the need for brands and in-house agencies, in particular, to …
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DE&I: Continuing the Conversation
July 07, 2021
Over 150 marketers and advertisers tuned in to gain insights and share experiences on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at our recent series of virtual In-House Agency Roundtables. Corporate influencer Leslie Wingo led the talks and shared her unique point of view as an activist, sports fan, …
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Key Trends for In-House Leaders
June 28, 2021
With ongoing changes in our work and home environments over the past year and a half, creative teams have needed to constantly adapt. Marketing campaigns to attract and engage customers shifted drastically. Some teams had to do more with fewer resources. And almost all teams had to suddenly work …
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Resilience to Reinvention: The IHAF Conference & Awards
June 23, 2021
They moved mountains in the pandemic—and as the world reopens, in-house agencies are poised to keep climbing. The next IHAF Conference & Awards covers Resilience to Reinvention: how in-house teams bested an era fraught with challenges, and how to apply what they’ve learned to reach new heights in …
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Greater DE&I: It's Simply a Better Way
June 14, 2021
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better do better.”- Maya Angelou
The world has never seemed more intent on creating greater diversity, equity and inclusion than it does now. And while that’s a wonderful ambition, wanting to do something is different from having the …
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How Partnering Offshore Can Boost Productivity
June 07, 2021
The speed of adoption of companies who are looking to bring on offshore partners has accelerated in the past 12 months. As remote work increased due to the global pandemic, so has the willingness to utilise borderless talent for ongoing production support.
The offshore market has also matured, …
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Forget Influencers—Content Ambassadors Are the Real Deal.
May 10, 2021
Influencer marketing, once the darling of digital campaigns, has had its day. Plagued with reports of fake followers, bots, fickle fans, and unwieldy expenses (The Rock can pull in $1 million per Instagram post), savvy brands including Spax, Specialized, and the University of Central Florida are …
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How to Validate Your Creative Instincts and Sell Your Best Work
May 03, 2021
There is an exciting new way to measure how people truly think and feel about creative content. For the first time ever, your in-house agency can tap into subconscious emotions to bolster consumer insights, validate your creative instincts and sell your best work.
This new science was built on …
