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Hate something, change something: how marketing agencies can make a (real) difference

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By @thomaskolster featured in The Drum If you need change, who do you call? As ad land begins to embrace sustainability, purpose and goodvertising like a kid in a candy store, I witness agencies slide down the client’s calling list as fast as that ex who just won’t let go. The marketing industry prides itself on its …

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The KIND of bridges businesses need to build 

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Remember the company that donated the value of a Super Bowl ad in free snacks to anyone who wanted, instead of paying the extortionately overpriced airtime? A Mexican immigrant with a father who survived the Holocaust, CEO Daniel Lubetzky set up Kind Snacks, their core mission not just to provide nutritionally rich snacks to make people feel good, …

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Advertising Kills

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By Thomas Kolster for The Drum, February 3, 2017 “We try harder”, “We sell, or else”, “Gives you wings”. Sorry, I can’t help but paraphrase advertising slogans, because the fact is, working in advertising is a killer. 2016 was in many ways a grueling year for humanity (and our ability to empathise), but one of …

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