Here Are the Ideas That Dominated SXSW

By Brad Jakeman, President Global Beverage Group, PepsiCo Originally Posted on LinkedIn.  With only 24 hours to pack in the best that South by Southwest Interactive festival has to offer, I hit the ground running as soon as I landed in Austin, TX last Friday night. My visit was brief, but it was loaded with thought-provoking…

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It's Time for Our Industry to Take Action on Inclusion

Originally Posted on Ad Age.  By Gina Grillo Ad Club’s Sponsorship for Women Is a Step in the Right Direction Over the past few months, the discussion about inclusion and diversity in many industries, including marketing and entertainment, has escalated. Most recently, the overwhelming lack of diversity in this year’s Oscar-nominee lineup really sparked an…

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Pushing the Industry Forward With ADTHINK

By Rob Kleiman “What if Kodak had acquired Instagram? Might the business be in another place? What if Blockbuster had invested in Netflix?” These are the mind-bending, industry savvy curiosities of creative leader Gina Waldhorn, Co-Founder of Evol8ution and the moderator of first of Adthink 2016. Adthink spotlighted the work of four different startups in the…

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FTC Issues Long-Awaited Native Advertising Guidance

By Vejay G. Lalla and Paavana L. Kumar  As marketers continue to find ways to try and interact with ever more distracted consumers online, and new technologies such as ad blocking may make it even more difficult to reach consumers, native advertising is growing to comprise a more significant component of online advertising. Increasingly, native…

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