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Funny Business: What Standup Comedy Taught Me About Pitching Work to Clients
We've all been there. Walking out of a client meeting with a sick feeling in your stomach. Seething silently as you try to figure out how the client didn't see the brilliance of the idea that seemed...
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Sonos and Rough Trade Are Giving Music Geeks the Airbnb Listing of Their Dreams
There's an Airbnb for everybody—classy desert dwellers, would-be Mowglis, horror buffs ... and even compulsive TV show-bingers. But if "Netflix and chill" isn't your thing, and you're a high-fidelity...
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Cosmo Designed a Car for Women, and That's Going Over About as Well as You'd...
Women everywhere, rejoice! There is now a car just for us! Women's magazine and marketing menace Cosmopolitan announced at London Fashion Week that it's teamed up with car maker Seat to release a...
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Timberland Really Wants You to Stop Lying About Seeing This Weird Motorcycle...
Timberland wants to give liars the boot—a comfy boot, that is, and shoes too, with anti-fatigue technology, so folks won't have to invent ridiculous excuses when their tired, aching feet make them...
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Ad of the Day: Elena Delle Donne Opens Up About Her Sister in Remarkable...
Gatorade's "Win from Within" message has already yielded some fantastic marketing about where athletes like Serena Williams and Usain Bolt find their inspiration. Now, the sports drink is back to...
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Why Adidas Is Suddenly Selling Odd Pairs of Shoes … Two Rights or Two Lefts
"Odd, isn't it? For a man to run when technically he shouldn't even be walking?" We live in a magical time, when disability doesn't have to spell the end of an active person's journey. And a...
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See What a 14-Hour Flight Is Like in the Insane Luxury of a $21,000 Emirates...
Emirates Airlines recently upgraded Casey Neistat to first class. He filmed the experience, and it's a nine-minute testament to obscene flying decadence. There's a drinks bar that magically slides out...
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Ad of the Day: This Tortilla Chip Is So Hellishly Spicy, You Get Only One Per...
Don't fear the Carolina Reaper. But you should absolutely approach its scorching scythe of flavor with extreme caution. Next month, and for a limited time, the wacky tortilla gourmets at Paqui will...
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Bacardi and Oscar Winner Michel Gondry Team Up to Take Back the Night
America's top rum brand launched its biggest-ever integrated global ad campaign today with a new spot helmed by famed director, music video auteur and Oscar-winning screenwriter Michel Gondry. The...
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Hillary Clinton Just Went on Between Two Ferns, and It's Hilarious
I really regret doing this," Hillary Clinton declares about halfway through her new Between Two Ferns interview with Zach Galifianakis. But of course, that's more than a bit disingenuous, as the...
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Can't Get a Creative Recruiter to Call You Back? No Worries, There's a Bot...
Job hunting is balls, especially when you're fresh to the industry and have little more to your name than some spec work and a wild hope. Where do all those LinkedIn job submissions go, anyway?...
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Here Are Lots of Ways You Can Shamelessly Cheat in Your Award Show Entries
Agencies goosing their award-show entries for a better chance of winning? That never happens. Does it? Such chicanery won't get entrants anywhere at the 2017 North American Effie Awards, that's for...
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Ad of the Day: Oddball 'Bragspeople' Sing Pizza Hut's Praises in First Ads...
Pizza Hut has a lot to brag about, but it's way too humble to do so. So, the pizza chain is having some surprising characters do the bragging for them. That's the premise of Droga5's amusingly...
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Adweek Podcast: Let's Talk About What You Should (and Shouldn't) Watch on TV...
Which new broadcast TV shows are worth watching this fall, and which should you steer well clear of? We've got all the answers on this week's episode of the Adweek podcast, Yeah, That's Probably an...
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How a Juice Brand Used Unpaid Celebs to Get Fans Clamoring for a Drink Made...
Never mind goji berries, chia seeds and kale. On Sept. 9, Suja Juice, a trendy entry in the ongoing battle for our superfood dollars, released Midnight Tonic, an all-black, limited-edition beverage...
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A Vote for Hillary Is Largely a Vote Against Trump, Says This Slam Poet's...
What happens when celebrated slam poet, songwriter and rapper IN-Q turns his attention to the current political scene? A lyrical slicing and dicing of Donald Trump without ever saying the candidate's...
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Pro Athletes School Gatorade Drinkers in the Brand's Most Humiliating...
Gatorade is back to gleefully shame more of its own consumers for being lazy and out of shape—this time with a roving crew of top athletes and nasty sportscasters, who all pop out of the back of a box...
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David Ortiz Shows Off the JerkyBot, a Drone Snack Tray That Follows You Around
There are lots of current applications of drone technology, but not many of them are very useful to the average consumer. But what's this? A drone that allows you to literally snack nonstop? Now...
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Ad of the Day: Pine-Sol Is Clueless, Except When It Comes to Cleaning, in 19...
Most folks won't be floored by these brief, humorous Pine-Sol vignettes. But that's probably OK with the venerable brand, which just wants to tell viewers that its grease- and stain-fighting action...
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2 New Movie Trailers From This Week Show How Hollywood Is Evolving the Format
There's been a movement in two directions over the past few years in how movie trailers are edited and assembled. They've adapted to new media platforms and audience tastes to more effectively and...
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