Right now, countless Mom-and-Pop companies and local independent businesses that are crucial to the cultural fabric of L.A. are scrambling for survival. Businesses like Rhythms of the Village, an African cultural center in Altadena that has been enriching the local community with a focus on African culture and education for over a decade. How can advertising help? That's the question that Battery, the Los …
There’s No Business Like New Business
As a member of the Epica Press Club, Adpulp.com is honored to bring you this interview with Wunderman Thompson London’s Head of New Business, Charlie Martyn. He discusses the challenges and highlights of his job with Epica's Mark Tungate. How would you define your role? Is it simply about getting business into the agency, or is it more nuanced than that? It may be the widest-spanning job in the agency, to be …
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PepsiCo Wants to Entertain You
PepsiCo wants to entertain you. Next month, PepsiCo is introducing a reality dating show in partnership with ViacomCBS to promote its new flavor, Pepsi Mango. Details of the dating show are not yet available, but we do know its latest advertainment play from Pepsi as the brand seeks to reach people via television (with shows like Cherries Wild) and movies (like Uncle Drew) as well as through …
The Clio Awards Continues to Invest in the Story of Creativity
The Clio Awards are well on their way to becoming a media company. First, they hire Tim Nudd to run Muse by Clio, a trade "mag" with a creative slant. Now, the legacy awards brand is launching a new podcast too. https://youtu.be/Efl5m01ubIU According to the Clio Awards, Tim Nudd has spent the last year recording conversations with the creators of the advertising industry’s most memorable campaigns—from “Got …
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Keith Cartwright’s Creative Audacity
Keith Cartwright is the President and Chief Creative Officer of CARTWRIGHT, a new WPP backed creative agency located in Los Angeles. The agency is working to form a new paradigm for how creativity is injected into the corporate body. In this Campaign Chemistry podcast from Campaign US, Cartwright explains. He says it's always a small group of people who get the work done, and that it's best to keep senior talent …
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New Public Service Announcement Delivers A Big Shot of Optimism
Sports, concerts, and all live events are shared celebrations of American culture and We, the People, have been missing them dearly during this time at home. Thankfully, there is light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel. Vaccines are fast becoming widely available and highly effective remedies for those who are sick with COVID are also now available. To encourage people to seek out a vaccine, The Ad Council and COVID …
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Dallas Is Home to Three New Spinoffs of The Richards Group
Some of the industry's best agencies have given rise to a plethora of spinoffs. Goodby Silverstein, for instance. On the other hand, agencies like Wieden + Kennedy and The Richards Group—the two largest independents in the game—for whatever reason, have not fostered a litter of smaller agencies. According to Ad Age, the equation in Dallas is beginning to change. At least three new shops have opened since the …
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Rabbis: They’re Just Like Us
Common ground. It's been missing in America, and we desperately need to regain this sacred space where all Americans are on more equal footing. With this need for community in the air, a private school in Southern California enlisted help from Aron Fried, who graduated from the school. The result is a charming commercial that sells the school and a whole lot more. https://youtu.be/0PTu3j-_s-w This is what Fried …
