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Welcome Ericka Riggs to our AD Club Team!
We welcome Ericka Riggs to our team as Foundation & Inclusion Manager. After 2 weeks it is apparent that she has the perfect spirit and experience to help us make some noise and do the important work and necessary work of our Foundation. She hails from Dallas, Texas, MO, MD, PA, NY, and most recently…
Read MoreExclusive Q&A With John Costello, President, Global Marketing and Innovation of Dunkin’ Brands, Our 2016 Industry Legend!
Last week we held our annual Ad Person of the Year event, where we celebrated not just one esteemed honoree, but six influential advertising and marketing executives in five categories, including: Marketer of the Year, Industry Legend, New Yorker, at Startup and a Young Pro. We sat down with our Industry Legend John Costello, President, Global Marketing and Innovation,…
Read MoreAD Club Leaders: The 'Fem-Powerment' Movement
“Fem-powerment” campaigns, such as “Like a Girl” by Always, Dove’s “Real Beauty” and Verizon’s “Inspire Her Mind,” are bringing to the surface a heated debate about the authenticity of advertising and these ads are radically tackling sexism. Here’s what AD Club Leader, Kerstin Recker, Vice President, Marketing at NTENT had to say on the issue: 1. Why do you think…
Read MoreThe Power of H2H Marketing
By Andrea Catsicas Communication is everything. Whether it be in business or in our personal lives, we, as humans, thrive, even crave, the intimate contact that accompanies communication. But when it comes down to business, the days of communication only via business to business (B2B) or business to consumer (B2C) is officially a thing of…
Read MoreThe Creative Group's 2014 Salary Guide
Whether you’re looking for the latest creative and marketing salary data, want to know a starting graphic designer salary or simply feel like crunching numbers on our salary calculator, The Creative Group’s buzzworthy Salary Center is your definitive salary hot spot. Check it out here: Salary Center. TCG’s annual salary guide for creative and marketing professionals is…
Read MoreTAB Developments Slated to Move Industry Ahead
By Andrea Catsicas In the past four years the Traffic Audit Bureau Out of Home Ratings (TAB), have become the accepted currency in out-of-home media buys, providing the first comprehensive picture of who is viewing billboards, bulletins, posters and other types of outdoor media. A non-for profit organization, members include out-of-home media companies, advertising agencies,…
Read MoreThe Year of the Right Brain
“Advertising that’s all science is like paint without an artist.” Adam Chandler, VP Global Programmatic Revenue and Market Development, Millennial Media, an AD Club corporate member, discusses the importance of bringing right brain thinking into digital. (As originally published in MediaBizBloggers.com in February 2014.) The Year of the Right Brain By Adam Chandler The big…
Read MoreGyro: The Whole Culture of a Business Should Be Built on Its 'Why'
“The desire to connect with fresh business stories is much more powerful than any notion of brand loyalty…how can brands tap into the power of human relevance?” Check out this incredibly insightful article by Christoph Becker, global chief executive officer and chief creative officer of gyro, an AD Club member. Adweek: The Whole Culture of a…
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