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Author: Leslie Blount

With Its Schoolys Initiative, Elite Media Cements Its Stance as an Agency of Change 

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No Cannes do: Elite Media opted out of the Croisette and invested it in the community instead.

#IndieThinking: Frame of Mind +Thoughts After the Production Shoot

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Touching on Mental Health with Cactus and Talking Shoots with Elite Media  

Meet An Indie Agency: Trade School

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Bringing their A-game to “the A”

Oh, The Boys with MANSCAPED + Pereira O’Dell

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IAN talks to the team behind the hilariously “ballsy” campaign

Pun Fight! C’Est Magnifique! 

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Were these rounds a pain au chocolat?

Meet An Indie Agency: D/CAL

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Building bridges between brands and subcultures

Meet An Indie Agency: Bakery

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An agency that consistently takes the cake

#IndieWork: Cannes Predictions with Pereira O’Dell + Every Man Jack with Party Land

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Trends to be on the lookout for during Cannes Lions and how humor and men’s hygiene is a combo that reeks of success for the agency and brand

Action > Stunts: Inside the Domino’s Work Designed to do Good

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Why it makes sense to take your time for the good of the customer

#IndieThinking: Who Gets Credit? Fighting for the Work

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Giving credit where credit is due is good business – and just the right thing to do

Liar, Liar?: Philly Meets the OC

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Yo! Brah.

What Do You Mean You’re Not an Agency?

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Shops are eschewing the label to stand out. Is it working?

Pun Fight! The Pollen Episode 

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Who got the last, winning word?

Freakfort: Music Comes Alive in AR

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Enhancing a Boise institution

Meet An Indie Agency: Movetic

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Playing to win

#indiethinking: What Happens When the Network Runs Dry

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Getting and keeping it real with Blood Sweat and Tears

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