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Tag: Curiosity

Butter-Churning Vests, Skydiving Frogs, and the Indie Summer of Strange

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Indie Spin: The one with the runner’s butter vest, the s’mores civil war, and 13.5 million views in 48 hours.

Fifty Submarine Spots, One Yellow Pencil, and a Camcorder Full of BuzzBallz

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Indie Spin: The one with humor pencils, human taxidermy, and Tim and Eric in a basement.

The Best Met Gala Statement Wasn’t on the Red Carpet

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Indie Spin: The one with the bulletproof dress, therapy in a pint, and an accidental fleet of pilots.

Candy-Crushed Arenas, Cinematic Shopping Lists, and the 39% of Agency Contracts That Forgot About AI

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Indie Spin: The one with the anti-nicotine campaign terrifying the internet, the feature-length hot sauce film, and the metric that isn’t the flex you think it is.

Horse-Powered Travel Planners and Other Reasons the Indie World Doesn’t Do Boring

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Indie Spin: The one with predictive creator math, a Kentucky Fried three-peat, and a zombie game announcement nobody saw coming.

Complaint Hotlines and Gen Z Toothpaste

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Indie Spin: The one with a presidential complaint hotline, an Amsterdam expansion, and AI that’s quietly judging your operations.

Madison Avenue’s Problem Is Everyone Else’s Opportunity

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Indie Spin: The one with heartland advantage, ScrollSticks, and the brands decline is already hunting.

Balls for Balls, Brain Surgery, and the Business of Being Funny

A white soccer ball with black, red, and yellow stripes sits on a patch of artificial turf, partially resting on a white line—proof that some balls belong here, far from the business of being funny or even brain surgery.

Indie Spin: The one with testicular health at a German football stadium, two decades of bath faucet loyalty, and a job posting for someone who disappears down rabbit holes.

Indie Spin: The one with AI guardrails, creator economies, and why craft just became the new flex

A clear quartz crystal sphere sits on a white surface, its internal fractures reflecting light—an inspiring piece for craft enthusiasts and creator economies alike.

Indie Spin: The one with prediction markets, agentic AI creative directors, and the death of free spec work

AI Agents Predicting Super Bowl Spots and Other Contemporary Agency Concerns

A humanoid robot powered by advanced AI agents stands near a coffee table with fruit, while a family of three sits on a couch in a well-lit living room.

Indie Spin: The one with agentic creative teams, AI-only social networks, and what happens when Bridgerton meets Facebook Marketplace.

When Hotels Meet AI and Agencies Rethink Everything

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Indie Spin: The one with GEO replacing SEO, influencer budgets funding handbags, and pitch secrets finally spilled

37% of Consumers Now Start With AI, Not Google

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Indie Spin: The one with search’s quiet revolution, beer made from rescued bread, and the performance enhancers Canadian athletes actually need.

Indies Double Down on Being Human While AI Rewrites the Rules

A woman with mechanical gears and tubes integrated into her neck and head, evoking a human-robot hybrid embodying AI and human creativity, with a serious facial expression.

Indie Spin: The one with 100+ predictions, AI agents, and Jonas Brothers taking on algorithm clutter.

Root Beer Cologne and the Death of Guessing: When Indies Get Real About What’s Working

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Indie Spin: The one with fragrance stunts, attention economics, and marketing’s least favorite truth

CMOs, Crisis Plans, and the Never-Normal Business of Staying Relevant

A red metal bell is mounted on a wall against a plain background, symbolizing the urgent calls that CMOs face when activating crisis plans and staying relevant.

Indie Spin: The one with AI reshaping buying behavior, crisis readiness data, and why the CMO isn’t dead after all.

Measurement That Moves the Needle (And Other Things That Shouldn’t Be This Hard)

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Indie Spin: The one with conviction metrics, swicy culture, and the surprising ROI of treating different brands differently

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