Fifty Submarine Spots, One Yellow Pencil, and a Camcorder Full of BuzzBallz
Indie Spin: The one with humor pencils, human taxidermy, and Tim and Eric in a basement.
Venus Has a Frequency, Heinz Has a Napkin Gag, and Boring Ads Have a $228 Billion Bill
Indie Spin: The one with a Madden mod that simulates concussions, an agency born from an organ-donor soccer campaign, and why your logo is not your brand.
Sky Bunk Beds, Maya Angelou’s Confession, and the 47% Loyalty Cliff
Indie Spin: The one with Air New Zealand’s NYC stunt, two Webbys for an AR project, and a $420M gaming verdict.
Candy-Crushed Arenas, Cinematic Shopping Lists, and the 39% of Agency Contracts That Forgot About AI
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
Indie Spin: The one with predictive creator math, a Kentucky Fried three-peat, and a zombie game announcement nobody saw coming.
Record Players, Mob Bosses, and AI’s Privilege Problem
Indie Spin: The one with nuclear submarine vodka, a fake construction site in Soho, and 83.6% of shoppers who can’t tell your brand apart.
Alien Holograms, Spaghetti Westerns, and a 90-Year-Old Party Expert
Indie Spin: The one with the six-peat, the cold beer obsession, and the tomato takeover.
An Oscar Nomination, a Dublin Pub in Dubai and the Slow Funeral of the Follower Count
Indie Spin: The one with awards season reverb, extraction debt and the hard questions indie agencies are quietly answering right now.
When Creators Become the Strategy
Fohr CEO James Nord on why ‘unexpected’ replaced authenticity as the bar brands have to clear.
Complaint Hotlines and Gen Z Toothpaste
Indie Spin: The one with a presidential complaint hotline, an Amsterdam expansion, and AI that’s quietly judging your operations.
Indie Spin: The one with AI guardrails, creator economies, and why craft just became the new flex
Indie Spin: The one with prediction markets, agentic AI creative directors, and the death of free spec work
Super Bowl Sermons and the Death of Discount Culture
Indie Spin: The one with protein theology, AI litigation, and the quiet extinction of “sale” stickers
When Hotels Meet AI and Agencies Rethink Everything
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
Indie Spin: The one with search’s quiet revolution, beer made from rescued bread, and the performance enhancers Canadian athletes actually need.
Root Beer Cologne and the Death of Guessing: When Indies Get Real About What’s Working
Indie Spin: The one with fragrance stunts, attention economics, and marketing’s least favorite truth
Data, Disruption, and the Changing Talent Landscape
Indie Spin: The one with pharma breakthroughs, industry transformation insights and Bradley Cooper