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Less Than a Year in, HLoveCo Expands its Team as the Agency Builds the Future of Personal Brand Strategy
New hires will support HLoveCo’s mission to redefine how leaders build influence in a human-first economy.
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IndieHQ Members Show Up Big Across the 2026 Small Agency Awards
31 IAN members are among Ad Age's 2026 winners — a category-by-category roll call.
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The Founder Who Swore on His Mum’s Life to Sell You a Refurbished Phone
Indie Spin: The one with a mum's-life warranty, a Gen Z mirror, and a pickleball team renamed "The Fibes."
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A $0 Media Budget, 785 Million Impressions, and Other Post-Cannes Reality Checks
Indie Spin: The one with the MoonPie militia, a pirate's rebrand rant, and Cannes getting audited.
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Klick’s Double Crown, a First Lion for Spain, and the Magazine That Shouldn’t Exist
Indie Spin: The one with the Cannes double crown, a bingo card worth a million Zimbabwean dollars, and a fish…
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Back-to-Back Iridium, a Coffee Truck That Recruited 500 Doctors, and the Quiet Death of the 80/20 Rule
Indie Spin: The one with the seven-meter chili pepper, Mike Perez's million-citation analysis, and a vinyl record about a faucet…