Scissors Over Algorithms and the Burger King President Who Picks Up When You Call
Indie Spin: The one with the Fast Company sweep, invasive fish rebranding, and a concussion you can play.
The First Dinner, the Ad Age A-List, and 500 Consumers Who Skipped Google
Indie Spin: The one with an indie Agency of the Year, three lottery campaigns built from scratch in a single day, and a Friday the 13th tattoo parlor that makes perfect sense.
Grief Campaigns, Bridgerton Spectacles, and a Dead-Wrong Bezos Quote
Indie Spin: The one with Olympic appointment viewing, AI search rewrites, and an argument Jeff Bezos lost years ago.
Madison Avenue’s Problem Is Everyone Else’s Opportunity
Indie Spin: The one with heartland advantage, ScrollSticks, and the brands decline is already hunting.
Indie Spin: The One Where Everyone Had Opinions About The Big Game
Indie Spin: The one with Super Bowl autopsies, AI efficiency traps, and frozen pizza opera rock
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
AI Agents Predicting Super Bowl Spots and Other Contemporary Agency Concerns
Indie Spin: The one with agentic creative teams, AI-only social networks, and what happens when Bridgerton meets Facebook Marketplace.
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
Indies Double Down on Being Human While AI Rewrites the Rules
Indie Spin: The one with 100+ predictions, AI agents, and Jonas Brothers taking on algorithm clutter.
Year-end reflections, holiday merriment, and the surprising science when overwhelmed travelers actually book
Indie Spin: The one with holiday playlists, holiday burnout research, and one very definitive holiday movie ranking
From BevNET Tough Love to Minty Fresh Dog Breath
Indie Spin: The one with industry déjà vu, packaging that proves itself, and a new way for dogs to chew their way to fresh breath.
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
Bacon-Scented Scratch Tickets and the Collective Search for Realness
Indie Spin: The one with anti-trends, scam-prevention pies, and why the commission model keeps getting called out.
CMOs, Crisis Plans, and the Never-Normal Business of Staying Relevant
Indie Spin: The one with AI reshaping buying behavior, crisis readiness data, and why the CMO isn’t dead after all.
Store Count Is a Vanity Metric and Other Truths Indies Are Actually Saying Out Loud
Indie Spin: The one with the %ACV hot take, 83% of travelers using AI to plan trips, and the agency that just rang the Nasdaq bell.
Measurement That Moves the Needle (And Other Things That Shouldn’t Be This Hard)
Indie Spin: The one with conviction metrics, swicy culture, and the surprising ROI of treating different brands differently