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Bestselling Author of *Hacking Advertising* Founder of Wild Gravity - Creative Productions Dad, Husband, Skier, Political Nerd Boston born, rooted in Seattle HackingAdvertising.com WildGravity.net
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Big agencies are bloated—and clients are waking up. Follow for more. Sign up at hackingadvertising.com.

Focus groups aren’t improving your creativity—they’re protecting the agency. Follow for more at hackingadvertising.com.

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Ad agencies aren’t broken because of creativity. They’re broken because of everything around it. Here’s how to fix it. More at hackingadvertising.com.

Pretty much nailed it...I'd add a sixth: space ships

Guess which client this is? I love Mondays. Kicking off the week with a massive winning bid from a major games manufacturer — and Wild Gravity’s running point. Game on. hackingadvertising.com

Guess which client this is? I love Mondays. Kicking off the week with a massive winning bid from a major games manufacturer — and Wild Gravity’s running point. Game on. hackingadvertising.com

Business Insider says it can cost an ad agency a million dollars for even a small presence at #Cannes. Marketers, how much of your budget went to fund yacht parties? We’ll be here when you're ready to skip the villa activation and make some great work that moves people. Make something that matters.

CMOs, how much money did your agency just blow celebrating themselves at Cannes? How much of that was indirectly funded by you? While some agencies spent millions on activations and yacht parties, we were here cranking out great work for our clients. #CMO #Cannes #Advertising #Agency #Creative

#CMOs, think about how much your agency just spent to be at #CannesLions. Now, think about the last bloated SOW they asked you to sign. Blood starting to boil? Great creative comes down to simple things like building and relieving tension. Follow me and I'll give you the secrets to hack advertising.

Think creatives need “more freedom” to produce better creative? What they really need is a tight brief. The best creative happens when you’ve got tight constraints, clarity, and urgency. Follow for more behind-the-scenes insight from a real-world creative production agency. hackingadvertising.com

You ever pitch something great—only to see it turn into beige mush by the time it goes live? Here I break down how traditional agency hierarchies crush creativity—one layer at a time. This is why Wild Gravity does things differently. Learn more at hackingadvertising.com

What's the biggest creative blocker? Overthinking. You're stuck in an endless loop of: 'Wouldn't this be cool? What if it's not?' Listen to the first question. Silence the second one and just start going. Is this the spark you needed? LMK and then stop scrolling and start creating.

Look at your org chart, does it look like a pyramid? If so, you’ve already limited your team’s potential. The best creative teams function like molecules: perfectly symmetrical, highly connected, and built for collaboration—not control. hackingadvetising.com

Most brands face this choice: overpriced agency or underwhelming local shop. But there’s a third option—creative production companies. I broke it down on Insight Interviews. Listen here: https://tinyurl.com/z6rjt2j2

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"This is not normal," is the most milquetoast, toothless, non-confrontational phrase one could possibly muster in reference to actual fascist behavior. We know it's not normal to break the law, violate human rights and the Constitution. To fight it, let's at least start with stronger rhetoric.

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"Good artists borrow, great artists steal.” - Pablo Picasso This might be the most important lesson for any creative in advertising. There are only so many plot types and ad formulas. Master the existing paradigms. Understand what works and how you can add a fresh twist to make it your own.

Everybody is afraid to use the F word and I don’t get it. We’re seeing a complete fascist assault on our democracy and I think it would behoove us to speak plainly, instead of dancing around it. This is a fascist regime. Full stop. Let’s stop being afraid to call it what it is.

We see thousands of times more ads in our lifetime than movies. A great ad can have more impact than a great movie - do you agree or disagree? Let us know in the comments 👇 #HackingAdvertising #Creative #AdProduction #MarketingStrategy #MediaImpact

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Want to know how to make your day better? Ask other people about their days. Checking out at the grocery store? At the bank? Checking in for an appointment? Ask the person helping you, how their day is going. Watch their face light up. Smile back. Feel your serotonin levels rise.

Who gets custody of Kanye in the divorce settlement?

Kanye West having a public meltdown that his two racist daddies are fighting

Did anyone ask Musk to turn in his USB sticks during his exit interview?

Elonald! Over! Say it ain't bro! Feels like a good day to repost this, which now has Three Million impressions and Two Million accounts reached on LinkedIn! Crazy. What does the breakup of Elonald mean for Dark MAGA?

Learning about AI Video creation. Lessons: - Don't get married to a model; Veo 3 is king now but "the best" changes almost daily - Run multiple instances of a tool with the same prompt at the same time; select the best - Editing clips almost never works; better to just generate a new clip

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This might be controversial, but when I was the client I always thought it was a bunch of BS when creative agencies pitched themselves as "data-driven" because the agencies never had all the data. #HackingAdvertising #DataDriven #BigAgency #CreativeExecution #AdvertisingMyth