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Friday 9th March 2012
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We Made This, and It's Not an Ad
What if agencies and marketers created products and services, not just ads? And what if they made these things for themselves, not just for clients? They do. But tackling things like product design, creating new businesses or building complex real-world experiences requires a creative, technical, managerial and entrepreneurial spirit more associated with Silicon Valley than Madison Avenue. It demands new roles, agile approaches, external partnerships, technologies, investments and compensation models that can drive even the most hardened finance director crazy. And in some cases, it may even require a complete reboot from the ground up. The ability to make something that isn’t an “ad” is no longer optional in modern advertising. But it's certainly not easy, either. So what can we learn from the makers, technologists and agencies already playing in this space? Turns out, a whole heckuva lot.
Sunday 11th March 2012
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Large Enterprise Social Media Professionals, Unite!
by Noah Kuttler
The social media challenges of a large enterprise are unique from those of a startup. For example: what are often "simple" person-to-person tasks at a startup do not necessarily scale when they are administered in a company of over 1,000 employees. This meetup is designed to bring both employees of large enterprises, as well as the agencies who work with them, together to share advice, tips and make connections.
Tuesday 13th March 2012
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Why Ad Agencies Should Act More Like Tech Startups
by Rei Inamoto
Ad agencies pride themselves on big ideas and creativity. But for too long, they’ve relegated technology and code as production tasks, not as strategic points of view.
In the 21st century, ad agencies need to embrace the Culture of Code in order to stay relevant.
Creativity no longer belongs to those who have the word "creative" in their title. In fact, many brilliant ideas from the past few years have been coming out of non-creative people. Well, they were always creative -- it’s just that "creatives" thought they weren’t.
As technology influences consumer behaviors to change, the very definition of the “Idea” also needs to evolve. Put it this way: In the 20th century, copywriters had film scripts hidden in their drawers. In this century, we need to have product ideas ready to go.
Join me as I discuss why tech startups are stealing business from ad agencies as well as lessons for agencies to avoid going extinct.
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