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A Translation Site’s Clever Recipe Taste Test Shows How Wrong Google Translate Can Be

Brand Marketing

BERLIN, Germany—When you have a free competitor as hugely popular as Google Translate, your only valid option is to make the most of it.


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Pro Stars Morph Back to College Selves in NBA’s Striking March Madness Ads

Creativity

The NBA is putting a whole new spin on throwback jerseys. The professional basketball league has launched its first campaign around NCAA March Madness by employing a neat visual trick—showing [...]

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Ad of the Day: NBA Celebrates Its History With Audio of Dr. King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech

Brand Marketing

In its first work for the NBA, new lead creative agency Translation uses the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s words to powerful effect.

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State Farm Offices Sure Are Weird With the Teleporting Agents Constantly Vanishing

Creativity

State Farm has been running the "Magic Jingle" advertising campaign for a while, in which customers are able to summon their agents out of thin air in times of crisis [...]

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Steve Stoute’s Agency Will Now Work on the NBA

Brand Marketing

Steve Stoute may have come from the music industry, but he understands a core tenet of advertising: It's all about relationships.

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With New Commissioners, MLB and the NBA Rethink Their Marketing

Brand Marketing

Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association have something in common beyond new commissioners: Each is close to hiring an ad agency to lead its marketing efforts.