Stuff About Advertising
de Ashley Rutstein
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Conversational Commerce: Why Brands Are Moving To Messaging
Conversational Commerce: Why Brands Are Moving To Messaging
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Dive into the world of advertising and marketing with a Creative Director known for her hot takes, insightful commentary, and many many opinions. Join Ashley for campaign deep dives and unfiltered opinions in this no-holds-barred look at the creative advertising industry.
Episodios
- Conversational Commerce: Why Brands Are Moving To Messaging · 25 minAcross India, Brazil, and the UAE, people already shop by chatting with businesses on WhatsApp. But in the US, most of us have never thought about buying anything inside a…
- AD-LIBBED: Cannes Lions 2026 – The Good, The Bad, and the Scorching · 26 minThis was my second time attending advertising's biggest event of the year, and just like last year, I have mixed feelings. In this ad-libbed debrief, I'm giving you the honest…
- Selling the Skies: The Rise and Fall of Airline Branding · 36 minAirlines used to have personalities. They sold aspiration and exploration. A feeling. Now, they sell...credit cards. And bonus loyalty points. In this episode, I trace the full…
- It looks like you're trying to make a tech mascot 📎 · 27 minFor some reason, tech companies cannot figure out mascots. They keep trying, and they keep getting it wrong. Or they get it right for about five minutes before it falls apart…
- When Agencies Go to War: How the Ad Industry Profits from Conflict · 31 minWhat happens when the same tools we use to sell chips and shoes get pointed at a war? From the War Advertising Council in the 1940s to the post-9/11 rebrand of America to a $729…
- "Speed of culture" doesn't mean what you think it means · 26 min"Speed of culture" is one of those phrases agencies love to throw around. But when Taylor Swift dropped a surprise album teaser and every brand posted glittery orange logos, it…
- Branded Entertainment: Why World-Building Matters (And Why Most Brands Skip It) · 32 minWhen 400 brands partner with a single movie (coughwickedcough), most just become noise. So what separates the partnerships that actually work from expensive logo slaps? I talked…
- The Art of Creative Conspiracy: How to get away with bold ideas · 30 minMost agencies treat client approval like a battle to be won. But what if that dynamic is exactly what's killing your best ideas? In this episode, I talk with Chris Colliton…
- The Creative Graveyard: Resurrecting Great Ideas with Dead Ad Society · 12 minFor every ad you see on TV, dozens of brilliant ideas were killed along the way. That gut-wrenching feeling of losing a script you loved is a universal part of the creative…
- I Went to Cannes Lions. Here's What Happened (and What I Spent). · 55 minCannes Lions: I went, I saw, I... spent a lot of money. In this episode, I'm giving you the no-holds-barred recap of my first time at the infamous festival. You'll get my genuine…
- AD-LIBBED: Reacting to Adweek's interview with Madwell CEO Chris Sojka · 42 minIn this unedited episode, I'm reacting to Adweek's interview with Madwell CEO Chris Sojka. They talk about the infamous private jet, the Wiz Khalifa payment issues, a theme park…
- Audio Advertising for Your Eyeballs · 26 minIs "radio" even radio anymore? From terrestrial to streaming to video, audio advertising has evolved at warp speed. In this episode, we're discussing how much the medium of audio…
- AD-LIBBED: Madwell is Unwell · 11 min · Episodio 5In this unedited, ad-libbed episode, we're chatting about the leadership of Madwell not paying their employees on time and then getting mad when they talk to journalists about…
- Mad Women: Influential Women in Advertising · 24 min · Episodio 4Ever heard of Resor, Lawrence, or Robinson? No? How about Ogilvy, Bernbach, or Wieden? Yeah, I thought so. It's time to change that. Join me for a special International Women's…
- The Making of a Super Bowl Ad: Behind the Scenes of Advertising's Biggest Night · 34 min · Episodio 3Ever wondered what it really takes to create a Super Bowl ad? The late nights, the client battles, the sheer terror of knowing your work will be judged by over 100 million…
- Super Bowl Commercials: How Teasers Changed the Game · 24 min · Episodio 2From Mr. Peanut's tragic demise to a fake Crocodile Dundee movie, Super Bowl ad teasers have become a spectacle in and of themselves. But why are brands so obsessed with these…
- Is Advertising Ethical? How Marketing Is Used to Deceive, Manipulate, and Inspire · 16 min · Episodio 1Advertisers are among the least trusted professions in the US. But why? How did the public get such a negative view of the marketing industry? In this first episode of the Stuff…
