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Practical notes on planning, creating and measuring advertising. Written to be useful whether or not you ever work with us.

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How to Build a More Useful Paid Media Brief

A brief is the cheapest place to improve a campaign. Here is what a paid media brief should contain, what it should leave out and how to make it something people actually use.

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What Advertising Metrics Actually Tell You

Impressions, clicks, conversions, cost per acquisition. Each metric answers a specific question — and each can mislead when asked to answer a different one.

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