I’ve been driving a lot lately between LA, OC and SD and am curious if anyone has recommendations for podcasts? I’d love to find one that discusses advertising but not in a cheesy way. Thanks!!

Picklessssss have been my saving grace 🥰

Heartstopper on Netflix is super cute.

Can someone tell me why there is radio clean version of WAP? I'm still sliding my nose like a credit card.

Suuuuper hungover && I need the perfect playlist for gettin’ shit done today. Any suggestions?! I. Have. So. Much. Work. To. Doooooo 💩

"I love Zoom because I can just turn my camera off and eat almonds while you talk."

Help, I’m addicted to sushi and because of it my dining budget has skyrocketed. Anyone know a good affordable place to take out from, or found a good fish market to home cook sushi?

What do skinny ppl eat for dinner? Been trying to watch my calories and would HATE to have salad twice a day. 😫

Looking for recommendations for things to and easy hiking trails in Catskill Mountain. Also looking for recs for stay for 2 people, preferably somewhere that would have a fire place, a kitchen, and a grill. TIA

Walked into our break room and Van Halen was playing. Needed that lol

Alright having a 70’s dance party at home. Post if you are listening to anything or have any recommendations

New guilty pleasure: Indian Matchmaking on Netflix

Great restaurants for a birthday dinner date? Looking for something romantic but not the “trendy but not actually that good” type of places, food quality is more important

Anybody here watching “Bulge Bracket” on Amazon Prime? Thinking of getting into it because I heard it might have some Emmy buzz but the trailer looks horrible...

Best restaurants and bars near battery park city?

Which sandwich is simply the best? Not looking for a debate, forget about price, etc etc. just looking for a sandwich hands down that is simply the best

Why are people eating tide pods?

Anyone (women) staying at Amanora? We can plan some outing over weekend or probably an evening walk

Can we expect any hike if joined in September ?
Bonus I am aware, will be pro-rota basis.
Location - India

Procrastination help! Any advice?

Looking for an experienced animator for a last minute job. Local in NY or remotely accepted. Must be available to start ASAP and work through the weekend.

Thank you!

Post producer day rate (or hourly) in LA?

Hey guys I want to invest into mutual fund/ ETF what is the best place to start investing? Already have 401k setup.

Thank you for the add .

34M would love to meet F. Let's grab something to eat and a drink on me.

I’ve been approached outside the firm for a number of roles and take interviews for the practice. Today a start up SaaS company called and when i gave my base salary expectation (which i thought would be wildly out of range) it was not even a flinch and “well within range” no wonder there’s a staffing shortage at pwc, these guys are throwing money at us, and I’m in marketing!!!!!

Programmatic used to be fun. It’s just tablesteaks now.
There seems to be no more philosophy or argument. Or am I missing something?

Hey all - any Deloitte people see the social cryopreservation benefit? Curious if anyone has experience or knows how it works / doesn’t work with the benefits plan

What's Charlotte, NC like? Moving from international so I'm looking at different options. I know it's not as good as NYC...

MDs - do you insist that nurses / staff / patients refer to your title as Dr. so and so; or do you allow people to address you by your first name?

How are your engineering teams estimating user stories? I want to validate how my company is currently doing them. Let’s say when one user story is broken down into front end task of 3 sp and a back end task of 5 sp, then the estimate they provide for the story is 5 sp. Is that the correct methodology?

I am the only immigrant with an accent in my office and it’s almost a daily thing now that my bosses/coworkers would explain terms to me that I already know. I’d often freeze when they do that because my first reaction is always confused. How do you talk about it with them after the fact especially when it seems like it’s not a big deal to them?

Guys. Download the Waldo chrome extension and thank me later. Desk research just became 5x faster.

What’s a recent ad that you would’ve done differently?

If you weren't in advertising...where would you be? And why?

Looking for recommendations to generally upskill my Strategy work (or learn from scratch) — be it courses, classes, books, podcasts, people to follow.

For context, I’m a freelance Social Media Manager/Strategist and I came into Ad world via Startups. Throwing myself into learning on the job with more Strategy gigs - but I still don’t feel like I quite know the lingo or best practices or theories.

Do most agencies have a competitive tracking tool to pull creative?

I’d like to transition out of the agency world, and am looking for inspiration. Any former ad strategists that found applicable use of their skills in other industries?

Advice for new strategists on things to do in your free time that will make you smarter/better/more valuable/ etc. ??

Trying to convince a brand to do some good in the world. What are some segments of the population that have been disproportionately affected by COVID? The more specific the better

What are some non-industry books that have made you a better strategist? Or even genres that you tend to favor to expand your thinking?

Most brutal positioning stories?

Nearing the finish line for one of the larger accounts at our agency and am beyond emotionally exhausted.

Need a good vendor for testing design, specifically new logo and brand systems. Still iffy on if it’ll be qual or quant. Anyone you ❤️?

does anyone know of the strategy pay bands per title in nyc?

Anyone have a go to framework they use to write positioning “strategies?” Or just a typical strategy? Could use inspiration— I feel I always default to the same setup. It’s not broken, but I’m bored!

How do you plan presentation timing? E.g. if you’re given a certain amount of time to present - is there a good hack to figuring out how many slides / words to prep?

Anyone have good examples of how brands have integrated with wearables - any type of wearable (content integration, 3rd Party partnership, app extension, platform sponsorship, etc)?

Anybody know where I can find benchmarks for contest entry/redemption rates? Looking to establish KPIs for an on-pack retail promo.

Too much work. Anyone available to analyze a brand awareness survey and call out findings this week?
Paid hourly. Thnx!