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april 16, 2025

Flex Your Assets šŸ’Ŗ

Google’s recos for max Ad strength.

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šŸŽ¤ NBC green-lights an unscripted series about marketing hosted by Jimmy Fallon.

šŸ» Miller Lite and Pringles team up on beer- and barbecue-inspired potato crisps.

šŸ“Ž TikTok adds ā€œFootnotesā€ to crowdsource fact-checking.

šŸ“Š New data: Media consumption has reached its saturation point.

šŸŽ§ Listen: Adweek sits down with Madwell CEO Chris Sojka to talk about WTF happened.

🧳 Why L.L. Bean is making its drawing attention to its international imports.

šŸ«Ž And if you need a breather, stream the Great Moose Migration happening live in Sweden.

Google’s Tips to Improve Ad Strength

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Google has just released a cheat sheet of best practices for improving your Ad strength. Here are the highlights.

Best practices for text assets:

  • Recommended # of headlines: 11
  • Recommended # of long headlines: 2
  • Recommended # of descriptions: 4

Best practices for image assets:

  • 4 horizontal images at 1200 x 628 px
  • 4 square images at 1200 x 1200 px
  • 2 vertical images at 960 x 1200 px

Best practices for video assets:

  • While you can add up to 5 videos across all types (vertical, horizontal, square), Google recommends using just 1 video asset.

Best practices for logo assets:

  • Google recommends just 1 horizontal logo asset at 1200 x 300 px.

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Brit Grit

Mini USA OOH

Mini USA is skipping the New York Auto Show—but not quietly.

With help from Goodby Silverstein & Partners, the brand launched a plucky outdoor campaign riffing on rival car brands’ iconic taglines.

Billboards around the Javits Center feature lines like ā€œā€™ELLO, JEEP PEOPLE. There’s only ever been one street-legal go-kart,ā€ playfully poking at Jeep’s ā€œThere’s Only One.ā€

Other ads take on Mercedes, Ford, and Porsche in the same irreverent tone.

Full-page New York Times ads and billboards in key cities reinforce Mini’s challenger spirit.

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Ads From the Past

Ads from the Past

Mini, 1970s

Mini, 1970s

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