Advertising Agency Resources

AdAge.com is the Web site of Advertising Age, the 74-year-old flagship magazine of the Ad Age Group - [Read more]

The Ad*Access Project, presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II, The advertisements are from the J. Walter Thompson Company Competitive Advertisements Collection of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History. Ad*Access presents images and database information for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955 - [Read more]

MediaPost Communications is an integrated publishing and content company whose mission is to provide an array of resources to serve media planners and buyers - [Read more]

The IAB mission statement ; Dedicated to helping online, Interactive broadcasting, email, wireless and Interactive television media companies increase their revenues. The quality of the IAB leadership, membership and industry initiatives, such as standards, research, advocacy and education, benefit the membership as well as the industry as a whole - [Read more]

The American Association of Advertising Agencies. Founded in 1917, the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) is the national trade association representing the advertising agency business in the United States. Its membership produces approximately 80 percent of the total advertising volume placed by agencies nationwide - [Read more]

Trendwatching.com is an independent and opinionated trend firm, scanning the globe for the most promising consumer trends, insights and related hands-on business ideas. For the latest and greatest, we rely on our network of 8,000+ spotters in more than 70 countries worldwide - [Read more]

Advertising Buzz, Ballyhoo, Hype, Hoopla & Commercials Galore - [Read more]

Archive of Classic Print Ads. Adflip.com is the world's largest searchable database of classic print ads - [Read more]

Contagious is a quarterly intelligence briefing in magazine, DVD and online format. It identifies the ideas, trends and innovations behind t he world's most revolutionary marketing strategies - [Read more]

ECRA produces an online ethical shopping guide, maintains a publicly accessible database of ethically-related corporate information and conducts research for campaign groups and ethically minded organisations. ECRA's purpose is to promote: Universal human rights, environmental sustainability & animal welfare by providing information on consumer issues which empowers individuals and organisations to act ethically in the market place - [Read more]

The MPA Kelly Awards (1982-2010) were established to honor Stephen E. Kelly, a former president of MPA who devoted his career to magazine publishing. Mr. Kelly believed that creative magazine advertising made the difference in sales results—a principle that became the foundation for the program. The coveted Kelly Awards were bestowed annually to agency creative teams and advertising clients whose magazine campaigns demonstrated both creative excellence and campaign results. - [Read more]

The UK advertising business is diverse and heterogeneous. It contains a wide range of different media: local, regional, national and international; similarly advertisers vary enormously and have very different communication needs. There also exists a wide variety of agencies, research companies and other professional organizations and individuals. This diversity is reflected in industry structures and a substantial number of trade associations who represent the particular interests of their sectors. For practitioners in the business, let alone those outside who observe and comment on it, this can be very confusing. The Advertising Association is unique in representing the mutual interests of the whole industry - [Read more]

SourceEcreative is the advertising industry's global information resource for the latest breaking campaigns, TV commercials, virals, web videos and rich media ads. - [Read more]

Ebiquity provides independent data-driven insights to the global media and marketing community to continuously improve our clients' business performance. This is possible because we capture, organise and analyse vast amounts of data across our specialist areas, we are truly independent from the transaction process, and we have highly skilled teams of experts in their markets. - [Read more]

Brandchannel.com: The world’s online exchange about branding - [Read more]

The CLIO Awards honour work in a broad range of mediums, including interactive, direct mail, content and contact, television-cinema-digital, print, poster, billboard, innovative media, integrated campaign, radio and design - [Read more]

Real Time News and Features covering the online marketing sector - [Read more]

Creativity-Online: Culls visual and idea-centric communication from around the world and the talent behind it. The site highlights ad campaigns - [Read more]

Shots showcases cutting-edge creativity in global advertising. Shots selects some of the most creatively excellent work including the most innovative TV commercials, the latest work from talented new directors as well as ground-breaking music videos, virals, short films and idents - [Read more]

The Advertising Producers Association was formed by and represents the interests of production companies, post production and VFX and editing companies making commercials. The APA's objective is to create the best possible business environment for members to operate in - [Read more]