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Unlocking Media Success: Key Insights from SXSW 2025 for Smarter Campaign Strategies

This year's Brand Innovators Marketing Summit at SXSW highlighted a clear message for media professionals: Connectivity and authenticity are critical to driving meaningful outcomes. SXSW reinforced that the most effective media strategies go beyond impressions — they create authentic, emotional connections that inspire action.This is why we do what we do at Hotspex Media — helping brands connect with consumers in the right moments, with the right message, to build stronger relationships and drive better outcomes.‍

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ConnectCPA Feature: Inside the Journey of Josh Rosen and Hotspex Media

Hotspex President Josh Rosen was recently featured on the Growth Tales podcast by ConnectCPA, where he had the opportunity to share his insights, challenges, and triumphs on the road to building a successful media empire from the ground up.

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Emotions & Logic

If we are going to reach the right people who could truly benefit from our products at a personal, honest level, we need to be willing to accept the human experience of complex emotions and how they are in everything we do. 

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Standing Out in COVID’s Sea of Sameness

Getting lost in COVID’s Sea of Sameness? Here are three principles to uphold brand distinctiveness at this critical time.

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Marketers, Are You Ready For All 3 Phases of This Crisis?

We interviewed 100 marketers in 100 days and we're here are to tell you how to sustain profitability and market share as we shift from the pandemic into a recession.

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The Big Brand Effect

The leading FMCG brands are thriving; here’s our thoughts on ‘why?’

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