Omelet aims to keep individual Red Bull social video costs under $1,000
Ty Stafford · EP 247: He's 27, You Won't Believe What He's Doing for Redbull with Ty Stafford of Omelet Agency · Apr 25, 2016 · at 7:14
Ty Stafford, creative strategist at Omelet Agency, discusses the target economics and budget constraints for producing social video campaigns for Red Bull.
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“If we can keep each individual video I mean, below a thousand dollars, then we're crushing it.”
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