Posts about Benchmarks & surveys
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Benchmark: Sustainable communication, advertising production and advertising behaviours
WFA member benchmark covering three topics relating to sustainability; communicating sustainability credentials on pack or at point…
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Marketing operationsMarketing procurement
Benchmark: Scope of Work (SOW) Process
WFA member benchmark exploring the SOW process
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Organisation & structure
Benchmark: Global Marketing Organisation Transformation
WFA member benchmark exploring global marketing organisation transformation
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Marketing capabilities
Benchmark: Sustainability Capability
WFA member benchmark on industry best practices for building capability specifically around sustainability topics
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Agency managementMarketing procurement
Benchmark: Shopper Marketing
WFA member benchmark exploring how marketing organisations manage their shopper marketing agencies
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Benchmark: Media Planning Tools
WFA member research on media planning tools
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Marketing technologyMarketing capabilitiesMarketing technologyMarketing technology
Benchmark: Social Media Marketing Tools
WFA member benchmark on suggested social media marketing tools used for engagement, reporting, and listening
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Organisation & structure
Benchmark: Global and local brand consistency
WFA member benchmark on centralising marketing assets and resources into a singular platform
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AIMarketing capabilities
Benchmark: Generative AI Upskilling
WFA benchmark on upskilling marketing teams on the topic of generative AI
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Diversity & Inclusion
Survey: DEI in Content Production
WFA member survey exploring company maturity and practices related to DEI in content production.
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Marketing capabilities
Benchmark: Centralised Marketing Hub
WFA member benchmark on centralising marketing assets and resources into a singular platform
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ProgrammaticMarketing procurement
Benchmark: Programmatic models
WFA member benchmark exploring how members are structuring programmatic models
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Agency rostersMarketing procurement
Benchmark: Panel service provider(s)
WFA member benchmark on how marketing procurement professionals are managing their panel service provider(s).
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Self-regulationMarketing law
Marketers at major multinationals say input from policy professionals is more relevant than ever
Top marketers have an appetite for even more policy input on key issues such as sustainability, risk management and…
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Recommended social media agencies in South-East Europe
WFA member benchmark on recommended social media agencies in South-East Europe.
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AI
Benchmark: AI in the Insights practice
WFA member benchmark exploring how WFA members are incorporating AI in their insights practice.
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Digital policyCreativityAI
In case you missed it… Powerful WFA content from Q1
The WFA team is constantly working with members to share best practice and smart ways for marketing to make a bigger…
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AIMarketing procurement
Benchmark: Content adaptation at scale using automation and GenAI
WFA member benchmark exploring how WFA members are adapting content at scale
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WFA Benchmark: Environmental Claims findings report
WFA member benchmark on green claims and how brands are navigating increasing scrutiny
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AI
Benchmark: Gen AI on marketing creative
WFA member benchmark on guidelines on the use of generative AI in marketing creative
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Agency review & pitchingMarketing procurement
Benchmark: Recommended PR agencies
WFA member benchmark on recommended PR agencies
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Agency review & pitchingMarketing procurement
Benchmark: recommended adaptation/translation agencies
WFA member benchmark on recommended adaptation/translation agencies, specifically those who can offer copywriting services…
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Agency review & pitchingMarketing procurement
Benchmark: Recommended market research sources of data
WFA member benchmark on recommended market research sources of data for market research agency benchmarks
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Agency review & pitchingMarketing procurement
Benchmark: Recommended POSM production companies
WFA member benchmark on recommended POSM production services across Europe
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Agency review & pitchingMarketing procurement
Benchmark: Recommended packaging design agencies
WFA member benchmark on recommended packaging design agencies.
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Organisation & structure
Benchmark: Internal brand communications and engagement
WFA member benchmark around tactics to help imbed a new brand strategy within their global organisation.
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Agency review & pitchingGamingMarketing procurement
Benchmark: recommended sponsorship activation partners
WFA member benchmark on recommended sponsorship activation partners, specifically landing in gaming, music and activating rights in…
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Consumer insight
Benchmark: Measuring the ROI of the Insights function
WFA member benchmark on the importance of demonstrating the return of investment (ROI) of Insights & Analytics function.
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Consumer insightData & analytics
Benchmark: Consumer Intimacy Programs
WFA member benchmark on perspectives on Consumer Intimacy Programs
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Consumer insight
Benchmark: Insights Core Competencies
WFA member benchmark on the key skills insights leaders are focusing on
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InfluencersInfluencersMarketing procurement
Benchmark: end to end talent management process - in-housing vs outsourcing
WFA member benchmark exploring how marketing organisations manage their end-to-end talent process, with a focus whether they…
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Marketing capabilitiesOrganisation & structure
Marketing capability: the soft reply to a hard question
Marketing and marketing teams can look different company by company. But the overarching goal of marketing capability remains the…
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AI
Benchmark: Generative AI training
WFA member benchmark exploring training in Generative AI.
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Global category management - Production consultants
WFA member benchmark on how marketing organisations work with production consultants.
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Consumer insight
Benchmark: Consumer segmentation partners in APAC
WFA member benchmark on identifying segmentation suppliers in APAC
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Marketing capabilities
Benchmark: Marketing Capability Investment
This new WFA member benchmark dispels the myths on capability investment.
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Media governance
Media budgets are on the rise, finds WFA and Ebiquity annual research
Neither global economies nor politics today are in a particularly stable position. But big brands are expecting to increase their…
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Savings Categorisation of Inflation Hedging
WFA member benchmark on how marketing procurement professionals classify inflation hedging savings associated with media buying.
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Digital policy
DGX Benchmark: Deprecation of third-party cookies and Meta’s CAPI
A WFA benchmark on the deprecation of third-party cookies and Meta’s Conversion API (CAPI).
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Benchmark: Marketing Budget Setting
WFA benchmark containing best practices of marketing budget setting.
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Marketing capabilities
Benchmark: Recommended Capability Vendors
WFA benchmark containing member-recommended capability training vendors .
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Approaches to entertainment marketing
WFA member benchmark on how organisations are approaching the entertainment marketing category
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: The Evolution of Couponing
WFA member benchmark on how organisations are evolving their approach to couponing.
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Benchmark: Brand Health Tracking Programmes
This WFA member benchmark explored perspective on Brand Health Tracking programmes among members of the Insight…
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Benchmark: Consumer Segmentation
This WFA member benchmark explored perspective on Consumer Segmentation among members of the Insight…
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Benchmark: Consumer Data Platforms
This WFA member benchmark explored perspective on Consumer Data Platforms usage among members of the Insight…
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Marketing operations
Benchmark: KPI Dashboard
WFA member is keen on understanding how others in the industry have gone about creating and managing this kind of KPI dashboard and…
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Digital policy
DGX Benchmark: Meta Pixel
A WFA benchmark on the use of Meta Pixel in response to recent regulatory decisions finding its use in breach of the…
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Search engine optimisation (SEO) structure
WFA member benchmark exploring SEO structures.
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: PR agencies in South East Asia
WFA member benchmark on recommended PR agencies operating in SEA region.
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Marketing operations
Benchmark: Recommended DAM (Digital Asset Management) systems
WFA member benchmark of recommendations for DAM (Digital Asset Management) systems
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Agency review & pitchingInfluencersInfluencers
Benchmark: Recommended partners for creative and influencer marketing in MENA
WFA member benchmark of recommendations for creative and influencer marketing in MENA
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Data & analyticsData collection & privacyData-driven marketing
WFA Survey: A Closer Look at Data Clean Rooms
In recent years, online privacy concerns have prompted major web browsers to phase out support for third-party cookies. As a…
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Marketing capabilities
Benchmark: Recommended Partners for Marketing Capability Skills Frameworks and Assessments
WFA member benchmark of recommendations for Marketing Capability Skills Frameworks and Assessments
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: best practices for negotiations with your CRM agency(s)
WFA member benchmark on best practices for negotiations with your CRM agency(s).
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Digital policy
DGX Benchmark: Google Analytics
WFA’s third member benchmark on Google Analytics and regulatory decisions finding its use in breach of GDPR.
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: marketing budget planning software
WFA member benchmark on marketing budget planning software.
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: supplier performance management software
WFA member benchmark on supplier performance management software.
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Benchmark: Direct To Consumers Insights practice
This WFA member benchmark explored the Direct-to-Consumer Insights practices among members of the Insight…
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Agency managementMarketing procurement
Benchmark: Cascading sustainability commitments to agencies
This WFA member benchmark examined how WFA members cascade their sustainability commitments to their agencies and marketing…
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Digital policy
DGX benchmark on WFA members’ data ethics policies
Benchmark on data ethics policies
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Agency review & pitching
Benchmark: Recommended Creative Agencies for Sustainability
This WFA member benchmark examined the creative agencies in Europe for their communications around sustainability.
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Global Category Management – Artwork, pre-press & print
This WFA member benchmark examined the category management of artwork, pre-press & print.
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ProgrammaticAgency managementAgency remuneration & contractsMarketing operations
Digital In-Housing Benchmark - An Agency POV (Second Instalment)
WFA benchmark on In-housing Digital Media, from an agency point of view
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Negotiating paid search deals
This WFA member benchmark explores advice on negotiating paid search deals with tech titans or big digital platforms.
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WFA Benchmark Results: Taking a Deeper Dive into Retail Media
Results from a Survey on Retail Media focusing on how organisations are leveraging their approach to this on a GLOBAL…
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Global Category Management – Models (for artwork/photography)
This WFA member benchmark examined the category management of models, for photography and/or artwork.
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Global Category Management – Digital Commerce
This WFA member benchmark examined the category management of Digital Commerce
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Marketing technologyMarketing technologyData-driven marketingMarketing technology
WFA Benchmark: Media Ad Servers in a Constantly changing environment
A WFA member wanted to know the most up-to-date Point of View from advertisers when it comes to ad servers in our constantly…
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Supply-chain finance solutions
This WFA member benchmark examined reasons for/against and approaches to supply-chain finance.
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programs
WFA member benchmark on Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programs.
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Panel service agency(s) fee increases
WFA member benchmark on changes in panel service fees and top tips on how to mitigate significant increases, internally or together…
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Marketing capabilities
Benchmark: Job description for capability role
A benchmark on examples of job descriptions for (junior) marketing capability roles.
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Marketing capabilities
Benchmark: Recommended tools for in-house agency operations
WFA member benchmark on recommended tools/systems/apps to support in-house agency operations.
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Global Category Management – Digital production & publishing
This WFA member benchmark examines the category management of digital production & publishing.
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Agency evaluation & performanceMarketing procurement
Benchmark: Market Research & Insights – Recommended agency partners
WFA member benchmark on recommended market research & insights agency partners and approaches to benchmarking rates.
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Global Category Management – Loyalty & Reward
This WFA member benchmark examined the category management of Loyalty & Reward.
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Media measurementAgency evaluation & performanceAgency remuneration & contractsMarketing effectiveness
WFA Benchmark Results: Measuring Media Dollars & Performance
A WFA member wanted to understand trends in the membership with respect to how media costs are being tracked.
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Global Category Management – Adaptation & transcreation
This WFA member benchmark examined the category management of adaptation & transcreation
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Benchmark: UX agencies and partners
This WFA member benchmark lists recommendations of user experience research agency partners.
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: Global Category Management – POS & displays
This WFA member benchmark examined the category management of POS & displays.
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Media measurementMarketing technologyMarketing technologyData collection & privacyData-driven marketingMarketing effectivenessMarketing technology
WFA Benchmark: Web tracking in a cookieless world
A WFA member has recently experienced a substantial decrease in the number of people opting into cookies tracking meaning that their…
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Media measurementMarketing technologyMarketing technologyData & analyticsMarketing technology
Benchmark: Members’ thoughts on Ebiquity acquiring MediaPath
A WFA member was looking for reviews of GMP365
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Agency managementAgency remuneration & contractsAgency review & pitchingAgency rostersOrganisation & structure
Benchmark: Exploring Innovative Agency Models
A WFA member was looking at adopting a media agency model that incorporates multiple agencies working together globally. The member…
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Value of advertisingMarketing procurement
Benchmark: Negotiations with tech titans or big digital platforms
WFA member benchmark on obtaining savings or other forms of value when negotiating with tech titans or big platforms.
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Marketing effectiveness
Benchmark: Online communities and advisory boards
A member of the WFA Insight Forum is looking for partnering with agencies for online communities and advisory boards
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Ad fraud & verificationBrand safetyChannelsBrand safety
Benchmark: Social media compromises/hacks
WFA member benchmark on how to manage social media hacks
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Brand safetyChannelsBrand safetySelf-regulation
Benchmark: Tracking media in-feed on social platforms
WFA member benchmark on what steps advertisers have taken to address in-feed brand safety issues across social platforms
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Digital policyMarketing effectiveness
DGX Benchmark: Google Analytics (July 2022)
WFA’s second member benchmark on the French, Austrian and Italian decisions finding Google Analytics in breach of GDPR.
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Marketing capabilities
Benchmark: Recommended online training platforms (digital marketing skills)
WFA member benchmark on recommended online training platforms that help develop digital marketing skills
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Agency managementAgency remuneration & contractsData collection & privacy
Benchmark: Media agency first party data liability caps
A WFA member was reviewing their agreements with their various media/digital/CRM agencies and reached out with a view of trying to…
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Benchmark: Recommended brand activation agencies in Germany
WFA member benchmark on recommended brand activation agencies in Germany.
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ChannelsMarketing effectiveness
Benchmark: Purchase funnel media investment allocation for fast moving CPGs
A WFA member reached out with a view of trying to establish some benchmarks for the % of media investment that goes into each stage…
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Benchmark: Market research - challenges and solutions in sharing Nielsen’s data
WFA member benchmark on the challenges and solutions in sharing Nielsen’s data.
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Benchmark: Sourcing approach to agency pitch
This WFA member benchmark examined the current sourcing approach to agency pitch.
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Marketing procurementOrganisation & structure
Benchmark: Global Category Management – Influencer Marketing
This WFA member benchmark examined the category management of Influencer Marketing
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Marketing procurementOrganisation & structure
Benchmark: Recruitment of marketing sourcing talent
WFA member benchmark on recruiting marketing sourcing talent
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: payment solutions / cashback
WFA member benchmark on payment solutions/cashback
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: crowdsourced platform in Russia
WFA member benchmark on crowdsourced platforms of freelancers operating in Russia
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Marketing procurement
Benchmark: innovation funds in media/marketing
WFA member benchmark on current practices regarding innovation funds in media and/or marketing