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WFA produces resources, research and guides across a wide range of emerging marketing topics and challenges. All the work is informed by WFA member input and developed in close cooperation with the best experts from across the industry.

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  1.    CDO FORUM Meeting Overview Amsterdam October 2015

    CDO FORUM Meeting Overview Amsterdam October 2015

     Meeting headlines: 1. “Hard-wiring digital into an organisation’s DNA” - steps to accelerate digital transformation 2. ‘SPARCS’ - a framework for transformation 3. “Upskilling the world” - developing a global search marketing capability programme 4. The future of search marketing - two predictions

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  2.    Benchmark on Recommended search agencies in LATAM
    Agency managementCMO Forum

    Benchmark on Recommended search agencies in LATAM

    WFA benchmark conducted for a member looking for recommendations on search agencies in LATAM.

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  3. Global Marketer Week

    This is not your parents’ TV

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  4.    SOURCING FORUM Meeting Overview Singapore October 2015
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    SOURCING FORUM Meeting Overview Singapore October 2015

     Meeting headlines: 1. Understanding digital agency capabilities 2. Five ways procurement can help with roster management 3. Watch-outs when costing out agency SOWs 4. Sourcing digital: where to start?

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  5.    MEDIA FORUM Meeting Overview NY October 2015

    MEDIA FORUM Meeting Overview NY October 2015

     Meeting headlines: 1. ‘Not all partnerships are created equal’ - establishing the building blocks for sound global partnerships 2. ‘Disintermediating the agencies?’ - finding the right support infrastructure for your partnership 3. ‘Striking a balance’ - finding the right mix of central, regional and local involvement in your partnerships 4. ‘Modelling the future’ - the long & short modelling strokes required to succeed in an omnichannel world

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  6. Data moving to the centre of global marketing strategies

    Investment in analytics set for massive rise as marketers evolve from historical reporting of 'what happened' to predictive and prescriptive approaches85% of brands consider data privacy to be an integral component of customer trust, not just 'legal compliance'

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  7.    Delivering Value to Consumers from data
    Advertising & policyDigital policyData governancePrivacy & tech

    Delivering Value to Consumers from data

    Embracing the potential of data whilst securing sustainable flows for the future remains one of the biggest challenges facing the marketing industry, particularly at a time when societal concerns relating to privacy continue to be higher than we would wish. In this document we take a deeper look into a creating a strong value exchange for consumers. 

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  8.    Benchmark on Competitive Media Spend Monitoring

    Benchmark on Competitive Media Spend Monitoring

     

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  9.    IMC FORUM Meeting Overview London October 2015
    CMO Forum

    IMC FORUM Meeting Overview London October 2015

     Meeting headlines: 1. Brands as publishers? Maybe not, but there’s plenty of room to learn from them 2. Wisdom of the crowd can mean very little without an audience 3. CDJs will fail unless they are consumer-centric and developed holistically

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  10.    Survey on digital agency management
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Survey on digital agency management

    Survey results on managing digital agency rosters, supply base by spend, sourcing digital agencies, programmatic and technology partners.

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  11. Chinese marketers expect mobile to become a strong offline business driver in 2015/16

    Mobile messaging app use up 305% year on year

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  12.    SOURCING FORUM Meeting Overview Zug September 2015
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    SOURCING FORUM Meeting Overview Zug September 2015

     Meeting headlines: 1. Sourcing within the digital “tech stack” 2. Best practice in Digital Asset Management 3. What digital marketing trends means for sourcing

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  13.    IMC FORUM Meeting Overview Miami September 2015
    CMO Forum

    IMC FORUM Meeting Overview Miami September 2015

     

    Meeting headlines: 1. Re-inventing the agency model: change from the outside in 2. Evolving the agency model: a focus on efficiency 3. Lessons from the comms planning frontline

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  14.    Benchmark on brand strategy providers
    Agency managementMarketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark on brand strategy providers

    WFA benchmark conducted for a member looking for recommendations on brand strategy providers with global capabilities who can offer help on brand positioning, brand purpose and brand focus.

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  15. AirAsia joins World Federation of Advertisers

    First Malaysian company to join, fifth member from APAC

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  16.    Benchmark on changes to online ad banner format (to HTML5) and the implications for advertisers
    Ad tech

    Benchmark on changes to online ad banner format (to HTML5) and the implications for advertisers

    A benchmark reviewing how brands have handled the changes in ad format requirements to HTML5. 

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  17.    Benchmark on Agency capability mapping
    Marketing procurementMarketing organisationMarketing procurement

    Benchmark on Agency capability mapping

    WFA benchmark conducted for a member interested in looking at agency competency mapping and the process companies use to understand where true agency capabilities lie.

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  18.    Webinar on Reciprocity: The future of comms planning?
    CMO Forum

    Webinar on Reciprocity: The future of comms planning?

    In this webinar, Naked Communication's Will Collin explains why he believes the future of comms planning - and marketing communications more generally - lies not in engagement but in reciprocity.

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  19.    CMO FORUM Meeting Overview APAC September 2015
    Marketing strategyMarketing strategy

    CMO FORUM Meeting Overview APAC September 2015

     The following is a brief overview of the first CMO FORUM in Asia focused on internal and external capabilities.

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  20.    Benchmark on the evolution of magazine readership and media buying

    Benchmark on the evolution of magazine readership and media buying

    A benchmark to establish how clients use magazines in the digital world, whether the role for print in the media plan is changing, whether print is used more as a reach or frequency vehicle following the growth in digital activity, whether perspective on print positioning has changed recently.

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  21. Keeping up in China

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