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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.    PAG Meeting Overview (November 2022)

    PAG Meeting Overview (November 2022)

    Meeting overview and presentations from WFA’s Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on 22 November 2022.

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  2.    Demystifying marketing effectiveness
    Marketing effectivenessMedia transformation

    Demystifying marketing effectiveness

    Measuring marketing effectiveness is becoming more important, and yet more challenging at the same time. Gerry D’Angelo, VP, Global Media at P&G, and Co-chair of WFA's Media Forum, explains how to resolve this tension.

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  3. Advertising & policy

    Webinar | Economist Impact presents The World Ahead: 2023

    The Economist’s predictive look to the year ahead. In this hour-long Economist Impact and WFA webinar now available for replay, Tom Standage, deputy editor of The Economist, gives an exclusive insight into the top 10 topics of the The World Ahead: 2023 report.

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  4.    Spotlight: Programmatic Supply-Chain Solutions
    Cross-media measurement

    Spotlight: Programmatic Supply-Chain Solutions

    Programmatic has the potential to be a useful advertising tool…but certain challenges, often linked to transparency, stand in the way of it reaching its full potential.

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  5.    WFA Forum Connect - Amsterdam 2022
    Brand reputation

    WFA Forum Connect - Amsterdam 2022

    Mark Ritson responds to interim results from WFA’s global study on marketing effectiveness, sharing his perspective on the status quo and how marketers might better mobilise internally for positive change.

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  6.    Benchmark: Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programs
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programs

    WFA member benchmark on Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programs.

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  7.    Media Forum Meeting Overview (20th October 2022)
    Marketing effectivenessMarketing strategyMarketing technologyMarketing structureMarketing strategyMarketing technology

    Media Forum Meeting Overview (20th October 2022)

    Meeting overview and presentations from WFA’s Media Forum on the 20th October 2022

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  8.    An unlikely destination
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputation

    An unlikely destination

    WFA CEO Stephan Loerke reports back from COP27, where the real action is happening away from political leaders.

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  9.    Don’t be disingenuous on inclusion: brands must ensure behaviour and messaging align
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Don’t be disingenuous on inclusion: brands must ensure behaviour and messaging align

    Nathalie Lam, Philips Global Head of Sponsorship and Marketing Transformation Lead, explains how Philips wants its creative content to match the diversity of its audience. This is the first article in a series by WFA Diversity & Inclusion Taskforce members ahead of its 2023 inclusion census.

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  10.    Global marketing industry rallies behind second Global DEI Census in March 2023
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Global marketing industry rallies behind second Global DEI Census in March 2023

    The results will provide a check on progress in people’s perceptions of diversity, equity and inclusion in their organisations and the industry more broadly. The global research will include 33 markets and run alongside UK’s All In. 

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  11.    Why brand safety matters
    Advertising & policy

    Why brand safety matters

    Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8. See more here.

    It’s worth reminding ourselves why brand safety matters and how global advertisers have taken the lead in trying to make digital platforms places where they are comfortable for their brands to appear. WFA CEO Stephan Loerke explains.

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  12.    Brand safety and suitability: Restoring choice to advertising industry stakeholders in digital media
    Advertising & policy

    Brand safety and suitability: Restoring choice to advertising industry stakeholders in digital media

    Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8. See more here.

    The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) has been working hard over the last three years to help marketers protect brand reputation. Rob Rakowitz, WFA Initiative Lead for GARM, explains how the tools put transparency and choice back into the industry.

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  13.    Benchmark: Panel service agency(s) fee increases
    Marketing procurementMarketing 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 with the provider.

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  14.    Benchmark: Job description for capability role
    CMO ForumMarketing capabilities

    Benchmark: Job description for capability role

    A benchmark on examples of job descriptions for (junior) marketing capability roles. 

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  15.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 21: On brand building in the football industry with Roel de Vries, City Football Group
    Brand purposeBrand reputationMarketing structureMarketing operations

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 21: On brand building in the football industry with Roel de Vries, City Football Group

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Roel de Vries, Group Chief Operating Officer at City Football Group, about the ins and outs of the football business, and the similarities and differences between Tokyo and Manchester.

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  16. Insights from GARM’s Aggregated Measurement Report Volume 4

    Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8 2024. See more here.

    GARM’s focused view on social media content enforcement data shows increased action on war and weaponry with the ongoing War on Ukraine

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  17.    Bringing back the talent

    Bringing back the talent

    Attracting and retaining talent is undoubtedly the most important challenge in the communication industry right now. Our business is solely about talent; it’s 75% of our costs and 100% of our value, says Christian de la Villehuchet, Global Chief Integration Officer at Havas and President of the European Association of Communications Agencies.

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  18.    Winning during inflation
    Brand reputationMarketing operations

    Winning during inflation

    With concerns about the economy in general and inflation more specifically rising worldwide, how should brands respond? J. Walker Smith, Kantar Knowledge Lead, shares his views.

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  19.    Inclusive marketing is just better marketing
    Inclusive marketing

    Inclusive marketing is just better marketing

    Inclusive marketing isn’t just a sideline or a charity project, it’s just better marketing, says Jerry Daykin, Vice-President, Global Media at Beam Suntory, and WFA’s Global Diversity Ambassador. 

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  20.    GARM calls on Twitter to uphold existing commitments on brand safety and deepen future collaboration
    Advertising & policy

    GARM calls on Twitter to uphold existing commitments on brand safety and deepen future collaboration

    Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8 2024. See more here.

    The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) is an advertiser-led cross-industry effort to remove harmful content from ad-supported digital media, in the interest of protecting consumers and safeguarding advertiser rights on supporting suitable media content.

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  21.    Benchmark: Recommended tools for in-house agency operations
    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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