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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.    Take-outs from the Data Protection Congress 2019
    Advertising & policyDigital policy

    Take-outs from the Data Protection Congress 2019

    WFA's Director of Digital Policy, Catherine Armitage, shares her main take-aways from this year's IAPP Data Protection Congress in Brussels

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  2.    Survey: Media Planning & Buying Management Tools
    Marketing procurementMarketing operationsMarketing procurement

    Survey: Media Planning & Buying Management Tools

    A WFA member reached out to us with the aim to understand what Media Planning & Buying Management Tools would be recommended by our network. This benchmark report includes the consolidated feedback from 19 respondents.

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  3.    Benchmark: Category Management of Market Research & Insights
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark: Category Management of Market Research & Insights

     WFA member bechmark on category management of market research & insights. For additional details, please log in.

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  4.    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (November 2019)
    Marketing procurementMarketing strategyMarketing procurementMarketing strategy

    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (November 2019)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum held on November 7th, 2019 in Singapore.

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  5.    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (October 2019)
    Marketing procurementMarketing strategyMarketing procurementMarketing strategy

    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (October 2019)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum held on 8 October, 2019 in Amsterdam.

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  6.    Privacy compliance for cookies, pixels and other types of tracker (2019)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyAd techData governancePrivacy & techGDPR

    Privacy compliance for cookies, pixels and other types of tracker (2019)

    This survey examines how WFA members are managing the issue of privacy compliance for cookies, pixels and other trackers, the level of awareness and readiness across organisations and the challenges members are facing going forward.

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  7.    KPIs to consider when buying on TV in the MEA region
    CMO Forum

    KPIs to consider when buying on TV in the MEA region

    WFA member benchmark on common KPIs brands look at when buying on TV for the MEA region (or Middle East).

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  8.    ePrivacy task force meeting overview (November 2019)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyGDPR

    ePrivacy task force meeting overview (November 2019)

     Meeting materials for WFA members.

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  9.    Media Transformation - Case Study 2: Royal Philips
    Marketing strategyDigital media transformationMarketing organisationMarketing strategyMedia transformation

    Media Transformation - Case Study 2: Royal Philips

    The adoption of programmatic and ‘precision at scale’ principles, the changing nature of technology and data ownership and the shifting partner relationships. Clients in the media space find themselves in radically different roles to the recent past.

    We’re seeing a growing focus on education and company-wide transformation of the client-side media function. The agents of change leading this are typically in global media roles, as is the case in this inspiring media transformation case study written by Sital Banerjee, Global Head of Media & Marketing Performance at Philips.

    This is the second part of a serial of Media Transformation case studies that WFA is publishing, to provide inspiration and education to clients in media and marketing roles.
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  10.    Webinar: Digital Asset Management
    Trends & forecastsMarketing procurementMarketing technologyMarketing capabilitiesMarketing organisationMarketing procurementMarketing technology

    Webinar: Digital Asset Management

    The Marketing Technology landscape continues to grow at lightning speed and shows no sign of slowing. Fuelled by an expectation economy, “always on” campaigns and an increasingly complex network of marketing channels, there are now close to 7000 technology vendors pushing disruptive innovation. Few companies really understand the modern marketing landscape and finding a good explanation of how it all fits together is a real challenge.

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  11.    Webinar: Blockchain in Marketing
    Trends & forecastsAd techMarketing technologyMarketing technology

    Webinar: Blockchain in Marketing

    During this webinar you can hear from Greg Paull, Principal & Co-Founder, R3, as he offers a global overview of the current Blockchain landscape including a guide to some of the more prominent players in the space.

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  12.    The Unstereotype Metric

    The Unstereotype Metric

    Developed for the Unstereotype Alliance, it helps measure gender portrayal in advertising

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  13.    Webinar: Proliferation of kids privacy regulations
    Advertising & policyDigital policyGDPR

    Webinar: Proliferation of kids privacy regulations

    Hear from Max Bleyleben, Managing Director & Chief Privacy Officer at SuperAwesome, on how the latest regulatory trends are transforming online marketing to children and younger audiences.

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  14.    Achieving greater financial transparency with your agencies
    Agency managementMarketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Achieving greater financial transparency with your agencies

    Transparency has been one of the words most used by advertisers in recent years when talking about their agency relationships. This study, run in partnership with Financial Progression, provides:

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  15.    Joint business statement on the proposal on collective redress in view of Council general approach
    Advertising & policy

    Joint business statement on the proposal on collective redress in view of Council general approach

    This is a joint business statement, co-signed by WFA, on collective redress in view of Council general approach.

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  16.    Voice and audio branding strategy
    Marketing strategyMarketing structureMarketing strategy

    Voice and audio branding strategy

    This benchmarks looks at various aspects of a voice and audio branding strategy, such as: where does it sit within the organisation, who are the key drivers/main stakeholders, recommended agency partners for this area.

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  17.    Standalone digital roles to diminish as big multinationals aim for more integrated, agile structures
    CMO Forum

    Standalone digital roles to diminish as big multinationals aim for more integrated, agile structures

    Efforts to create truly integrated campaigns are still a work in progress for many

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  18.    A Diversity Report for the Advertising/ Marketing Industry

    A Diversity Report for the Advertising/ Marketing Industry

    This report from ANA's Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing (AIMM), based on three separate studies among ANA members, concludes that women overwhelmingly comprise the bulk of the marketing industry's workforce and at the senior leadership level, female representation is now likely at an all-time high. However, ethnic diversity continues to be poor, especially for African-American/Black and Hispanic/Latino.

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  19.    Video gaming: Why it matters to non-endemic brand owners
    Gaming

    Video gaming: Why it matters to non-endemic brand owners

    We are well past the point where video gaming can be viewed as a subculture and readily ignored by brands, says James Redden, Managing Director, 2CV

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  20.    The Black Pound Report

    The Black Pound Report

    The research explores how black, asian and minority ethnics (BAME) are represented in society across the advertising and media industries, and investigates the impact of the term BAME and its effects on an individual’s self-perceived identity and socio-economic status in British society.

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  21.    Webinar: Designing for integration
    CMO Forum

    Webinar: Designing for integration

    Are you responsible for delivering integrated communication? Watch this webinar to hear from Jonathan Turner, Chairman of OxfordSM, how the best organisations deliver effective integrated communication at scale and at pace

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