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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. Digital policy

    70% of global marketers are not fully aware of the implications of GDPR

    A new survey of global marketers highlights the need for brand organisations to work faster and harder to get to grips with the challenges of GDPR, even if they are not based in the EU

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  2.    Marketing Procurement Category Tree
    Agency managementMarketing procurementMarketing structureMarketing organisationMarketing procurement

    Marketing Procurement Category Tree

    WFA member survey. For additional details, please log in.

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  3.    Advertising standards toolkit for the promotion of effective self-regulation
    Advertising & policyValue of advertising

    Advertising standards toolkit for the promotion of effective self-regulation

    Multiple countries worldwide, including China, Vietnam and Cambodia are reviewing their regulatory frameworks for advertising. There is no global one-size-fits-all approach to advertising standards; every country will craft a regulatory framework according to domestic legal and cultural specificities. But the core components for effective and responsible advertising standards remain the same. 

    This toolkit makes the case for advertising self-regulation, identifying the core building blocks drawing on case studies from Brazil, India and the Philippines.

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  4.    The contribution of data to digital advertising (Europe, 2017)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyPrivacy & techGDPR

    The contribution of data to digital advertising (Europe, 2017)

    This study uses interviews with advertisers, publishers and technology companies to help identify the role of data in digital advertising.

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  5.    Europe research: Data-driven advertising and Europeans’ internet use
    Advertising & policyTrends & forecastsPrivacy & tech

    Europe research: Data-driven advertising and Europeans’ internet use

    This 2017 online survey contains responses from over 11,000 internet users across 11 EU countries. Responses cover the types of content users accessed online, their attitudes to data-driven advertising, and their willingness to pay for content as an alternative to advertising.

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  6.    Europe research: The economic impact of data-driven advertising (2017)
    Advertising & policyMedia & analyticsValue of advertising

    Europe research: The economic impact of data-driven advertising (2017)

    This analysis used publicly available data, including Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employment data. It includes digital advertising’s direct contribution through Gross Value Added, as well as its indirect, induced and wider effects.

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  7.    EU Pledge Infographic (2017)

    EU Pledge Infographic (2017)

    Responding to concerns around childhood overweight and obesity, WFA launched the EU Pledge in 2009 whereby 22 leading food and beverage manufacturers committed to change the way they advertise to children under the age of 12.

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  8.    Experiential sampling agencies in Great Britain and Ireland
    Media & analyticsMarketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Experiential sampling agencies in Great Britain and Ireland

    WFA member survey. For additional details, please log in.

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  9.    APEC Advertising Standards Conference

    APEC Advertising Standards Conference

     

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  10.    Survey on privacy and data management - GDPR (2017)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyMedia & analyticsData governancePrivacy & techGDPR

    Survey on privacy and data management - GDPR (2017)

    WFA member survey on how members are evaluating the impact of GDPR on their business.

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  11.    GDPR Guide for Marketers
    Advertising & policyDigital policyData governancePrivacy & techGDPR

    GDPR Guide for Marketers

    This guide, developed with the support of Hunton & Williams LLP, aims to help address this gap by highlighting five key areas of GDPR which marketers should be aware of in order to prepare.

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  12.    Global marketers making radical changes to media management

    Global marketers making radical changes to media management

    WFA research indicates dramatic change on transparency measures, contracts, viewability standards, internal media knowledge and ad fraud

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  13.    Choosing a Digital Asset Management (DAM) System
    Media & analyticsMarketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Choosing a Digital Asset Management (DAM) System

    WFA member survey. For additional details, please log in.

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  14.    European Viewability Measurement Principles
    Advertising & policyCross-media measurementMedia & analytics

    European Viewability Measurement Principles

    Created by the EVSG (European Viewability Steering Group - made up of WFA, EACA and IAB Europe), these principles are designed to ensure that harmonised best practice standards and guidelines are applied to the measurement and trading of viewable digital advertising across all markets in Europe (and beyond). They are designed to help our industry to achieve the following common goals:

    1. To raise minimum quality standards in digital advertising measurement for all stakeholders across Europe.
    2. To measure digital ad exposure which is deemed a key step to increasing confidence in digital ad trading.
    3. To enhance the (internet) user experience in the context of changing user expectations.
    4. To improve confidence in the digital ad environment.

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  15.    Expediting media change in China
    Media transformation

    Expediting media change in China

    Although now slowing, the media market in China has grown at a breakneck speed.

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  16.    Webinar: Better Ads Standards, the industry response to adblocking
    Advertising & policyDigital policy

    Webinar: Better Ads Standards, the industry response to adblocking

    In this webinar, the Coalition for Better Ads will present the Better Ads Standards and the Coalition’s journey.

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  17.    Media Forum Meeting Overview Shanghai July 2017

    Media Forum Meeting Overview Shanghai July 2017

     Meeting headlines: 1. The ‘Media Transformation’ imperative in China 2. “To get anything done you need great relationships with Tencent” – media management in China 3. “It’s contracting not contract” – recommendations for media transparency & contracts in China

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  18.    Webinar: Keeping the brand tracking love alive

    Webinar: Keeping the brand tracking love alive

    Webinar in partnership with Hall & Partners, who will share on their experience of this journey with their clients

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  19.    Five CMO lessons from Cannes
    Marketing strategyCMO ForumMarketing capabilitiesMarketing strategy

    Five CMO lessons from Cannes

    While many celebrated on the Croisette, the WFA gathered 25 leading CMOs together to identify ways to solve the big challenges facing advertisers in the digital ecosystem.

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  20.    Survey Results: Marketing Capability Programmes
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    Survey Results: Marketing Capability Programmes

    WFA member survey. For additional details, please log in.

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  21.    All change at Cannes
    CMO Forum

    All change at Cannes

    Change was in the air at Cannes Lions this year. Rob Dreblow, WFA's Global Head of Marketing Services, explains why this is a festival that still matters

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