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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.    Survey results on sourcing experiential and marketing materials
    Marketing procurementMarketing strategyMarketing procurementMarketing strategy

    Survey results on sourcing experiential and marketing materials

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

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  2.    Gender Bias in Advertising: Research, Trends and New Visual Language

    Gender Bias in Advertising: Research, Trends and New Visual Language

    In 2017, discussions around gender and media have reached a fever pitch. We’ve seen movements for gender equality in Hollywood, in Silicon Valley, and even on Madison Avenue. But is the advertising industry making strides toward improving representation of women overall? This report is the first to answer that question through a rigorous, data-driven approach.

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  3.    Webinar: Seeing through the Financial Fog

    Webinar: Seeing through the Financial Fog

    In this webinar, Bill Bruno, CEO North America at Ebiquity, will reveal results from a programmatic study involving the ANA (US), the ACA (Canada), Ebiquity and AD/FIN.

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  4.    Benchmark on recommended Digital Analytics Agencies
    Agency managementMedia & analytics

    Benchmark on recommended Digital Analytics Agencies

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  5.    Webinar: Turning uncertainty to advantage
    Marketing strategyMarketing strategy

    Webinar: Turning uncertainty to advantage

    Webinar in partnership with Flamingo & DDB on how brands can win against a backdrop of major political and social change

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  6.    Launch of Unstereotype Alliance set to eradicate outdated stereotypes in advertising
    Advertising & policyInclusive marketing

    Launch of Unstereotype Alliance set to eradicate outdated stereotypes in advertising

    On 20 June, UN Women in partnership with Unilever and industry leaders including WPP, IPG, facebook, Google, Mars, Microsoft, J&J and WFA, announced the launch of the Unstereotype Alliance – a new global Alliance set to banish stereotypical portrayals of gender in advertising and all brand led content.

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  7.    Benchmark on Suppliers of research-based copy-testing of digital ads
    Agency managementCross-media measurementMedia & analyticsMarketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Benchmark on Suppliers of research-based copy-testing of digital ads

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  8.    Recommended law firms with media contract drafting experience
    Marketing procurementMarketing capabilitiesMarketing procurement

    Recommended law firms with media contract drafting experience

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

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  9.    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview Amsterdam June 2017
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Sourcing Forum Meeting Overview Amsterdam June 2017

     Meeting headlines: 1.To boldly source where you (may not) have not sourced before 2.Sourcing evolution and transformation 3.Effective agency evaluation: calls for pragmatism

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  10.    Survey on Social Media & Social Content Management 2017
    Trends & forecastsAgency managementBrand reputationInfluencer marketingMarketing strategyMarketing structureCMO ForumMarketing strategy

    Survey on Social Media & Social Content Management 2017

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  11.    Survey results: Paying for 3rd party verification
    Advertising & policyMedia & analyticsPrivacy & tech

    Survey results: Paying for 3rd party verification

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  12.    Survey on Media Governance and Guardianship
    Advertising & policyCross-media measurementMedia & analytics

    Survey on Media Governance and Guardianship

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  13.    Survey on Online Advertising Effectiveness
    Ad techMedia & analytics

    Survey on Online Advertising Effectiveness

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  14.    Benchmark on Integrated Production
    Marketing procurementCMO ForumMarketing procurement

    Benchmark on Integrated Production

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  15.    Benchmark on recommended influencer agencies
    Agency managementInfluencer marketingMarketing procurementCMO ForumMarketing procurement

    Benchmark on recommended influencer agencies

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  16.    Webinar: Cross Device Measurement
    Cross-media measurement

    Webinar: Cross Device Measurement

    Webinar with DataXu. Cross-device. Multi-screen. Cross channel. These are the latest buzz words you’re likely hearing in the industry, day after day. For many marketers, linking consumers and devices is the next step in making marketing more effective, and brands around the world are tapping the latest strategies and technologies to make this happen today. 

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  17.    Benchmark on Scatter vs Upfront: US TV Market
    Marketing procurementMarketing operationsMarketing procurement

    Benchmark on Scatter vs Upfront: US TV Market

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  18.    Media Forum Meeting Overview Rome May 2017

    Media Forum Meeting Overview Rome May 2017

     Meeting headlines: 1. Bad things happen when good people do nothing: ad funded ‘weaponised media’ 2. A relentless focus on CPMs will cause more brand safety issues 3. “Bring it back to Tetris” – delivering a transformation in media management 4. ‘Addressing the future of TV’ - the evolution of the small screen

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  19.    Media Transformation Meeting Overview Toronto April 2017

    Media Transformation Meeting Overview Toronto April 2017

     Meeting headlines: 1. The global ‘media transformation’ imperative 2. “Traditional ‘rules of recruitment’ do not apply” – overcoming people & capability challenges 3. “Brave new world, but it’s still your money” – recommendations to master data & tech 4.“ A two way street?” – in pursuit of best practice for global media transparency & contracts

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  20. Agency management

    Clients make progress on integration but agencies point up familiar failings

    Global brands are improving their ability to brief for integrated communications but some familiar failings remain, according to a new survey from the WFA. The results indicate that while many advertisers have improved their briefing there is still work to do on lack of alignment, clarity and timing.

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  21.    A marketer's guide to ePrivacy (2017)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyAd techPrivacy & techGDPR

    A marketer's guide to ePrivacy (2017)

    An overview of some of the key elements of the proposed ePrivacy revision.

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