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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.    How does your agency rate your brief?
    Agency management

    How does your agency rate your brief?

    One of my old agency colleagues said to me the other day: ”Clients routinely overrate themselves and underrate their agencies.” Whether you think this is harsh probably depends on which side of the fence you work.

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  2.    Recommendations to master data & tech (2017)
    Digital policyAd techMedia & analyticsData governancePrivacy & techGlobal Marketer WeekMarketing technologyDigital media transformationMarketing technology

    Recommendations to master data & tech (2017)

    The Data & Technology workshops considered how organisations should be approaching their technology and programmatic model choices; how they might adopt processes to better exploit data, and how can this account for global vs local structures.

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  3.    Brand safety: steps to consider (2017)
    Brand reputationCMO Forum

    Brand safety: steps to consider (2017)

     The following, non-exhaustive list, emerged from a WFA member-only round-table discussion during a CDO Forum.

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  4.    Best practice: global media transparency & contracts (2017)
    Global Marketer WeekMarketing procurementMarketing procurement

    Best practice: global media transparency & contracts (2017)

     Challenges with contracts, transparency and remuneration are considerable and commonplace among members. The Transparency & Contracts workshops considered solutions to some challenges.

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  5.    Overcoming people & capability challenges
    Global Marketer WeekMarketing procurementMarketing structureMarketing capabilitiesMarketing procurement

    Overcoming people & capability challenges

    Many WFA members have identified a lack of skilled resource as one of their major transformation challenges. The People & Capabilities workshops considered approaches companies should be considering to build capability worldwide.

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  6.    Media Forum Meeting Overview NY April 2017

    Media Forum Meeting Overview NY April 2017

     Meeting headlines: 1. Understanding ad fraudsters, and how to deal with them 2. Constant reappraisal of verification solutions is necessary 3. Market-leading programmatic strategies: integrated and customised

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  7.    CDO FORUM Meeting Overview London March 2017

    CDO FORUM Meeting Overview London March 2017

     Meeting headlines: 1. “Data Driven Marketing is ‘table stakes’…you have to know your customer” 2. “It’s beautiful and expensive…but what does it do?” – making the most of MarTech 3. Brand safety developments…“A relentless focus on cost will exacerbate the problem”

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  8.    Programmatic management fee benchmarking
    Ad techCross-media measurementMedia & analytics

    Programmatic management fee benchmarking

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

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  9.    A survey on Social Listening - Tools, Techniques, Metrics & Challenges
    Media & analytics

    A survey on Social Listening - Tools, Techniques, Metrics & Challenges

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

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  10.    Better Ads Standards (2017)
    Advertising & policy

    Better Ads Standards (2017)

    The Coalition for Better Ads has released initial Better Ads Standards for desktop and mobile web that reflect consumer advertising preferences in North American and European markets. The initial Better Ads Standards are based on research during which consumers were asked to read articles on simulated high quality content pages, and then to rate comparatively the different ad experiences they received. Over 25,000 consumers rated 104 ad experiences for desktop web and mobile web. The Coalition’s research identifies the ad experiences in both North America and Europe that ranked lowest across a range of user experience factors, and that are most highly correlated with an increased propensity for consumers to adopt ad blockers. These results define initial Better Ads Standards that identify the ad experiences that fall beneath a threshold of consumer acceptability. 

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  11.    IMC FORUM Meeting Overview London March 2017
    CMO Forum

    IMC FORUM Meeting Overview London March 2017

     Meeting headlines: 1. Effective agency management comes down to internal capabilities; 2. The future of connection planning: stop over-complicating; 3. Uncertainty can be a positive;

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  12.    Webinar: Programmatic 2.0 – how are clients improving control & transparency in the programmatic space?

    Webinar: Programmatic 2.0 – how are clients improving control & transparency in the programmatic space?

     WFA's Matt Green will walk through the major findings from WFA’s recent report on programmatic.

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  13.    Trying to fix the online ad experience
    Digital policyGlobal Marketer Week

    Trying to fix the online ad experience

    Internet users rarely agree on anything. Except maybe one thing.

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  14. CMO Forum

    9 rules on how to approach marketing innovation

    The first CMOFORUM of the year kicked off in Singapore in February.

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  15.    4 key trends from Mobile World Congress 2017
    Digital policyGlobal Marketer Week

    4 key trends from Mobile World Congress 2017

    Mobile World Congress is big. Surprisingly big.

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  16.    WFA FORUM Meeting Overview Dubai March 2017
    CMO Forum

    WFA FORUM Meeting Overview Dubai March 2017

     Meeting headlines: 1. Integrated briefing: client leadership is key 2. Instinct vs. insight: Creativity in the face of data-driven marketing 3. Artificial intelligence and the future of communications planning

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  17.    Benchmark on recommended etail content agencies
    Agency managementCMO ForumMarketing organisation

    Benchmark on recommended etail content agencies

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

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  18.    DGX Meeting Overview (February 2017)
    Advertising & policyDigital policyPrivacy & tech

    DGX Meeting Overview (February 2017)

    Overview of the Digital Governance Exchange (DGX) meeting held February 2017 in London.

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  19.    Survey on Briefing for integrated communications (2017)
    Agency managementMarketing strategyCMO ForumMarketing strategy

    Survey on Briefing for integrated communications (2017)

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

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  20.    Media Forum Meeting Overview London February 2017

    Media Forum Meeting Overview London February 2017

     Meeting headlines: 1. Devising a new Code Of Conduct for the media industry 2. “The contractual foundation of the industry is deficient” – global trends in media transparency 3. Making a success of the in-house programmatic model & technology selection OTHER ITEMS & ACTIONS: - How to utilize AI in media planning - How the ePrivacy directive will impact the digital advertising ecosystem

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  21.    Webinar: Accelerating your startup programme
    Agency management

    Webinar: Accelerating your startup programme

    In this webinar, WFA will share the results from a recent study into how big brands are developing their start-up collaboration. 

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