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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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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
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
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.
An overview of some of the key elements of the proposed ePrivacy revision.
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.
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.
The following, non-exhaustive list, emerged from a WFA member-only round-table discussion during a CDO Forum.
Challenges with contracts, transparency and remuneration are considerable and commonplace among members. The Transparency & Contracts workshops considered solutions to some 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.
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
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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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.
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;