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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.    CDO FORUM Meeting Overview Amsterdam November 2016

    CDO FORUM Meeting Overview Amsterdam November 2016

     Meeting headlines: 1. “Starting to kiss some frogs” – big brand collaboration with start-ups 2. “Head of digital marketing to head of customer obsession” – changing role of digital marketers 3. The journey to connected customer marketing: 7 critical factors to concentrate on for 2017 4. ‘Mastering your digital destiny’ – getting control of data and technology

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  2.    SOURCING FORUM Meeting Overview Paris November 2016
    Marketing procurementMarketing procurement

    SOURCING FORUM Meeting Overview Paris November 2016

    Meeting headlines: 1. How should procurement respond to media transparency issues? 2. Four ways to build your marketing procurement community 3. Sourcing consumer insights

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  3.    Media cost inflation & deflation forecasts 2017
    Trends & forecasts

    Media cost inflation & deflation forecasts 2017

     

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  4.    IMC FORUM Meeting Overview London November 2016
    CMO Forum

    IMC FORUM Meeting Overview London November 2016

     Meeting headlines: 1. Time’s up for proxy metrics? 2. Common measurement challenges and potential solutions. 3. Even the best partners need a little cajoling.

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  5.    Brand building in the age of social media

    Brand building in the age of social media

     

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  6.    Time to give up on Bullxxxx proxy metrics?
    Media & analytics

    Time to give up on Bullxxxx proxy metrics?

     

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  7.    MEDIA FORUM Meeting Overview NY Madrid 2016

    MEDIA FORUM Meeting Overview NY Madrid 2016

     Meeting headlines: 1. “Constant reappraisal of product” – recommendations for working with verification companies 2. ‘The state of bots in 2016’ – tracking the sophistication of ad fraud ‘bots’ 3. “The strategic principles important for your business” – guiding your tech model choices 4. Programmatic RFI – “laying the foundations for a future-proofed ecosystem” 5. In pursuit of ‘100% viewability’

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  8.    INSIGHT FORUM Meeting Overview London November 2016

    INSIGHT FORUM Meeting Overview London November 2016

     Meeting headlines: 1. Market researchers as storytellers 2. CGS (consumer generated segmentation): co-creating your segments 3. The future of insights? Artificial intelligence within behavioural modelling

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  9.    Webinar: AVMSD revision
    Advertising & policy

    Webinar: AVMSD revision

    Everything you need to know about the revision of the EU AVMS Directive from the marketers' perspective

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  10. Marketing strategyMarketing strategy

    5 takeaways from WFA's CMO Luncheon

    A soccer legend, a business angel and wrestling royalty all walk into a restaurant....

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  11.    Five ways Insights can get closer to marketing

    Five ways Insights can get closer to marketing

    Earlier in the year, WFA and BrainJuicer looked at how marketing leaders perceive their consumer research and business insights counterparts. The results were not that pretty.

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  12.    MEDIA FORUM Meeting Overview NY October 2016

    MEDIA FORUM Meeting Overview NY October 2016

     Meeting headlines: 1. “The contractual foundation of the industry is deficient” – global trends in media transparency 2. Best practice in delivering global media transparency – the internal & external 3. “Setting a global vision for media” – media transformation cases 4. Media transformation: “If it’s not strategic, don’t do it yourself”

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  13.    Benchmark on the use of crowd-sourcing
    Marketing procurementMarketing capabilitiesMarketing procurement

    Benchmark on the use of crowd-sourcing

    WFA benchmark on how to use crowd-sourcing, covering the opportunities and challenges in using this technique, and its application in producing ideas and content.

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  14.    Survey on regional marketing structures
    Marketing structure

    Survey on regional marketing structures

     This research was created to draw a picture of regional marketing structures, roles and responsibilities.

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  15.    Survey on Global Ad Server Management

    Survey on Global Ad Server Management

    The aim of this research is to build a picture into how multinational companies are structuring their relationships with ad serving companies, who they are working with and how much they are spending on ad serving.

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  16.    RAC - Meeting presentation - September 21, 2016

    RAC - Meeting presentation - September 21, 2016

     

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  17.    Survey on Working with adtech and martech startups
    Ad techAgency managementMarketing structureCMO ForumMarketing organisation

    Survey on Working with adtech and martech startups

    The objective of this study is to shed some light on the challenges and potential opportunities regarding big brands and ad/mar-tech startups working together.

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  18. Marketing strategyMarketing strategy

    The changing role of the CMO

    This September, the WFA partnered with the AllThatMatters conference to develop and curate a new conference stream titled MarketingMatters.

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  19.    “Gotta catch ‘em all!” 5 digital trends at dmexco 2016
    Digital media transformation

    “Gotta catch ‘em all!” 5 digital trends at dmexco 2016

    dmexco is the kind of digital marketing event you should prepare for in advance to get the most out of.

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  20.    Benchmark on setting up knowledge/insights sharing platforms
    Media & analytics

    Benchmark on setting up knowledge/insights sharing platforms

     WFA benchmark conducted for a member looking for feedback on setting up knowledge/insights sharing platforms, including recommended suppliers.

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  21. Barclays' Elinor Bateman to lead WFA's new Insight forum

    Elinor Bateman has been named as the first-ever chair of the WFA' INSIGHT FORUM, ahead of two meetings in London on October 18th and November 10th.

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