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Three ways behavioural science can improve marketing
Read more about "Three ways behavioural science can improve marketing"Marketers often have a vague awareness of behavioural science, but it rarely goes very deep. Independent advisor, Scott Young, and BVA Nudge Consulting's Ted Utoft outline key ideas that could transform communications.
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Marketing procurementMarketing procurementGet more from marketing procurement
Read more about "Get more from marketing procurement"The very best procurement teams align their agendas with those of the marketing team. Tracy Allery, Senior Marketing Procurement Leader and founding member of the WFA Sourcing Board, shares her perspectives on how to create a genuine partnership.
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Digital policyGoogle’s third-party cookie U-turn
Read more about "Google’s third-party cookie U-turn"After four years of testing, industry dialogue, regulatory involvement and timeline delays, Google has abandoned its current plans to replace third-party cookies in Chrome. We asked WFA strategic partners to discuss what’s next for advertisers.
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Digital policyMarketing technologyAIMarketing technologyThis month in AI: 3D ads, watermarking verification, NYT ad targeting and anti-AI sentiment
Read more about "This month in AI: 3D ads, watermarking verification, NYT ad targeting and anti-AI sentiment"In today’s rapidly changing digital and technological landscape, keeping pace with the latest trends can be challenging. WFA’s monthly AI update serves as your one-stop round up of the most important developments to help you stay informed of the forces transforming the marketing industry. Gabrielle Robitaille, Associate Director, Digital Policy at WFA, identifies the most important announcements and events of the last month .
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CreativityCannes LionsInclusive marketingAIKey trends from Cannes jurors and commentators
Read more about "Key trends from Cannes jurors and commentators"Cannes Lions jurors and commentators share their views on this year's edition of the festival.
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Inclusive marketingScared to speak up about DEI or sustainability in the current environment? Don’t be: fortune favours the bold
Read more about "Scared to speak up about DEI or sustainability in the current environment? Don’t be: fortune favours the bold"I’ve fumbled two big opportunities to get rich quick. The first was when I wrote a feature for the Guardian about Bitcoin when it cost a mere $32 and I DIDN’T BUY ANY. The second was in 2016 when I launched a satirical website called Rent-a-Minority. My “Uber for diversity” let companies hire a minority on-demand when they needed to look inclusive. It was a commentary on superficial corporate DEI efforts. Reader, I got genuine enquiries from big businesses about my service. I could have made tons of money if I’d turned my joke service into a real one.
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Marketing technologyInclusive marketingMarketing technologyInclusion is the future for brand growth
Read more about "Inclusion is the future for brand growth"Keen to avoid the gaze of the manufactured outrage machine, marketers have been timid about investing in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in the past year. Kantar’s research, and that of our partners, however, indicates brand inclusion and fairness inside and outside businesses are the keys to brand growth. There is a strategic imperative to put inclusion back at the core of their brands.
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This month in AI: AI-generated campaigns go viral, GenAI mislabelling, US explores risks of AI use in digital advertising and recent WFA content
Read more about "This month in AI: AI-generated campaigns go viral, GenAI mislabelling, US explores risks of AI use in digital advertising and recent WFA content"In today’s rapidly changing digital and technological landscape, keeping pace with the latest trends can be challenging. WFA’s monthly AI update serves as your one-stop round up of the most important developments to help you stay informed of the forces transforming the marketing industry. Gabrielle Robitaille, Associate Director, Digital Policy at WFA, identifies the most important announcements.
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Digital policyMarketing technologyAIMarketing technology
This month in AI: brands highlight AI gains, Meta and Adobe back track on policy changes, AI ad fraud and TikTok avatars
Read more about "This month in AI: brands highlight AI gains, Meta and Adobe back track on policy changes, AI ad fraud and TikTok avatars"In today’s rapidly changing digital and technological landscape, keeping pace with the latest trends can be challenging. WFA’s monthly AI update serves as your one-stop round up of the most important developments to help you stay informed of the forces transforming the marketing industry. Gabrielle Robitaille, Associate Director, Digital Policy at the WFA identifies six important announcements.
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Brand reputationCreativityMarketing strategyCannes LionsMarketing strategyDoes Asia-Pacific need Lions or Merlions?
Read more about "Does Asia-Pacific need Lions or Merlions?"WFA’s Asia Advisory Board marked the Cannes Lions Festival in Singapore with #NotInCannes, attended by more than 50 senior marketers based in the Asia Pacific region and hosted at the Google Asia Pacific offices. Laura Forcetti, Director Marketing, Asia Pacific at WFA, reveals the debates around creativity and how APAC could get more glory both locally and globally.
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Inclusive marketing“Stay the course on DEI and sustainability.” WFA CEO appeals to the industry ahead of Cannes
Read more about "“Stay the course on DEI and sustainability.” WFA CEO appeals to the industry ahead of Cannes"Something is happening in our industry that is deeply worrying. Many companies are taking a step back from their public positions on DEI and sustainability.
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This is the fourteenth marketing article you’re browsing today. So, you think you’re going to learn something by reading?
Read more about "This is the fourteenth marketing article you’re browsing today. So, you think you’re going to learn something by reading?"Confucius knew it, Linus knew it.; you know it. And yes, consumers know it as well. “Facta, non verba”, “Talk is cheap”, “A tongue doesn't get things done”.
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CreativityGlobal Marketer WeekMarketing technologyAIMarketing technologyFrom AI to Audiences: Key Takeaways from Global Marketer Week 2024
Read more about "From AI to Audiences: Key Takeaways from Global Marketer Week 2024"It was a massive week of insights and inspiration in Toronto. Brenna Brandes, Junior Marketing Services Manager at WFA, picks out the highlights.
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Digital policyMarketing technologyAIMarketing technology
This month in AI: new tools, content labelling, voice cloning and licensing deals
Read more about "This month in AI: new tools, content labelling, voice cloning and licensing deals"In today’s rapidly changing digital and technological landscape, keeping pace with the latest trends can be challenging. WFA’s monthly update serves as your one-stop round up of the most important developments impacting your use of AI, to help you stay informed of the forces transforming the marketing industry today.
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Digital policyAI
This month in AI: brands say no to agencies, paid AI search, new regulations and the rise of AI influencers
Read more about "This month in AI: brands say no to agencies, paid AI search, new regulations and the rise of AI influencers"In today’s rapidly changing digital and technological landscape, keeping pace with the latest trends can be challenging. As AI transforms the marketing industry at an unprecedented rate, staying informed has never been more important. That’s why I am launching WFA’s monthly AI update, serving as your one-stop round up of the most important developments impacting your use of AI.
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Inclusive marketingFacing the Firestorm
Read more about "Facing the Firestorm"How can brands be resilient in polarised times? Sebastian Parker and Ishani Rege from Creative Equals, WFA's strategic partner for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, sum up the key lessons from a recent WFA webinar on campaign backlash.
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Marketing technologyAIMarketing technologyGenAI and the marketing essentials that won’t change
Read more about "GenAI and the marketing essentials that won’t change"As more brands and agencies get excited by generative AI (GenAI), WFA’s Director of Global Sourcing, Laura Forcetti, hosted a panel at Spikes Asia exploring the intersection between GenAI and the foundations of effective marketing. Here are the key lessons:
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Creativity
Trust me when I tell you this about the state of creativity…
Read more about "Trust me when I tell you this about the state of creativity…"We’ll only get better, more effective campaigns when agencies can persuade clients to trust them. Arwa Madhawi explores the business case.
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A CMOs Wake Up Call - not Who but How
Read more about "A CMOs Wake Up Call - not Who but How"An Agency Mania Solutions article exploring why CMOs must shift their mindset and focus from "which agencies shoud I hire?" to "How can I operate to embolden agencies to succeed?"
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CMOCMO: The impossible job?
Read more about "CMO: The impossible job?"Has CMO become an impossible job? Five industry leaders share their view.
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Green claims rules could be good for brands
Read more about "Green claims rules could be good for brands"Not every piece of regulation is bad news for brands. WFA Policy Manager Fraser Bridges explains why the EU’s latest green claims rules could help the industry and why legislators need to be wary of ‘disempowering’ consumers when it comes to the Green Transition.
