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  1.    Spotlight: Shift - A Marketing Re-think
    Marketing structureCMO ForumMarketing organisation

    Spotlight: Shift - A Marketing Re-think

    The pandemic has further intensified consumer adoption and reliance on the internet. While this increases opportunities for global marketers, it also introduces a growing set of challenges, requirements and capabilities. Many of which are not yet fully on the radar.

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  2.    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (January 2021)

    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (January 2021)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum held remotely on Jan 21, 2022.

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  3.    Benchmark: Marketing or Media Mix Models and ROI
    Marketing operations

    Benchmark: Marketing or Media Mix Models and ROI

    WFA member benchmark on Marketing or Media Mix Models and ROI

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  4.    Spotlight: Sustainable storytelling - what are you scared of?
    Brand purposeBrand reputationSustainabilityCMO Forum

    Spotlight: Sustainable storytelling - what are you scared of?

    There are many reasons WFA members have hesitated to communicate around their sustainability efforts: The risk of exposing themselves in other areas of the business. Coming across as lacking authenticity. Inadvertently greenwashing. Or simply because they do not see the potential business benefit.

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  5.    Benchmark: Share of Voice vs Share of Market
    Marketing operations

    Benchmark: Share of Voice vs Share of Market

    WFA member benchmark on Share of Voice vs Share of Market

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  6.    12 predictions for 2022
    Advertising & policy

    12 predictions for 2022

    From creativity to platform regulation, ‘Metamania’ to the golden ‘square’ of marketing, the WFA team share their predictions for the marketing industry in 2022.

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  7.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 12: On marketing in Africa with Folake Ani-Mumuney
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationDigital media transformation

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 12: On marketing in Africa with Folake Ani-Mumuney

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Folake Ani-Mumuney, Global Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications at First Bank of Nigeria, about why brands need to start focusing more on the African continent.

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  8.    WFA CEO: “2021 was a watershed year for marketing”
    Advertising & policy

    WFA CEO: “2021 was a watershed year for marketing”

    2021 has been memorable for a lot of the wrong reasons. But it will also be remembered for some of the right ones. We may well look back on it as a turning point for our industry on a number of critical issues, says WFA CEO, Stephan Loerke.

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  9.    Reversing the decline in advertising effectiveness
    Brand reputationCreativityContent marketing

    Reversing the decline in advertising effectiveness

    To create memorable advertising that builds brands, the industry must capture the ‘broad-beam’ attention of audiences; for that to happen, marketers must shift their focus – they must look out, says Orlando Wood, Chief Innovation Officer at the System1 Group.

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  10.    Capability Forum Overview (October 2021)
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    Capability Forum Overview (October 2021)

    Meeting overview and presentations from WFA’s Capability Forum meeting on 20 October 2021, which took place remotely.

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  11.    Benchmark: Vision/mission/philosophy statements  for the marketing team
    Marketing capabilities

    Benchmark: Vision/mission/philosophy statements for the marketing team

    WFA member benchmark on Vision/mission/philosophy statements for the marketing team

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  12.    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (December 2021)

    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (December 2021)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum held remotely on Dec 2, 2021.

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  13.    A marketer in Glasgow
    Advertising & policySustainability

    A marketer in Glasgow

    WFA CEO Stephan Loerke reflects on his time at COP26 and identifies the five key areas that brands will have to address in combating climate change in the coming years.

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  14.    CMO Forum meeting overview (November 2021)
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    CMO Forum meeting overview (November 2021)

    Overview of the CMO Forum held remotely on November 16, 2021.

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  15.    Spotlight: Gaming Demystified 2021
    Trends & forecastsGamingCMO ForumDigital media transformation

    Spotlight: Gaming Demystified 2021

    Video gaming has risen to become bigger than other forms of entertainment. Its growth has been further super-charged by COVID-19, during which many people turned to gaming while stuck at home.

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  16.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 11: On sustainability with Reckitt's Sonia Thimmiah
    Advertising & policyBrand purposeBrand reputationDigital media transformation

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 11: On sustainability with Reckitt's Sonia Thimmiah

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with Sonia Thimmiah, Head of Sustainable Brands & Customer Partnerships at Reckitt.

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  17.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 10: On digital platforms and the cookieless world with “The Ad Contrarian” Bob Hoffman
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    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 10: On digital platforms and the cookieless world with “The Ad Contrarian” Bob Hoffman

    WFA podcast host, David Wheldon, speaks with “The Ad Contrarian”, Bob Hoffman.

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  18.    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (October 2021)
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    Sourcing Forum meeting overview (October 2021)

    Overview of the Sourcing Forum held remotely on October 21, 2021.

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  19.    The butterfly effect of global marketing transformation
    CreativitySustainabilityRetail media & ecommerceCMO Forum

    The butterfly effect of global marketing transformation

    The WFA’s CMO Forum boasts marketing leaders from diverse categories and geographies, yet their priorities are often strikingly consistent. One of the clearest threads remains the ever-present need for transformation, says Rob Dreblow, WFA Global Head of Marketing Services.

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  20.    What’s worth keeping post pandemic
    Brand purposeBrand reputationGlobal Marketer of the YearDigital media transformation

    What’s worth keeping post pandemic

    The pandemic has changed everything but what new priorities, behaviours or ways of working from the last two years would jury members for the Global Marketer of the Year retain for the future?

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  21.    GAMING DEMYSTIFIED 2021: Unlocking brand opportunities in video gaming
    Trends & forecastsGamingCMO ForumDigital media transformation

    GAMING DEMYSTIFIED 2021: Unlocking brand opportunities in video gaming

    Video gaming has risen to become bigger than other forms of entertainment. Its growth has been further super-charged by COVID-19, during which many people turned to gaming while stuck at home.

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