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WARC Best Practice, April 2019
Aggregates the current thinking and writing on Big Data in a marketing context, including the insights that can be drawn from data sets that are so large, or complex, that traditional data processing applications are inadequate.
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Marie Stafford, WARC Best Practice, April 2017
This article explores the ever more important topic of data governance; a simple reading of the demands on data managers would reveal many pitfalls, but the author disagrees: a responsible approach to data can be a source of much-needed consumer trust.
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19 September 2019
General Motors, the automotive brand, is drawing on a uniquely rich dataset and placing a focus on the customer as it continues to tap into the opportunities provided by digital technology.
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ANA Data and Measurement Conference, September 2019
General Motors, the auto brand, is using data and analytics to help drive its digital transformation in various ways.
Opinion
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Redickaa Subrammanian, September 2019
As data privacy concerns mount among regulators, advertisers need to prepare while continuing to meet consumer demands.
Opinion
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Lucy Aitken, August 2019
WARC’s Lucy Aitken interviewed Scott Marsden, head of global media at Spotify and chair of the Best Use of Data category at the 2019 WARC Media Awards.
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Tara Beard-Knowland, Steven Ginnis, Research on WARC, Ipsos MORI, August, 2019
With people laying out their everyday light-hearted views – and deepest darkest secrets – for all to see,the amount of data readily available to anyone inclined to look is staggering, which raises important questions around the principles and legitimacy of analysing individuals’ data.
Opinion
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Bob Cook, July 2019
There is plenty of health data in the world, but the problem is in structuring and working through it to find new breakthroughs.
Research Paper
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Research on WARC, July 2019
Commissioned by dataxu, this whitepaper presents the current perceptions of media agencies, brands, and consumers around the existing and future state of the TV landscape in Singapore.
Research Paper
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Research on WARC, July 2019
Commissioned by dataxu, this whitepaper presents the current perceptions of media agencies, brands, and consumers around the existing and future state of the TV landscape in Australia.
News
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05 July 2019
Major online platforms that currently dominate the UK digital advertising market will come under intense scrutiny after the country’s competition watchdog launched an official investigation into their practices, including how they use ...
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Sam Peña-Taylor, Event Reports, I-COM Data Creativity Awards, May 2019
In France, Heineken created a Facebook Messenger chatbot to bring in consumer data by rewarding with redeemable points those people that shared their bar tab or drinks photos.
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Brian Carruthers, Event Reports, MMA Impact, May 2019
Starling is one of the UK’s new disruptor banking brands, which in two years has gone from a standing start to having 600,000 customers.
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WARC Best Practice, May 2019
Current reading and thinking on the topic of segmentation; a crucial element of marketing, segmentation identifies relevant consumer subgroups, focusing and directing communication strategy.
Opinion
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Dr. Ann Cavoukian, May 2019
Dr. Ann Cavoukian is a three-term Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada and creator of Privacy by Design (PbD), a framework that seeks to proactively embed privacy into the design specifications of information technologies, networked infrastructure and business practices, thereby achieving the strongest protection possible.
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Emma Firth, Admap, May 2019
The 2018 Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal demonstrated how the current data model is broken and how little control individuals have over data shared with third parties.
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Admap, May 2019
A summary of new thinking and best practice on data ethics from Admap.
News
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02 May 2019
The use of consumer data for personalisation is a growing trend in India, two recent reports have revealed, but users and advertisers are about a year away from fully understanding the issues, according to one industry executive.
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23 April 2019
Marketers need to rethink how they use data and consumer identities, shifting the focus away from targeting efforts to insights, two industry figures suggest.
Opinion
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Rick Madigan, April 2019
Could a digital dividend be the answer to seizing back power from Amazon, Facebook and Google? Rick Madigan, digital marketing strategist, MMT Digital, explains The idea that Facebook, Google and Amazon could pay a digital dividend and share some of their profits with consumers whose data they monetise is gaining momentum.
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Marco Vriens, Song Chen and Chad Vidden, International Journal of Market Research, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2019, pp. 130-139
Online consumer behavior has become a valuable and viable source of consumer insights. Consumer comments in online forums, or discussion groups, have proven useful as a source to extract brand similarity data from.
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Stephen Whiteside, Event Reports, SXSW Interactive, March 2019
Spotify, the audio streaming platform, believes that podcasts will have a central role in driving its future growth.
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29 March 2019
Facebook, the social media giant, has been charged for enabling housing advertisers to use targeting tools in order to effectively discriminate against users based on criteria such as their race, nationality and religion.
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22 March 2019
Around two-thirds of consumers in the UK (63%) initially find it acceptable for websites to display ads in return for free access, but the proportion markedly declines once it is explained how their personal data may be used to serve target ads.
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Research on WARC, March 2019
Looks into consumer data platforms (CDPs) in North America and how brands can use them to engage with today’s demanding customers.
