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WARC Best Practice, February 2019
Explores current thought and reading on the connection between creativity and effectiveness, a relationship for which there is compelling evidence, especially in terms of creating brand fame: a driver of long-term performance.
Research Paper
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Harlan E. Spotts, Marc G. Weinberger, and Michelle F. Weinberger, Journal of Advertising Research, Digital First, May 2019
This study focuses on the effects of different marketing-communications tools on company performance, namely how advertising-execution quality, media spending, and sales promotions differentially influence changes in sales revenue.
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15 May 2019
Creative messages still typically require “budget, exposure, and the scale” to make the desired impact among consumers, as true viral successes remain extremely unusual.
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01 May 2019
Campaigns for Harley-Davidson in Canada, Google Assistant in Indonesia and Nescafé Dolce Gusto in MENA are among the 21 that have been shortlisted for the WARC Awards’ Effective Content Strategy category.
News
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01 May 2019
WARC’s analysis of the world’s top campaigns for effectiveness highlights three key themes: the need for innovation in media strategies to drive attention, the importance of brands to be instantly recognisable and blending brand and ...
Rankings
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Rankings Articles, May 2019
Analyses the world's top effectiveness campaigns, as ranked by the Effective 100, to uncover shared creative, media and measurement strategies.
Article
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Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, ARF AUDIENCEXSCIENCE, April 2019
Les Binet, an expert in marketing effectiveness, has conducted research that addresses many of the common challenges and misunderstandings that face brands.
News
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24 April 2019
Campaigns for Absolut Vodka from Slovakia, Nippon Paint from Malaysia and the Louvre Abu Dhabi are among the 20 that have been shortlisted for the WARC Awards’ Effective Use of Brand Purpose category.
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23 April 2019
BBDO New York and MediaCom Mexico City top the agency rankings in two new WARC Best of the Best reports which showcase the best campaigns and companies in North America and Latin America across creativity, effectiveness and media excellence.
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23 April 2019
adam&eveDDB London and LOLA MullenLowe Madrid top the agency rankings in two new WARC Best of the Best reports which showcase the best campaigns and companies in the UK and Europe across creativity, effectiveness and media excellence.
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23 April 2019
Mindshare Shanghai and Colenso BBDO Auckland top the agency rankings in two new WARC Best of the Best reports which showcase the best campaigns and companies in Asia and Australia/New Zealand across creativity, effectiveness and media excellence.
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17 April 2019
Campaigns for Heineken in Nigeria, KFC in Malaysia and JetBlue in North America are among the 20 that have been shortlisted for the WARC Awards’ Effective Social Strategy category.
News
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15 April 2019
WARC’s analysis of the world’s top campaigns for media excellence highlights three key themes: making use of location data, agency collaboration, and using unexpected media placements.
Rankings
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Rankings Articles, April 2019
Discusses lessons from the top Media 100 campaigns, including an interview with Stephen Allan, Chief Executive Officer, MediaCom and the top 2019 campaigns.
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10 April 2019
Campaigns for Snickers in China, Google in North America and GlaxoSmithKline in Russia are among the 21 that have been shortlisted for the WARC Awards’ Effective Innovation category.
Article
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Anna Hamill, Event Reports, Effective marketing in Financial Services, February 2019
Financial services marketing has declined in effectiveness since the mid-00s recession, and marketers must reinvest in long-term brand building to turn it around.
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18 March 2019
BBDO New York, Burger King and Procter & Gamble have topped WARC’s first-ever ‘Best of the Best’ global index of excellence which aggregates results from across all three recently released WARC Rankings – Creative 100, ...
Article
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Engagement Labs, Research on WARC, March 2019
The decline of ad-supported television is driving down audience engagement with brands – but there are solutions available for smart marketers.
Rankings
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Rankings Articles, 2019
Weights and combines the results of the WARC Rankings to produce a 'Best of the Best' ranking for agencies and brands, to showcase the best all-round performances in award shows in 2018.
Article
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WARC Exclusive, March 2019
Analysing trends in media strategy, including the use of data, tech, channel integration and partnerships, with lessons drawn from the winners of the WARC Media Awards.
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11 March 2019
Gillette, Procter & Gamble and MediaCom have topped the rankings in the WARC Media 100, an independent annual ranking of the world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for creativity and innovation in media, which is announced today.
Rankings
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Rankings Articles, 2019
The Media 100 is an annual ranking of the world’s most awarded advertising and marketing campaigns in media competitions around the world, and the companies that created them.
News
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04 March 2019
A campaign in India for Carvaan, a radio pre-loaded with nostalgic music, tops the WARC Effective 100, a ranking of effective marketing campaigns around the world announced today; Unilever is the top-ranked advertiser and Coca-Cola the ...
Rankings
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Rankings Articles, 2019
The Effective 100 is an annual ranking of the world’s best marketing campaigns and companies, based on their performance in effectiveness competitions.
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25 February 2019
Brand content is falling “massively short” of consumer expectations, according to Havas Group, failing to engage and achieve cut through in a crowded media environment.
