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How Heinz combines logic and magic to grow its brands

Article • Brooke Hemphill, Event Reports, Mumbrella360, June 2019

Shalabh Atray, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Kraft Heinz Australia believes marketers need to balance logic and magic to drive business results.

ANA: Managing in-house agency creative content and legal concerns

Research Paper • Research on WARC, July 2019

Reveals findings from research completed by the ANA, partnered with the Boston Consulting Group and Reed Smith, which looks at creative content concerns and legal concerns for in-house agencies.

CMO of the future: Confronting the talent crunch

Article • Anna Hamill, Event Reports, Cannes Lions, June 2019

According the CMO Growth Council, marketing as a career choice needs a makeover in order to attract the right talent for the future.

Temporary marketing organizations

Article • Research on WARC, July 2019

Summarises findings from a paper published in the Journal of Marketing on the challenges in working with temporary marketing organizations.

How to demonstrate the value of investing in customer insight

Article • Joaquim Bretcha, WARC Webinars, June 2019

Discusses key differentiators, as well as key commonalities, in facilitating an optimal insights function.

Mind the gap – why brand-building too often slips through the cracks

Article • Jo Bowman, Event Reports, Cannes Lions, June 2019

Research from the Financial Times shows that while business leaders understand the value of brands in delivering long-term returns, they are failing to make the necessary brand-building investment.

The Crisis in Creative Effectiveness

Article • WARC Exclusive, WARC at Cannes Lions 2019

In a talk held by WARC at Cannes Lions 2019, CMOs from Heineken, McDonalds and Coca-Cola demonstrate how creativity has driven market share, elevated share price and accelerated business growth.

The CMO of the future

Opinion • Sam Peña-Taylor, June 2019

Though the CMO is a powerful position in the business, it requires constant adaptation to survive. At Cannes Lions, WARC’s Sam Peña-Taylor heard executives from Tencent and LVMH explain their view of the future for the profession.

MMA: How three “growth stacks” now define successful marketing organizations

Article • Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, MMA Impact: Build the future, March 2019

Research funded by the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has highlighted three core pillars of marketing, or “stacks”, for brands to consider.

MMA: How loops link data and value to drive brand growth

Article • Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, MMA Impact: Build the future, March 2019

Research funded by the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) offers an invaluable insight into the data-driven marketing organization of the future.

Freddie Covington: 'Everything we thought we knew about the customer, we need to relearn'

Opinion • Lucy Aitken, June 2019

Freddie Covington, Senior Vice President, Head of Marketing and Cross Border, Asia Pacific, Visa, is chairing this year’s WARC Prize for Asian Strategy.

How marketing can lead in business

News • 13 June 2019

Marketing is sometimes referred to as the voice of the customer, but if it is to truly lead within a business then this has to be balanced with team capabilities and corporate culture – find the sweet spot and marketing can once again become ...

What value do you create? Marketing’s three types of value

Article • David J Carr, WARC Exclusive, June 2019

Discusses marketing’s three types of value: business, consumer and cultural, and how the Marketing Value Wheel can be used for success.

A new framework to help marketing lead in business

Article • Johnny Corbett, WARC Exclusive, June 2019

Presents a new framework that provides a guide for marketers to understand the challenges they need to confront to make marketing a leading force within their business.

How to avoid ROI erosion when in-housing

Opinion • Fabrice Otaño, June 2019

Bringing traditionally outsourced marketing capabilities in-house is phenomenally difficult to do well – the leaders in this space will often have an advantage of expertise.

Why marketing should be about innovation

Article • Anil Thakraney, Event Reports, Consumer Insights & Analytics Summit, May 2019

Brands that focus on innovation to solve consumer problems, rather than the usual media investment, have the potential to be more effective.

How comparethemarket managed Aussie health changes

News • 28 May 2019

Reforms to the Australian health insurance market not only forced a major overhaul of the business operations of comparethemarket.com but also prompted a rethink of the marketing function, according to the CMO of the comparison website.

Content marketing in India: How to manage stakeholders

Article • Anil Thakraney, Event Reports, Content Marketing Summit Asia, May 2019

To ensure content marketing initiatives get off the ground in India, marketers should work to ensure all internal stakeholders are educated and informed.

Why moving media planning in-house made sense for GSK

Article • Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, 4A's Decisions 20/20, March 2019

GSK Consumer Healthcare, the pharma company, has shifted its media model to reflect changing marketplace realities.

ITV evolves its marketing function

News • 02 May 2019

ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster, is working on a new metric – spontaneous brand consideration – and on building out its direct-to-consumer business.

Mars media chief: Realignment breeds internal trust, external growth

Article • Geoffrey Precourt, Event Reports, 4A's Decisions 20/20, March 2019

Mars, the confectionery and food group, has sought to maximize the impact of its media activity in various ways.

Way beyond marketing: The rise of the hyper-relevant CMO

Article • Ana Maria Santos and Nevine El-Warraky, WARC Webinars, April 2019

Ana Maria Santos, managing director, brand learning, part of Accenture, and Nevine El-Warraky, co-CEO, brand learning, part of Accenture, discuss what it takes to drive future growth.

Three rules for better marketing from Unilever’s Keith Weed

Article • Anna Hamill, Event Reports, WFA Global Marketer Week, March 2019

Unilever’s outgoing CMO, Keith Weed, shares three lessons for better marketing: putting people first, using the brand to solve real-life challenges and prioritising brand trust.

Coke applies marketing science to content

News • 28 March 2019

Coca-Cola is applying marketing science to its work in Australia – so improving internal processes and ensuring it measures the right things, according to a senior executive.

How marketing science changed the game for Coca-Cola

Article • Brooke Hemphill, Event Reports, The Future of Brands Sydney, February 2019

Coca-Cola, the soft drinks brand, is getting better value from advertising in Australia by improving internal processes, focussing on marketing science, and measuring the right things.

Marketing management & leadership