Welcome to the trillion-dollar advertising economy.
A new forecast from @WARCEditors projects $1.3 billion in global advertising spend by the end of the year, fueled by strong interest in social, streaming, retail media and search.
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It's noisy as hell out there.β
The Marketer's Toolkit 2027 cuts through it. β
The work is mysterious and important (you'll be kept anonymous) and will take just a few minutes.Β β
AND you'll get a copy of the report when it launches along with our paid subscribers π
Laura Jones is back on The WARC Podcast β and just one year on, she's got another Super Bowl campaign, a WNBA partnership and a Feeding America collaboration to show for it.
Is sustainability effective?β
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Find out with 12 years of WARC Effective 100 data (two new years just added). The pattern hasn't moved: brands that pick one real issue and stay with it outperform the ones chasing the news cycle.
How do you create future demand for the 95% of consumers who aren't in market today? β
In our final Multiplier Playbook episode, Ann Marie Kerwin is joined by @System1Group's Andrew Tindall to explore the crucial role of creative platforms in activating the Multiplier Effect.
Virality is a sugar rush. It spikes fast, decays faster, and rarely leaves anything behind.β
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Most social strategies are built to feed this loop.β
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WARC's research shows the brands compounding growth have stepped outside it.
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The Pace Principle 2.0 breaks down exactly how π
Marketers, who better to give you adviceΒ on how to:β
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β’Β build a safe culture for experimentation and creative risk,β
β’ identify strategic blind spots,β
β’ make decisions in times of extraordinary uncertainty andβ
β’ localise a global brand,β
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than Lucinda Barlow?β @Uber
The Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report is your compass in the ever-changing landscape of UK advertising.β
Inside, youβll find a detailed breakdown of ad spend across all major media, paired with forecasts that look two years ahead.
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David Tiltman's Cannes Lions Wrap-Up Report data (thank you @creativex) is pretty shocking. β
93% of digital ads by Fortune 500 companies run with tiny budgets, and for only eight days longer than pure performance content, on average.β
Listen to The WARC Podcast for more π