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The WARC Podcast

Bold Minds. Bold Moves. Get closer to insights, stories and lessons behind bold marketing with conversations hosted by the world’s leading authority on marketing effectiveness.
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Episodes

3 in 15: WARC Awards winners 2024

WARC's SVP content David Tiltman speaks to WARC's Awards lead John Bizzell about three winning case studies entered into the 2024 WARC Awards. Discussing McDonald’s Big Enough to make a Difference campaign, Doordash's Kid Currency campaign, and Telkom’s Stand Tall campaign. Find out about all the 2024 regional winners and shortlists here . Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

May 23, 202423 min

Attention beyond the screen

WARC Media’s Head of content Alex Brownsell talks to Ailsa MacKenzie, group strategy director at Global, Sarah Harding, insight director at GroupM OOH, and Pierre Bouvard, chief insights officer at Cumulus Media and Westwood One. Does attention matter in all media channels? And, if so, what impact does attention have in environments where visual content is less central to the overall audience experience? Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newslette...

May 21, 202439 min

A new blueprint for brand growth

WARC’s SVP content David Tiltman talks about the Blueprint for Brand Growth with Kantar’s Jane Ostler, EVP, Global Thought Leadership. Discussing the three growth accelerators outlined in the book. Read the Blueprint for Brand Growth on kantar.com/blueprint. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

May 16, 202440 min

Does marketing move share prices?

WARC’s SVP content David Tiltman discussed the contribution of marketing to a company’s stock valuation, with three experts on this topic. Shuba Srinivasan is the Adele and Norman Barron Professor of Marketing at Boston University's Questrom School of Business, Dominique Hanssens is a Distinguished Research Professor of Marketing at the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management, and Ian Whittaker, Managing Director of Liberty Sky Advisors. Read Shuba and Mike’s research and Ian's talk at IPA E...

May 14, 202440 min

3 in 15: How marketing impacts pricing

WARC Strategy's content director Lena Roland talks to Anna Hamill, senior editor for brands about the latest WARC guide to marketing’s impact on pricing. Discussing the role of brand equity in pricing, the importance of a strong price-value equation, and how some brands undermine their pricing power. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

May 09, 202418 min

3 in 15: Social media reaches new peaks

WARC's SVP of Content David Tiltman, and WARC Media's Head of Content Alex Brownsell talk about three important findings from the latest Global Ad Trends report with a focus on social media. Discussing why social is the leading media channel by ad spend globally, ad spend on TikTok, and reflecting on what all this means for advertisers, especially from a media planning perspective. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

May 07, 202423 min

Beyond performance marketing: Strategies to maximise short and long term outcomes

WARC’s EMEA Commissioning Editor, Catherine Driscoll talks to Meta’s Harry Davison, Head of Marketing Science - Northern Europe, Middle East & Africa, Konstanze Fichtner, Marketing Science Partner, and Carl Johan Johansson Alm, Marketing Science Partner. Discussing how they approach best practices for performance marketing and measurement at Meta. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

May 02, 202439 min

3 in 15: Decoding the Indian Gen Z

WARC’s Asia Editor Rica Facundo and India Editor Biprorshee Das talk about three key takeaways from the latest India Spotlight on Gen Z. Discussing how India’s Gen Z view themselves, how they spend money and what luxury means to them. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Apr 30, 202412 min

Marketing Truth #4: Maximize reach to achieve the greatest impact

In this fourth episode of WARC’s Marketing Truths series, Ann Marie Kerwin, Americas Editor, and Ilana Wiles, Ally Financial's director of strategic media planning, discuss how to plan an effective media campaign that accounts for crucial brand-building work and necessary activation. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Apr 25, 202439 min

3 in 15: The Future of Measurement 2024

Alex Brownsell, WARC Media’s head of content, and Paul Stringer, managing editor of Research & Insights talk about the Future of Measurement 2024 Report. Discussing third-party cookies, hurdles in holistic measurement, and closing the sustainability gap. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Apr 23, 202419 min

3 in 15: Performance marketing

WARC's Lena Roland and Catherine Driscoll talk about three key takeaways from the WARC guide to performance marketing. Discussing the role of AI in media planning and buying, effective strategies, and changes in measurement. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Apr 18, 202417 min

3 in 15: Travel and Tourism

Paul Stringer, WARC's managing editor of research and insight, and Stephanie Siew, research exeutive at WARC, talk about three key themes from the latest Industry Snapshot report on the travel and tourism industry. Discussing the impact of climate change and how worsening heatwaves are shifting people’s travel patterns, how business travel is changing, and the rise in overtourism. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Apr 16, 202416 min

The State of Creativity

WARC’s Amy Rodgers talks to Annie Smith, Head of Content - Insight and Advisory at Cannes Lions, and Mastercard’s CMO Raja Rajamannar. Discussing the State of Creativity report, including how marketers - both brand-side and agency-side - are feeling about the state of creativity within their organisations, some challenges they are facing, and looking at what programs they have internally to produce creative work that is also effective. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising ne...

Apr 11, 202440 min

How a brand crisis plays out in Red states vs. Blue states

In this episode, Ann Marie Kerwin, Americas Editor, and Michael Reh, Chief Data Scientist at Bera discuss how brand equity rises and falls during a brand crisis. Based on the article "How a brand crisis plays out in Red States vs. Blue States" written for the US Spotlight, "How brands can navigate this contentious political year." Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Apr 09, 202424 min

The enduring relevance of JWT's 1974 Planning Guide

Published in 1974, JWT's Planning Guide features the theories on which JWT's planning methods were based and sets out a framework for best practice planning techniques and how to understand the process of marketing and brand building. Josh Bullmore, chief strategy officer at Leo Burnett and Rachel Mercer, former CXO at Proto and former head of strategy at R/GA join Lena Roland to discuss the Guide's continuing relevance, half a century later. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and adverti...

Apr 04, 202442 min

3 in 15: Rankings 2024

WARC's SVP of Content David Tiltman, and WARC Creative's Head of Content Amy Rodgers talk about key takeaways from this year's WARC Rankings. Discussing McDonald’s and Burger King’s performance, the use of technology in highly ranked campaigns, and trends in traditional media campaigns. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Apr 02, 202420 min

Marketing Truth #3: Creativity supercharges marketing's impact

In this third episode of WARC’s Marketing Truths series, Ann Marie Kerwin, Americas Editor, and Jim DeLash, Omnichannel Marketing Director at GSK, discuss how emotional campaigns are strongly linked to effectiveness, with effective campaigns scoring higher on positive emotions such as enjoyment and involvement. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Mar 28, 202430 min

3 in 15: Cultural insights from Spikes Asia

WARC’s Asia Editor Rica Facundo discusses three themes from Spikes Asia, featuring conversations from Ada Lazaro, regional marketing director of McDonalds, Yousuke Ozawa, creative director at UltraSuperNew, and Stephanie Winkler, head of CrowdDNA APAC. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Mar 26, 202415 min

Fixing a broken business model

In this second episode of a two-part series, WARC’s SVP of content David Tiltman talks to Lisa De Bonis CEO at Huge, Nick Baker, founder at Stick & Twist, and Caroline Johnson, co-founder at The Business Model Company. Showing how change is possible by looking at two different types of company that have evolved their client relationships. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Mar 21, 202443 min

Why agency business models are hurting effectiveness

In this first episode of a two-part series, WARC’s SVP of content David Tiltman talks to Caroline Johnson, co-founder at The Business Model Company. Discussing whether the financial relationship between clients and agencies is actively undermining the creation of effective work. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Mar 19, 202437 min

What is media?

WARC’s Alex Brownsell talks to Matt Hill, director of research and planning at Thinkbox, Jackie Lyons, head of planning at Havas Media Network, and James McDonald, director of data, intelligence and forecasting at WARC. What do we mean by media? Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Mar 14, 202438 min

Why marketers need to build Associative Attention

WARC’s Lena Roland talks to marketing consultant Samuel Brealey and Max Stricker, client director at Triniti Marketing about their latest article on associative attention. Discussing how marketers can activate attention in a meaningful way to lead to better outcomes such as increased sales. How Brands Grow and Compete workshop. 21st March in London. Common sense about How Brands Grow and Compete is often wrong. This highly rated (9.3/10) workshop busts the myths holding back brands from making t...

Mar 12, 202439 min

Should we burn the marketing funnel?

WARC’s America's editor Ann Marie Kerwin talks to creative marketing strategist and author Michael Fanuele about the tension inherent in balancing brand and performance marketing needs for start-up companies. These companies are under tremendous pressure to show growth as soon as possible, but does leaning on performance tactics mean that they're in danger of sacrificing the opportunity to establish their brand identity? Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our fre...

Mar 07, 202428 min

3 in 15: Contagious Radar report

WARC's Insight Director Aditya Kishore talks to Alex Jenkins, Editorial Director at Contagious about the key findings from the recent Radar report. Discussing attitudes towards AI, remuneration and value, and the important issues that marketers aren't thinking about. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Mar 05, 202420 min

Marketing Truth #2: Strong brands have an effectiveness advantage

In this second episode of WARC’s Marketing Truths series, Ann Marie Kerwin, Americas Editor, and Colin Chow, Global Managing Partner at TwentyFirstCenturyBrand, discuss how having a strong brand boosts effectiveness and yields improved results in all marketing channels, including performance. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Feb 29, 202438 min

3 in 15: Health of creativity

WARC’s David Tiltman talks to Amy Rodgers, Head of Content for WARC Creative about the Health of Creativity report. Discussing what percentage of creative ideas are also awarded for effectiveness, and what are some characteristics of these highly awarded ideas? Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Feb 27, 202428 min

Are Chinese brands on to something on the global stage?

WARC’s China Editor Jenny Chan talks to Chris Baker, founder at Totem Media. Discussing performance versus brand building, evolving TikTok strategies, and how Chinese brand can build trust globally. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter .

Feb 22, 202432 min

3 in 15: Sports media in the era of fragmentation

WARC’s SVP Content David Tiltman talks to WARC Media’s Alex Brownsell and Celeste Huang about the latest Global Ad Trends report on sports media in the era of fragmentation. Discussing the evolving relationship between TV media and sport, the consumption of sports content on social platforms and the upcoming Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Feb 20, 202422 min

How brands can support responsible media investment

WARC’s Cathy Taylor talks to Lou Paskalis, Chief Strategy Officer of Ad Fontes Media, and CEO and Founder of AJL Advisory, and Arielle Garcia, founder of ASG Solutions. Discussing how the media and marketing ecosystem can, and should, move to take more responsibility for how its money flows. Stay up-to-date with the latest marketing and advertising news with our free daily newsletter ....

Feb 15, 202439 min

Did 2024's Super Bowl ads reflect US diversity?

WARC’s Cathy Taylor talks about 2024’s Super Bowl ads and how well they represented the diversity of the US. A discussion with Morgan Gregory, founder and CEO at Alltold, Walter Geer, chief creative officer, Innovation North America at VML, and Nate Swift, chief strategy officer at O'Keefe Reinhard & Paul.

Feb 13, 202441 min
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