ANA Topics
SAS: Customer-Centricity Drives Successful Omni-Channel Retailing
This paper provides insights presented in a webinar from SAS and Retail Systems Research (RSR) on how customer-centricity and cross-channel concepts in context will successfully drive omni-channel retailing.
SAS: Mining Big Data to Find New Markets
This paper highlights key learnings provided in a webinar from SAS, McKinsey & Company, and the Harvard Business Review about how big data can produce insights that drive business growth.
Social Media
This compilation of ANA resources explores new trends in social media, including tips for using Pinterest, how to harness fan data, and the secrets to creating engaging social content. Case studies from ANA members Hilton, HP, and REI are also shared.
Research Report: 2013 ANA Q1 Member Benchmarking Survey
This report is based on questions posed by ANA members. Topics covered in this survey include: marketing financial management and procurement (budgeting and pricing and adjustments), agency relations (governance), and media (in-house media buying/planning and radio).
4A’s: 2011 Television Production Cost Survey (TVPCS) Executive Summary
This executive summary from the 4A’s 2011 Television Production Cost Survey (TVPCS) provides average cost findings for national 30-second TV spots.
Big Data’s Biggest Role: Aligning the CMO & CIO
In this piece SAS discusses how big data can promote the alignment and partnership of the CMO and the CIO by delivering deep insights, customer and market intelligence, and understanding of operational efficiencies.
Cotton Incorporated: Leveraging Bloggers and Crowdsourcing to Build Brand Experience
Marissa Barlin, co-director, consumer marketing, strategic alliances at Cotton Incorporated, and Mandi Zansky, associate creative director at Jack Morton Worldwide, discussed Cotton’s 24 Hour Runway Show and the use of bloggers to curate content and build brand momentum.
Cotton Incorporated: Leveraging Bloggers and Crowdsourcing to Build Brand Experience
Marissa Barlin, co-director, consumer marketing, strategic alliances at Cotton Incorporated, and Mandi Zansky, associate creative director at Jack Morton Worldwide, discussed Cotton’s 24 Hour Runway Show and the use of bloggers to curate content and build brand momentum.
GfK MRI: Tablet Owners’ Gaming Habits
As part of their digital update video series, GfK MRI shares the latest insights from their iPanel research on the growing popularity of gaming on tablets.
GfK MRI: Video Viewing on Tablets
As part of their digital update video series, GfK MRI shares the latest insights from their iPanel research about video viewing on tablets.
Luxury and Affluent Markets: What’s Really on Consumers’ Minds in 2013?
This ANA Insight Brief features findings from The Shullman Luxury and Affluence Monthly Pulse survey. The results provide marketers with insights into affluent consumers’ perceptions of their personal financial situations, media and purchasing habits, and their outlook of the U.S. economy in 2013.
PowerPresentation: 2013 Trends in Agency Compensation Survey, 16th Edition
This collection of data charts represents findings from the 2013 Trends in Agency Compensation Survey, 16th Edition. The objective of this survey was to gain critical insights into agency compensation trends and practices and to be a resource for marketers as to the most current compensation trend information.
Media Procurement Panel
This panel explored key topics in the areas of media buying and media procurement such as organizational structure for internal media management and procurement, procurement's role in media agency sourcing and ongoing agency relationship management, media agency compensation models, and improving the effectiveness of media investments and proving out ROI on media dollars invested.
The New Economics of Advertising: It's all about the Journey
In this webinar, McKinsey & Company shared their latest research on how consumer behavior is reshaping the purchase process and also provided examples of companies who are winning the consumer decision journey by taking this new perspective.
What's New in Agency Compensation
The results of ANA's 16th Trends in Agency Compensation survey are revealed.
Wildfire Case Study: CanvasPop
In this case study Wildfire discusses how CanvasPop built brand engagement and monetized their social audience through their exclusive Summer Group Sale and discount vouchers.
Wildfire Case Study: Nicole Miller
In this case study Wildfire discusses how Nicole Miller leveraged unique social ad optimization technology to grow their fan base of social luxury customers.
Wildfire Case Study: The New York Giants
In this case study Wildfire highlights how The New York Giants activated their existing social audience base leading up to the 2012 Super Bowl through a customized social marketing campaign.
Elevating the Role of Marketing Procurement
This session showcased the recent work of the ANA Procurement Task Force, whose mission is to define and elevate the role of marketing procurement.
How the Largest Collective Bargaining Agreement in the Entertainment Industry Affects Marketers
Doug Wood, senior partner at Reed Smith LLP, and Stacy Marcus, associate at Reed Smith LLP, discussed changes to the 2013 Commercials Contract, which they helped negotiate with the SAG-AFTRA union on behalf of the ANA-4A’s Joint Policy Committee for Broadcast Talent Relations.







