Agency & Advertising Basics

The go-to resource for agency, advertising, and marketing basics to help you on-board new employees and clients.

Dictionaries & Glossaries

Adweek's Glossary of Marketing Terms

Advertising, marketing, and agency terms and concepts

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Universal Marketing Dictionary

The definitive source for marketing terms and definitions | A free educational resource from the Marketing Accountability Standards Board (MASB)

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Creative Research Terms Glossary

Produced by the ARF Creative Council Glossary Working Group

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Guides & Best Practices

BenchPress Agency Survey

The Wow Company’s annual survey of independent agency owners in the UK focuses on agency outlook for 2024, biggest challenges, and financial performance benchmarks.

MAGNA Advertising Forecasts

MAGNA’s quarterly forecasts predicts global and U.S. ad spend for the year ahead.

2024 Creative Report Card

Strategy tracks the awards won by agencies, advertisers, and creatives in Canada.

Business Creative Report: Ranking of the World’s Most Awarded Ads

Adforum ranks the most awarded ad campaigns in nine industries.

International Creative Services & Consultants |

List of creative consultants offering services in the implementation of international advertising.

Email Marketing Trends for 2024

Oracle outlines email marketing trends for 2024 in this article series.

Ad Measuring Services |

4A’s Research Services offers members the following informational directory listing of Ad Measuring Services.

Storytelling |

Kantar studies storytelling advertising and its effect on generating emotions, branding, sales, and more.

Best and Most Valuable Brand Rankings

Check out these best and most valuable brand rankings from various sources.

Independent International Agency Networks |

List of global networks of independent agencies to help your agency gain international capabilities.

New Year Outlook | 2024 Survey Report |

RSW/US highlights marketing trends, challenges, and predictions based on a survey of both marketers and agencies.

Improve Brand Decisions: Replace Working/Non-Working Ratios with Deploy & Develop Allocations

Agency Mania Solutions delves into the evolving discussion around the working/non-working spend ratio.

Dentsu Global Ad Spend Forecasts

Dentsu estimates that global ad expenditures will grow in 2024.

This Year, Next Year | Global End-of-Year Forecast

GroupM releases its latest global ad spend forecasts.

4A’s APB Media Responsibility Principles

In order to promote a more diverse and equitable media ecosystem, the 4A’s Media, Tech and Data practice, in collaboration with the 4A’s Advertiser Protection Bureau, has updated its  Media Responsibility Principles to reflect marketplace changes over the past few years.   The Principles are designed to, among other things, encourage the dissemination of factual, accurate […]