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

Marsha Appel, SVP, 4A’s Research looks at the history of house agencies to gain perspective on the current era of in-housing.

RSW/US surveyed agency leaders to learn about their new business efforts, including team structure, tools used, top challenges, and more.

Dun & Bradstreet surveyed B2B marketers and their agencies around the world to better understand how B2B brands approach data-driven marketing.

Statistics on agency employment patterns, number of ad agencies in the U.S., top cities by number of agencies and employees, and more.

Learn how you can benefit from artificial intelligence (AI), explore what AI is, how it works, and why it’s become essential to your job role in this report from Intouch Solutions and the Digital Health Coalition. 

MediaSense surveyed senior marketers and interviewed industry leaders around the globe to learn how they are preparing for the future media ecosystem.

The 4A’s has released the Agency Technology Infrastructure and Investment white paper, exclusive to 4A’s member agencies, to guide agencies on industry trends in technology and offer guidance toward informed infrastructure planning and design.

Read this report from Advertiser Perceptions to learn what advertising decision makers think about data, measurement, and research tools.

Statista created this Giant Chart exclusively for the 4A’s to illustrate changes in the ad agency industry, including agency revenue, growth in employment, and share of ad expenditure by medium.

Check out the winners and shortlists of the Cannes Pharma Lions awards.

Adam R. Jacobson and HispanicAd provide a concise snapshot of the state of Hispanic advertising agencies, focusing on what’s exciting, challenging, and motivating Hispanic ad agency leaders today.

These media buyers offer ad placement services in foreign markets.

The 4A’s has published guidance for agencies preparing for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which takes effect January 1, 2020, and may require extensive reviews of internal policies, practices, and compliance rules.

Content Marketing Institute (CMI) and MarketingProfs release their first report examining how ad agencies use content marketing to promote their services. 

Learn about foreign ad agency associations and see a list of their members.

The Culture Marketing Council provides demographic profiles and media habits of Hispanic consumers, as well as a list of top advertising, marketing, and media companies specializing in the Hispanic market.

Med Ad News profiles advertising agencies with a significant or growing portion of their business in the U.S. healthcare field.

Med Ad News announces the winners of the 2019 Manny Awards, celebrating the best in the healthcare communications industry.

The Wow Company has released the 2019 agency benchmark report resulting from its annual survey of independent agency owners in the UK. Topics include growth rates, confidence levels, amount of time owners spend working, cash flow/invoicing/collecting payments, new business, and networking tips.

Prospect and PublicAffairsAsia share the findings from their annual survey of practitioners in the communications and corporate affairs industry in Asia Pacific.

SoDA and Deltek partnered to highlight industry trends and best practices for agency operations, including challenges, modifications, successes, and tools agency’s use. 

Marsha Appel, SVP, 4A’s Research uses her expertise in government data to examine the most current employment data for advertising, marketing, and public relations firms to rank the top cities for agency employment. Reasons behind changes in rankings, impact of the recession, and a look towards the future of agency employment are included in this article

This guide from Alight Analytics will help you identify the right marketing analytics software for your agency.