Advertising Agencies
Traditional advertising agencies find their business models under threat. But advertising agencies still deliver services crucial to brands. Read our insights on M&As, trends, and case studies to understand the direction of agencies.
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X-tortion: How Advertisers Are Losing Control Of Media Choice
The platform's recent actions to appeal for increased advertising investment threaten media choice and the solvency of the advertising industry.
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Is CTV B2B Advertising’s Next Frontier?
Spending on connected television (CTV) advertising is forecast to increase 13.8% in 2025. But is CTV a good fit for B2B advertising? Learn the advantages and disadvantages to CTV advertising in this post.
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Amazon Makes Retail Media Networks’ Eyes Bigger Than Their Stomachs
To unlock retail media’s upside, retailers must become more like publishers. Learn some of the challenges and benefits of retail media networks in this preview of a new report.
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Is A $7 Million Super Bowl Ad Worth It? Probably Not
A 30-second spot at this year’s Super Bowl will set you back a cool 7 million bucks. And even if you wanted one of those spots, you can’t have it — they’ve been gone for a while. That must mean these ads are like the proverbial goose laying golden eggs, right? Wrong! Find out more in this analysis of Super Bowl ad spending trends.
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Full-Funnel Advertising Makes Poppi Famous
America’s soda market is very difficult to disrupt. The market is massive — nine of 10 US households buy soda — and dominated by a few iconic incumbents.
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Modernize Marketing With CRM Marketing Services
From marketing service provider to CRM marketing services ... what’s in a name? An evolution and some confusion.
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What Omnicom’s Acquisition Of IPG Means For Marketers
Omnicom announced its plans to acquire IPG, creating the largest, global marketing services company. Find out what the deal could mean for your business or brand.
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Media Scale And Media Skill Collide In The Full-Funnel Agencies Of The Future
Marketers are ready to move beyond choosing between full-service media generalists and channel specialists. Insights from the newly published Forrester Wave™ evaluation on media management services shed light on what to look for when evaluating your current agency or looking for a provider.
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Predictions 2025: Agencies Jettison Legacy Structures To Form New Agency Types
The coming year will see the rise of something new as existing agency capabilities are recombined and new ones are created. Read a few of our top predictions.
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Our Latest Forrester Wave™ On Creative Adtech Calls For Consolidation
Advertisers today need tools spanning the entire creative lifecycle and creative teams need a source of truth that de-risks creative production as well as media planning and buying. Get a preview of our latest Wave which helps advertisers select tools that accelerate the creative process while synergizing creative with media.
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The Funnel Is Old, Unrealistic, And Still Helpful
In 1898, Elias St. Elmo Lewis developed the advertising funnel. He was the Association of National Advertisers’ first president and, along with the funnel, developed the AIDA model, an acronym that models a consumer’s journey from awareness to interest, desire, and then action. More than 125 years after its conception, brand marketers are still planning […]
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The Paid Media Paradox
Digital marketers like digital marketing much more than consumers do. A new report explores in greater depth how consumers’ behaviors contradict marketers’ investments.
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Generative AI Marketing Use Cases In APAC
I’m pleased to announce the publication of the second of my two APAC generative AI (genAI) B2C marketing reports, Generative AI Marketing Use Cases In APAC (client-only access). Following the first data overview report on the state of genAI marketing in the region, this report delves into diverse genAI marketing use cases that achieved positive […]
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Big Tech Will Not Solve Data Deprecation
In a recent report, we stumbled upon an ugly truth about data deprecation. Get the details and find out what steps marketers be taking now to minimize the impact.
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Rage Against The Machine: Confront The Agency AI Fear Factor With Workforce Literacy
The failure to rise to the AI moment puts the future of the agency industry and a decade of agencies’ business change at risk. Learn what it takes to help employees gain the skills and confidence to master AI so that fear of AI doesn’t master them.
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Learning From Limes And Forrester’s Creative AdTech Landscape
Last year, the world’s most-awarded creative was Skittles’ “Apologize the Rainbow” produced in collaboration with DDB Chicago. It profusely apologized for Skittles changing its green candy’s flavor from lime to apple and, to citrus lovers’ delight, announced lime’s return in a pantomime press conference live streamed on Twitch and X. The campaign relied on social […]
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The State Of Generative AI For Marketing In Asia Pacific
I’m pleased to announce the publication of the first of my two generative AI (genAI) marketing in APAC reports, The State Of Generative AI For Marketing In Asia Pacific (client-only access). The data overview report covers a wide range of topics on APAC marketers’ use of genAI, including adoption, investment, use cases, benefits, challenges, and […]
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Accelerating Advertising With AI Comes At A Cost
It’s mathematically obvious to apply AI to advertising, but its efficiencies can come at the expense of advertisers’ control and transparency. Learn more about how AI benefits the advertising process and why advertisers must curate AI.
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A Guide For Understanding The Marketing Analytics Landscape
Harnessing the power of marketing analytics isn’t just about crunching numbers — it’s about unlocking insights. Get a roadmap for navigating the marketing analytics landscape in this preview of our new report.
Podcast
Will Digital Agencies Disappear?
As all marketing becomes digital marketing, the need for specialized digital agencies will shrink. What’s in store for the agency landscape, agency jobs, and the marketers who work with agencies? VP and Principal Analyst Jay Pattisall weighs in on this week’s podcast episode.
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