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While you’ve been busy constructing your customer journeys…

A new audience has emerged.

As it muscles into marketing, the danger is that marketers lose sight of the
brand-building basics. 

The time for excuses was never, but whether you’re an avid AI user or not –
there’s potential to do more than cut costs. 

Build stronger brands. Move from AI efficiency to AI effectiveness. 
Read The WARC Guide: Brand building in the age of Gen AI. 

Out now.

DM us ‘Brand’ for the free sample.

Remember when ‘Netflix and chill’ meant no ads in the mix?

Plot twist: there are ads. But people don’t actually mind them...

Netflix’s approach proves that advertising can be both effective *and* welcomed by consumers.

It’s finding a way to crack the code by treating advertising like content itself:

👉 Premium environments
👉 Data that knows the audience better than they know themselves
👉 Formats so innovative, viewers actually engage

The full story, complete with enough data to fuel your next 10 strategy decks, is waiting in Platform Insights: Netflix.

Only on WARC 💙

The rules of effectiveness aren’t new.

But playing by them this well, and getting these kinds of results? That is.

The bold Effective 100 minds making previously unheard-of moves are here.

From long-term branding to smarter measurement, check out the quotes from our third and final Rankings of 2026.

Discover our Rankings tables and learn from the best 👉 WARC.com

Everyone wants to create effective work.

The Effective 100 *actually* did it.

Out now, these are the campaigns, companies and people that made measurable impact over the last year.

Celebrate our Effective – then use The Rankings to make your own bold, effectiveness moves.

Get all of the WARC Rankings on WARC.com 💙

Our version of an acceptance speech (minus the awkward music).

See what the leaders in WARC’s Media 100 are saying.

Discover the full Media 100 and explore our interactive Rankings tables on WARC.com ✨

The final Rankings instalment is coming soon – Effective 100, 18 March.
For your next dose of bold minds making bold moves 💙

The definitive list of media mastery has arrived. 

Welcome to the Media 100, part of The WARC Rankings. It’s time to discover all the number 1s using media innovation like champions 🏆 

Ready for more? We thought so. You can explore all the winners, themes and Rankings tables here 👉 WARC.com

Bold minds. Bold moves.

Looking for inspiration from the visionary leaders of the Creative 100? 

You’re in the right place ✨

For more, tune in to our podcast episode tomorrow featuring the #1 Creative 100 campaign winners, AXA and Publicis Conseil.

And we’re not done there. Mark your calendars for:
📆 The Media 100 launching 13 March
📆 The Effective 100 launching 18 March

Discover the full Creative 100 and explore our interactive Rankings tables here 👉 www.warc.com/rankings

A huge congratulations to these bold minds making bold moves 💙

The crème de la crème of creativity is here. 

Welcome to the WARC Rankings. The definitive benchmark for marketing excellence, made up of the top 100 figures in creativity, media and effectiveness.

Today, we’re kicking off with the Creative 100. Celebrating the #1 awards and campaigns that set the bar this year – inspiring marketers everywhere to dream bigger and create bolder. 

Find the full Creative 100, as well as our interactive Rankings tables, 
here 👉 www.warc.com/rankings

On The WARC Podcast this week:

Derek Sulger, Chairman of luxury retailer , joins WARC’s Jenny Chan to discuss how luxury has shifted from product ownership to lived experiences.

Learn what it takes to build fashion, dining and hospitality ecosystems that sustain a luxury brand.

And, released today:

CMOs have a profound “two-audience problem”, says Oliver Feldwick, chief innovation officer at T&P.

They must now appeal to messy, emotional humans *and* cold, logical algorithms. 

Oliver joins WARC’s Lena Roland to discuss the new challenges brand builders face in the age of AI.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts so you can keep making bold moves in marketing 💙

3 opportunities in sports tourism 🚙🏉

Sporting events are about so much more than just the game.

People are turning matches into full-on holidays. Trips can last two to six days, with fans often spending over $1500 per trip 😨

From hotels to dining and local experiences, travellers are investing in the full experience (hello, escape economy).

It’s one of five travel and tourism trends we’ve identified for 2026 using our proprietary GEISTE methodology. 

Read WARC’s latest industry snapshot to learn more. Head to WARC.com/feed 🍕