The WARC Podcast Holiday special: The best new ideas in effectiveness
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Dec 18, 2025 Join David Tiltman, Chief Content Officer at WARC, Alex Brownsell, Head of Content for WARC Media, Aditya Kishore, Insight Director, and Lena Rowland, Content Director for WARC Strategy, as they dive into groundbreaking ideas shaping effectiveness in 2025. Discover the Multiplier Effect’s impact on brand performance, the peril of the Doom Loop from over-reliance on metrics, and the crucial balance between creative consistency and platform demands. They also explore Generative Engine Optimization’s implications for brand visibility in AI-driven marketing.
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Brand And Performance Multiply Each Other
- The Multiplier Effect shows brand and performance marketing are interdependent and can amplify each other.
- Optimizing only short-term performance risks a ‘doom loop’ of diminishing returns and higher acquisition costs.
Use A Playbook To Break The Doom Loop
- Use the forthcoming Multiplier Playbook to diagnose cultural and structural blockers to rebalancing spend.
- Apply practical plays from the playbook to move from intention to action on brand investment.
Quality And Context Trump Reach Alone
- Influenceability adds audience receptivity and touchpoint influence to traditional reach metrics.
- Choosing the optimal touchpoints can more than double campaign success probability versus random choices.