Brand, Creativity, and Media
The craft of marketing and its connection to innovative experiences and media represents the centerpiece for potential growth.
By improving their effectiveness through innovation, staying true to a brand's purpose, and shifting to a "Brands for Humans" mindset, marketers will build the foundation for long-term business growth and brand value.
The ANA’s Approach
Whether the key to your brand's success is purpose-driven marketing, delving into the latest creative trends, or addressing media transparency, we offer a robust selection of workshops, committees, events, and marketing intelligence you need to drive growth today and in the future.
CMO Growth Council
The CMO Growth Council was established in 2018 to assemble the most vibrant, diverse, and dynamic force of chief marketers from some of the world’s most successful brands. Its ultimate aim is to support the international community with a first-of-its-kind roadmap for driving business growth through marketing.
Agenda Items
This growth priority directly influences key industry concerns the ANA is addressing to drive business, brand, and industry growth.
Latest Content
Articles, insights, research, and more to advance your marketing and advertising.
Industry Insights
Company Heritage as the Seedbed of Brand Purpose
Even for organizations that are principled and well-intentioned, landing on the right brand purpose to adopt is a significant challenge, carrying with it the potentially disastrous risk of coming off as a hapless poseur, or worse, a cynical opportunist trying to lucratively curry favor with earnest consumers.
Champions of Growth Podcast
The Performance Marketing Versus Branding Debate Heats Up
Lou Aversano, CMO of The Cigna Group, joins host Matthew Schwartz, to discuss the performance marketing versus branded advertising debate heating up throughout B2B precincts, why there’s a growing onus on B2B firms to thread more emotional elements throughout their messaging architecture, and more.
Industry Insights
Creators Move Down Funnel to Performance Marketing
Creator marketing has officially moved down funnel and become a true performance marketing channel. Whether they’re paid affiliate commissions, flat fees per post/video, consulting fees, or a combination of the three, today’s creators are motivated to increase their marketing partners’ sales.
Featured Events
National, regional, and online events to help you learn and grow throughout the year.
Training
Equipping marketers with the skills they need to advance their careers, their brands, and the industry.
- ‘STORYMAKING for Good’ (101): The Co-Creation Concept (Half Day)
- ‘STORYMAKING for Good’ (101): The Co-Creation Concept (Virtual Open Enrollment)
- ‘STORYMAKING for Good’ (101): The Co-Creation Concept (Virtual)
1-Day Conferences
Committees
Bringing marketers together to learn from each other and debate new approaches and solutions to industry hurdles.
A benefit of ANA membership, committee meetings feature a mix of member case studies, perspective from outside experts, and benchmarking/best-practice sharing that drive thought leadership on key industry issues. Each ANA committee meets three to four times per year and can be attended in person or remotely. Depending on the committee, 10 to 30 participants may attend — big enough for diversity of opinion, yet small enough for more intimate exchanges.
- Ethics Policy Committee
- Nonprofit Organizations Committee
- Analytics & Data Science Committee
- Data & Direct Marketing Committee
- Commerce Marketing Committee, Southwest Chapter