On December 11, we highlighted three new articles from the Journal of Advertising Research on how emotion, control, and context shape the evolving dynamics of ad effectiveness in the digital age. Across sessions, speakers emphasized that consumer engagement is shaped not just by creative content, but by emotional responses, timing, predictability, and personal context. The discussion underscored the importance of designing advertising strategies that balance attention capture with trust, comfort, and long-term effectiveness.
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Influencer marketing continues to grow as brands increasingly rely on creators to deliver content that drives awareness, trust and purchase behavior. This ARF Knowledge at Hand report synthesizes findings across academic research, industry studies and ARF events to identify what truly drives influencer impact—and how marketers can optimize creator partnerships for effectiveness.
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On December 3, the ARF Creative Council pulled back the curtain on how leading brands navigate the evolving creator and influencer landscape. This roundtable discussion offered a candid, client-side look at the creator/influencer economy and provided attendees with real-world examples of how leading brands strategically deploy creators, select the right partners, brief them effectively, and measure their performance.
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A recent Journal of Advertising Research study presents the first empirical evidence that petfluencers can outperform human influencers in driving engagement and willingness to pay. Across four studies—including a real-world A/B test and controlled experiments, the researchers show that pet influencers benefit from higher perceived sincerity, and that message framing matters. When temporal cues align with consumers’ propensity to anthropomorphize animals, the persuasive impact increases further.
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