Member Benefits
The ARF is the industry’s best platform for marketing research knowledge, networking and advice.
- Speaking and sharing information with peers, potential clients, vendors
- Learning about newest methodologies and findings in research
Membership Includes
Council Program: Industry Leading Presentations and Discussions
The ARF has 13 Councils which are open to all corporate employees for participation in person and/or through webex, an easy at-your-desk engagement. Most councils meet quarterly. Current councils are:
- Advertising Effectiveness
- Audio
- Cross Media (in formation)
- Emerging Media
- Engagement
- Experiential Marketing
- Media Effectiveness
- Multicultural
- Online Media
- Online Research Quality
- Video Electronic Media
- Youth
Research Initiatives
The big issues that are critical to the advancement of the practice of advertising get addressed at The ARF. Members have the opportunity to participate directly in the major initiatives we lead each year. Members also have advance access to findings, as well as personalized advisory services on applying the findings to your business.
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Webcast Program
The Member Representative and all company employees receive free registration to each ARF Webcast. Webcasts are typically offered about once a week. Members can give a webcast for half price. More about ARF Webcasts »
Roy Morgan Information Center and ARF PowerSearch
Unlimited calls to the world class on-demand InfoCenter help your people answer immediate questions, find urgent data, and prepare winning presentations. The new ARF PowerSearch tool enables members to easily access nearly 30,000 documents.
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Conference Registration and Exhibiting Discounts
All company employees receive special discounted rates to the ARF Annual re:think Convention, the ARF Audience Measurement Symposium, and the ARF Thinkshops.
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Journal of Advertising Research
Corporate Membership includes up to 15 free subscriptions of the ARF’s JAR delivered directly to the names designated by the Member Representative. Industry Leader Members may also take advantage of a 50% discount on a full page ad in the JAR.
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Publications
This valuable resource includes white papers, research reports, newly published ARF books and a free copy of the AMA green book listing available research providers.
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Plus: A number of premier-valued services, tailored to your company’s needs, such as advisory services, and on-site reviews and workshops. For Industry Leader Members, the expertise of The ARF’s Chief Research Officer is a call or a click away. Advice on a current campaign, evaluating a methodology, selecting appropriate metrics, or a specific acute need, the independent expertise of The ARF will help you reduce uncertainty and succeed.
Member Testimonials
“I can honestly say now that the ARF has become indispensable.”
Artie Bulgrin – SVP Research and Sales
“I wanted to thank you for all your time and effort working with us on different projects. You have provided just the right information when we needed it, and I know people at Leo Burnett have been very thankful for your help.”
Scott Jenkins – Associate Director, Leo Burnett USA
“Your insights and expertise contributed tremendously to the success our recent “Selling Scents” seminar. Attendees walked away from the event with a broader understanding about nontraditional ways to market fragrance and bring excitement back to the category and the consumer.”
Rochelle Bloom – President, The Fragrance Foundation
"As CMO of Cheil, I needed to make sure we as a team, understood long term market/media changes and short term consumer insights affecting our product launch communications and positioning. Working with the ARF was invaluable for staying up to date not just on research trends but on broader insights on both marketing and today’s consumer. The ARF saved our team time and helped us steer some of our decision making for campaign success.”
Bob Horne – CMO Cellit Marketing, previous CMO Cheil America.
"It is an incredible challenge for today's researcher to stay informed about all of the available analyses on media. HBO's joining the ARF is critical for us to keep current on consumer attitudes and needs as well as helping us stay ahead of the curve."
Jan Pasquale – SVP, Audience Research, HBO
“I can honestly say now that the ARF has become indispensable.”
Artie Bulgrin – SVP Research and Sales
“Thanks to both of you for your assistance on GenY. I appreciate your follow-up and expect several of the reports to be particularly useful in summarizing messaging insights (tone, content and to a some extent medium). It's nice to tap into a resource like the ARF for help on these issues, particularly on short notice."
Lori E. Robins – Manager, Advertising Effectiveness, VSSM, Global Market & Industry Analysis, GM
“You're amazing! That was a tough question and we learned so much from the material you sent. We have a good plan in place and now we have the research and support to back it. Thanks for all your help.”
Warren Foster – The Martin Agency
”Thanks to all of the ARF community for your efforts to help move IBM forward. We are, of course, committed to using research to drive our IMC results, and we look to your team to help us stay at the leading edge.”
Todd M. Powers – Director, Brand Research, IBM Market Intelligence Center of Excellence
“As you can already see the ARF is always out in front of what comes next. They are a great group of some of the nicest people in the business. You will count joining this group as one of the best things you did this year.”
Dan Belmont – Millsport
“Microsoft's alliance with the ARF will result in tremendous contributions to a number of key initiatives, including the Emotional Involvement and the Engagement Projects.”
Stephen Kim – Director Sales Research,
MSN
“The ARF helped the NYT identify best practices in evaluating rationale for advertisers to buy our inventory. We were able to check the viability of our research methodology and to steer the project scope to ensure research was effective and the results of the study will be actionable and cost efficient.”
Kathleen Mahoney –
Research Director, Strategic Planning,
New York Times
