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Gross Advocacy Value (GAV): How to measure Brand Advocacy

CMOs track everything. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC), Lifetime Value (LTV), Return on Ad Spend (ROAS), Earned Media Value (EMV), the list goes on. Yet ask any marketing or brand leader: “What’s the commercial value of your word-of-mouth?” Cue the silence.

January 19, 2026

The New Operating System For Modern Marketing - 2026 Playbook

 

Download the The New Operating System for Modern Marketing 2026 Playbook

December 2, 2025

Red Flags in Marketing - 2026 Playbook

 

Download the Red Flags in Marketing 2026 Playbook, New York Edition.

The lowdown from the world’s biggest brands.

December 2, 2025

The Feed Didn’t Die. The Playbook Did.

Watch the CEW x Duel Masterclass: Co-creating with your Most Passionate Customers. 

October 17, 2025

Duel Raises $16M in Series A

Led by Molten Ventures and Bright Pixel Capital, the investment will supercharge Duel’s mission to help retail brands grow through the people who already love them.

Duel, the leading Brand Advocacy platform helping leading retail brands including Lush, ELEMIS, Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch grow through their own fan and creator communities instead of traditional advertising, has raised $16 million in a Series A round. The funding was co-led by Molten Ventures and Bright Pixel, alongside existing investor Peter Bauer, founder of Mimecast.

September 23, 2025

Duel Wins 'Best Technology Solution Provider' at BeautyMatter Awards 2025

Duel has been named Best Technology Solution Provider at the 2025 BeautyMatter Awards – proof that Brand Advocacy is the channel beauty brands can’t afford to overlook, and Duel is the technology powering it.


August 22, 2025