Industry Spotlight Series: Luis Miguel Messianu & Isaac Mizrahi – ALMA

To begin our new series titled “Industry Spotlight Series”, we have chosen Luis Miguel Messianu – Founder-Creative Chairman-CEO & Isaac Mizrahi Co-President & COO of Miami based ALMA.  We will continue to highlight our great industry executives in this series, asking them key questions about the business.  Enjoy.

New Diversity Action Alliance Analysis Finds Only 21% of PR Professionals Are Racially or Ethnically Diverse [REPORT]

The report, which examines the racial and ethnic representation and promotion data of employees across 100+ U.S.-based public relations and communications organizations, documents that just over one-fifth (21%) of those employees are racially/ethnically diverse. Furthermore, of the total employee sample, 22% of employees were promoted in 2019. Of that 22%, less than a fifth of those promoted were racially/ethnically diverse.

2022: The year of adaptive marketing planning and budgeting

As we approach 2022, just ask any CEO, what keeps you up at night? You’re guaranteed to get an earful, but in just one year the optimism is greater, the future is clearer, the deepest fears are beginning to fade, and a renewed focus on growth is increasing. Next, ask a CMO the same question. You’ll hear similar optimism, but mixed with concerns about managing and performing to high expectations of growth with slashed budgets.

Audio Today Report [REPORT]

According to Nielsen’s newest iteration of the Audio Today Report, radio listening is at its highest levels in 16 months. Radio remains America’s top weekly reach medium, and an essential part of the daily media diet for millions

Mission Impossible? Fewer Than 8 Percent of Pitches Become Stories

Propel’s survey of some 1.2 million pitches sent during the past 12 months pegs the 8 percent mark to pitches from a trio of top PR agencies. So, these top performers are achieving success about 8 percent of the time. The success rate for pitches from all media relations pros is “likely much lower,” a Propel executive tells us.

Measuring Racial and Ethnic Diversity for the 2020 Census

Later this month, the U.S. Census Bureau plans to release the first results from the 2020 Census on race and ethnicity. These data will provide a snapshot of the racial and ethnic composition and diversity of the U.S. population as of April 1, 2020.

Gallup Poll: ¿LatinX?

Most Hispanic Americans, too, are content with the use of multiple terms to describe their subgroup. Most favor “Hispanic,” though many prefer “Latino,” while few have adopted “Latinx” as their preferred term.

The US Hispanic Ad Spend. Is it at the correct level?

The Hispanic Marketing Council commission a research piece that helped analyze the 2015 Ad Spend in several key categories targeting US Hispanics.  Only a few companies are close to the point that they deserve recognition for their efforts.  The remainder have been measured and fell short.

100 things a planner should know Account Planning, Strategic Planning Role of the planner [and PODCAST]

 

Stuck at home I was badgered into writing this by account men keen to capture my knowledge (such as it is) for future generations. One of them – an ambitious and talented young man – suggested a list and I duly complied. It turns out they had a point.  Also their is a podcast by Brief Bros that analyses the listBy Charles ‘Chaz’ Wigley, Chairman of BBH Asia, shares 100 lessons he has learned over his career as an advertising planner.

US Hispanic Ad Industry Turn Around 2021?

It is a unique time in our US Hispanic Advertising, Marketing, Media, Public Relations & Research Industry. Current social conditions, the new found interest by major corporations to entertain important DE&I conversations and the “lack” of US Hispanic focused Executive Voices are molding the current conversations in Business.  Non-Hispanic focused Executives and Marketers are dominating the current discussions about DE&I in Corporate America.  How will this impact the US Hispanic Advertising, Marketing, Media, Public Relations & Research Industry?  Please take part in our one (1) question questionnaire

Association of National Advertisers (ANA) calls for an Unprecedented Industry-Wide 24-Hour Pause for Global Day of Learning

The ANA, through the Global CMO Growth Council in partnership with Cannes LIONS, is calling on the worldwide marketing industry to take a collective pause for a Global Day of Learning. On September 14, 2021, through a series of world-class trainings, workshops, master classes and team building, the industry will reinvest in itself, with the intent of bringing all professionals up to speed on best practices as businesses return to their new normal worldwide.  Registration is FREE.

What Global Ad Spending Tells Us About the Future of Media

Amid the massive disruption that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused, a new global media landscape is emerging—and it’s digital. The pandemic is far from over, and we will feel its effects for years to come, but the resilient media industry is bouncing back, with certain constituents pulling out ahead of others.

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