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State Farm – Los Asegurados

Part of State Farm’s Hispanic social presence, Alma also developed a mini online sitcom rooted in Hispanic insights called Los Asegurados or The Insured in English.

Alcocer launches Rest of the World agency

Sergio Alcocer, former president and chief creative officer of LatinWorks, announced the launch of his new advertising agency Rest of the World, whose mission is to bring multicultural spirit and Latin-inspired creativity into the mainstream.

Not All that—Programmatic Still Disappoints

Programmatic advertising is increasing in popularity with US advertisers. eMarketer predicts that investment in programmatic display will grow by more than 26% in 2017, reaching almost $31 billion . But even as demand for programmatic grows with brands and media buyers, many publishers still struggle with how to manage, price and sell such inventory, leading to lower-than-expected revenues.

TurboTax launches 2017 Hispanic Marketing Campaign

The campaign includes TV and digital advertising, media integrations, community events, influencer engagement and social media activations that showcase how Latinos can benefit from the simple step-by-step guidance and expert help on-demand offered by TurboTax.      

Sprint – “”Como la mía”

Created by ALMA, the Miami-based Multicultural Ad Agency, the vision was to continue to deepen consumer awareness and affinity through the love and connection to music. This new spot builds on the latest thread and trilogy of musical driven creative featuring the former Verizon spokesperson, Paul Marcarelli, who switched to Sprint.

Gallegos creates United Collective

John Gallegos, Founder and CEO of independent creative agency Grupo Gallegos, announced the launch of a new communications group named UNITED COLLECTIVE.

Political piñata.

By Gonzalo López Martí – Creative director, etc. / LMMiami.com

Question: how are we supposed to get CEOs and CMOs to allocate higher marketing & advertising budgets to the US Hispanic market in the current state of affairs?

Outlook for Data’ Study, Measurement & Attribution to Be Top Industry Focus in 2017 [REPORT]

Marketers, media buyers, publishers, and digital advertising technology executives say that “better reporting, measurement or attribution” will be the top industry issue this year—a shift from 2016, when “cross-device audience recognition” took the lead position, according to “The Outlook for Data 2017: A Snapshot into the Evolving Role of Audience Insight.”

Google Tackles Bad Ads and—Surprise!—There Are a Lot of Them

Pointing not only to an influx of fake news and spam, but also an ongoing challenge to distinguish what’s real and what’s not, Google took down 1.7 billion ads last year that violated its advertising policies—more than double the amount it removed in 2015.

A New Hispanic Approach For Financial Services

The financial services industry is no stranger to the Hispanic market. Many of the largest national and regional banks, insurance companies, tax preparation and investment firms have been targeting the Hispanic market for years.  By Jose Villa – founder of Sensis

Future of Technology for People, by People [REPORT]

The theme of this year’s report, “Technology for People,” is a call to action for business and technology leaders to actively design and direct technology to augment and amplify human capabilities. The report states that we are beginning to see the emergence of technology for people, by people – technology that seamlessly anticipates our needs and delivers hyper-personalized experiences.

The Medium Is The Message In Social Video Marketing

In order to gain the credence of a wary audience, we have to stop selling and start communicating. Advertisements have become invisible to most and for those who still see them, skepticism has replaced intrigue.

YouTube Shows Little Sign of Old Age

The grandfather of the digital video space is still looking pretty youthful. Despite an increasingly competitive digital video space that is packed with new (and successful) properties, usage of YouTube remains strong and the unit continues to be an important part of parent company Alphabet’s portfolio.

NBCU Telemundo Enterprises launches Telemundo Films

NBCU Telemundo Enterprises announced the launch of Telemundo Films, a new business unit under its Telemundo Studios operation that will develop, produce and market feature films in English and Spanish for the growing movie-going US Hispanic market.

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