Growth hacks in marketing & advertising. Part 3.
By Gonzalo López Martí – Creative Director, etc. / LMMiami.com
- There’s a cottage industry around the concept of “growth hacks”.
- It is built around one premise: there always is a shortcut, an alternative way, a silver bullet.
- Growth hacks, however, must be firmly rooted in big data.
- It ain’t just throwing spaghetti to the wall to see what sticks.

By Miguel Arias – Adman
Consumers are right to be concerned about and demand strong protection of their privacy rights. Advertisers have long understood this highly legitimate need. That is why in 2010 the ad community launched the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) self-regulatory program to give consumers broad power to determine whether their Internet and mobile activities would be collected and utilized for advertising purposes. The ad community also has strongly supported a broad array of legislation to protect consumer’s truly sensitive financial, health, children’s and other similar data.
APC Collective, launched their #APCChats podcast during SXSW to spotlight some incredible, nuanced and important stories that often go untold. Free from the traditional format of 140 characters, a social video, article or blog post, the intention is to let creators share the origins of their ideas with in-depth backstories.
This year, the AHAA Annual Conference will tackle the hottest topics in marketing today: technology, disruption, culture, creativity and content. From June 12 to 14 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, AHAA will bring together experts and trendsetters to discuss how powerful U.S. Hispanics are to brands, how disruption and innovation is changing the way we consume content, and how marketers must adapt, ensuring efforts be free of stereotypes and inclusive of the multicultural community.
Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) launched its third annual multiplatform initiative “Todo Es Posible- Unidos a través de nuestras historias” (Everything is Possible- United Through Our Stories). This year, the campaign includes a series of eight podcasts featuring the heartfelt, personal stories of the network’s most beloved personalities including Giselle Blondet, Carlos Calderon, Lili Estefan, Satcha Pretto, Pablo Ramirez, Jorge Ramos, Teresa Rodriguez, and William Valdés.
Burson-Marsteller announced that Pedro De Cordoba has joined Burson Latino, the firm’s specialty group that connects clients with the growing U.S. Latino marketplace, as a Senior Director.
In honor of National Beer Day this Friday, April 7, we took a peek at Hispanics beer facts in America. We found out there are more Hispanics who consume beer than non-Hispanics, and they prefer imports over American suds.
The Council for Research Excellence (CRE) tunveiled findings from the second of a two-phased neuroscience-based study designed to better understand how consumers view television programming and advertising in a multi-platform world.
We live in a time of tremendous innovation, massive disruption, and constant change. Our customers are rewriting the rules on how they engage with brands, media, content, and each other. As marketers, we need to rethink the way we reach our target audience. By Michael Brenner, author of The Content Formula
The Immigrant Archive Project (IAP), the nation’s first comprehensive oral history project on the immigrant experience in America, announced a partnership with reVolver Podcasts
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