AHAA brings Billion-Dollar Filmmaker to 2016 Annual Conference

One of the most influential Latino filmmakers is joining a powerful roster of CMOs, authors, entertainers, media executives and researchers who are at the forefront of change and innovation in their industries. AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing is excited to announce its latest keynote speaker at its Annual Conference at the Nobu Eden Roc in Miami: Roberto Orci, the billion-dollar filmmaker behind some of the decade’s biggest films including Mission: Impossible III, Eagle Eye, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Cowboys and Aliens and the Star Trek films.

Reined in by family, Hispanic teens look to digital to help define themselves

Last month Tamara Barber from Simmons Research led an insightful webinar on Hispanic Teens in conjunction with AHAA.  The webinar highlighted some key differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic teens and provided insights that give marketers important clues for connecting with the up and coming Hispanic teen segment.  By Captura Group

Gustavo Martínez. Mauricio Sabogal. What were they thinking? What should we think?

By Gonzalo López Martí – Creative director, etc – LMMIAMI.COM

  • As you might have read in Adweek, Adage, the New York Post, etc, etc, Gustavo Martínez, JWT’s worldwide chairman & CEO, is in trouble.
  • Big trouble.
  • The accusations are simply too serious.
  • If you ask me his career in the rarefied stratosphere of the ad racket is over.
  • Deservingly or not.
  • Even if he manages to prove his innocence and win in court, the whole snafu is so toxic that he will have to step down sooner rather than later.

B2B PR – Sell the company first

PR campaigns targeted specifically at a business audience, known as B2B PR, differ from most consumer PR campaigns because you must sell the company first and the product or service second.

Is B2B PR for you?

It takes a special kind of person to be successful in business-to-business (B2B) public relations. They need to be ambitious, excited at the prospect of understanding how companies operate, detail-oriented, creative and (in agencies at least) highly organised and efficient.  By Heather Baker, @TopLineFounder

Marketing for B2B vs. B2C – Similar but Different

Business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) marketing is different. Some people think marketing is marketing and whether you are marketing to consumers or marketing to businesses, you are still just marketing to people, right?

Marketers need to get their hands dirty [INSIGHT]

CMOs traditionally have focused on the big picture. They understand powerful consumer insights and seek to harness their agency partners to turn them into effective communications. There’s expectation and trust in this process. They sign off on the purchase of a box of 20 pralines but all too often what they get are three coffee creams.

Perspectives on Media Transparency from All Sides, Part 1 [INSIGHT]

Perspectives on Media Transparency from All SidesIn the past two decades, inventions and innovations have shifted how we consume media. From print to television to desktops to mobile, we’re now connected to publishers, advertisers and one another in an instant, from any place in the world. Just in the past four years, digital engagement by consumers has more than doubled, led primarily by the massive growth in mobile.

Sánchez Servitje joins Legion Advertising

Fernando Sánchez Servitje, grandson of Grupo Bimbo Co-Founder Don Roberto Servitje Sendra, has advanced his professional career by joining Legion Advertising LLC as an esteemed Partner and Director.

How Digital Are US Mothers?

Among women in the typical age range with children younger than 18, most use the internet, smartphones and so on.

Gravity4 targets U.S. Hispanic Market

This software-advertising company, headquartered in Silicon Valley, is offering a full suite of enterprise applications available to US Hispanic market.

Is The Sharing Economy Getting Its Share Of Multicultural Consumers?

The sharing economy is booming. Some of the most highly valued tech companies in the past decade have been spawned from this new economic model, tapping into the collective for services rather than a single entity. With sky rocketing valuations comes tremendous pressure to consistently increase revenue for investors in order to set themselves up for an eventual IPO.

The Self Made Economy [REPORT]

“The Self Made Economy is more than a marketing mantra, bigger than a trend. It is a bona-fide phenomenon, a revolutionary call to action and a fundamental reboot of the way Americans are rising to the challenge of innovation in an information age society where disruption and change are the norm,” says Guy Garcia, President of New Mainstream Initiatives at EthniFacts. “Along with multicultural Americans, particularly immigrants; and millennials and young adults; women are the vanguard of the Self Made revolution, gaining and leading as entrepreneurs, heads of households and commanding more than $11 trillion in investable assets.”

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