Lack of Accountability Impedes Diversity and Inclusion Progress for Many Firms
While Arthur W. Page Society members remain dissatisfied with the level of diversity and inclusion on their communication teams, few are being held accountable for developing and implementing strategies to improve. This is the key finding of a recent student conducted by Syracuse University and funded and released by the PRSA Foundation and the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at the University of Alabama.
Lopez Negrete mapped out social conversations, identified key dialogue drivers, and identified the players and brands that created the most buzz on social media during the special tournament celebrating 100 years of the Copa America.
At the ARF Audience Measurement 2016 Conference held June 12-14, SMI CEO James Fennessy and I presented the first hard data on spending across TV and Digital by the top 100 advertisers since the beginning of 2014 through Q1 2016. For the 19 advertisers in the CPG category we also analyzed ROI data in relation to media shifts, courtesy of IRI. We were also able to get published quarterly sales data for 10 Non-CPG advertisers in retail, automotive, QSR, technology, entertainment and also relate media shifts to ROI for those. By Bill Harvey / In Terms of ROI
Not surprisingly, most content marketers in North America agree that interactive content grabs a reader’s attention more effectively than static content. But, according to research, it also provides many other benefits.
By Gonzalo López Martí / Creative director, etc / LMMIAMI.COM
As we reflect on the success drivers of the 92 Breakthrough Winners across the five years of our study project, leadership has played a consistent, decisive role. Given its pressing importance, for 2016 we have chosen to elevate and dedicate this report to breakthrough leadership.
Daisy Expósito-Ulla, Chairman and CEO of d expósito & Partners has been selected by ADCOLOR to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 10th Annual ADCOLOR Awards
More than nine in ten companies are struggling to deliver digital customer experiences that exceed their customers’ expectations, according to a new study from Accenture Interactive.
Compared with the rest of the world, Americans are feeling pretty good about their finances. While many consumers in other countries are living paycheck to paycheck and worrying about becoming unemployed, American consumers are comparatively unconcerned about their household’s financial future. This isn’t to say that US consumers are exuding confidence: financial-market volatility and the political uncertainty surrounding the upcoming presidential election are stoking fears of another downturn. By Max Magni, Anne Martinez, and Rukhshana Motiwala
The world of measurement is changing – but a bit of enduring wisdom never hurts. For all that is new, the old rules still apply: great advertising builds great brands.
Over the last 30 years, business intelligence evolved from a cottage industry—whose main tool was a desktop computer—to a mature business using centralized, enterprise-wide analytic platforms underpinned by an enterprise data warehouse. By Ian Dudley, Enterprise Architect
Marketing becomes an information problem as computers augment humans in the execution of online marketing. It was bound to happen, but it leaves CMOs with a question about exactly how to incorporate information skills into their organizations.
Workers use social media at work for many reasons; taking a mental break is one of the most commonSocial media influences and permeates many aspects of daily life for Americans today, and the workforce is no exception.
Research published by Asociación Mexicana de Internet (AMIPCI) in May 2016 reveals that internet users in Mexico will spend more time online in 2016 than they did in 2015.
Univision News has launched an English-language section within its digital platform, UnivisionNoticias.com titled “Univision News.”
When I worked on my first survey with Hispanic respondents, circa 1980, the best-in-class approach to reach a fully representative sample was to go door-to-door. Of course, this was pre-cellphones, pre-internet and when Hispanic landline telephone penetration was around 70 percent. The market was growing and evolving rapidly (and still is, but in different ways). By the later part of the 80s we were able to complete fairly representative surveys via landline. We’ve come a long way since those early years in Hispanic marketing, and for the most part, the Hispanic consumer is as savvy and sophisticated as the general market consumer, but there are still sampling nuances to take into account. By Raul Lopez – Principle and Chief Research Officer / New American Dimensions
In celebration of LGBT Pride Month, we continue our conversations with winners from last year’s Multicultural Excellence Awards with a look at the LGBT category Grand Prize Winner: Wells Fargo. The winning campaign, “Learning Sign Language,” connected in an insightful, poignant way with LGBT consumers approaching the important life milestone of starting a family. I was fortunate to speak with Michael Lacorazza (pictured), executive vice president and head of integrated marketing at Wells Fargo about what this honor meant for his team, their consumers, and the industry at-large. By Talia Fisher, associate manager of committees and conferences at ANA
So are Millennials the future of movie-going? How often do Millennials go to the theater? What genres do they prefer? And how much do they spend on box office concessions? More interestingly Millennials are in a transitional phase of their life, so do they exhibit consistent behavior as a group?
