The help. This week: Hernán Menéndez, editor, storyteller.
Hernán Menéndez, founder & principal of The Cut Club!*, is one of the busiest and most experienced editors working in the US Hispanic ad industry today. He has 20+ years of experience “cutting commercials” (as we like to say in our racket) under his belt. He has his points of view too. By Gonzalo López Martí – LMMiami.com

HispanicAd.com is proud to announce the publication of our Thought Leadership platform, Hispanic CMO.
The Census Bureau recently released data from the 2013 American Community Survey (ACS), including languages spoken for those five years of age and older. The new data show that the number of people who speak a language other than English at home reached an all-time high of 61.8 million, up 2.2 million since 2010. The largest increases from 2010 to 2013 were for speakers of Spanish, Chinese, and Arabic. One in five U.S. residents now speaks a foreign language at home. By Steven A. Camarota is the Director of Research and Karen Zeigler is a demographer at the Center for Immigration Studies.
With mobile device dependency central to today’s digital lifestyles, enlightened brands are creating new mobile relationship marketing strategies that go well beyond simple app and mobile advertising delivery.
I would define owned media as content created by the brand that’s distributed to an audience developed by the brand via a closed platform controlled by the brand. It’s that last portion about the distribution platform that’s key, because social media, SMS/MMS, and email marketing don’t occur on such platforms. We need new language to discuss these media.
When the Harris Poll asked American adults to consider the top three people they admire enough to call a hero, of those who answered, three out of ten listed a family member (32%), with 26% specifically referencing parents. Apart from family members, Americans are most likely to consider members of the military (21%); religious figures (including deities) (19%); medical & emergency services personnel (18%); U. S. Presidents (17%); activists/humanitarians (12%); and celebrities (11%) to be their heroes.
Hispanic parents are more likely to agree that “TV helps me be a better parent” than Caucasian parents, and they are much more likely to be watching TV with their children than families in the general population. These are among the key findings from a recent study conducted by Penn Schoen Berland (PSB) on behalf of the ANA’s (Association of National Advertisers) Alliance for Family Entertainment (AFE).
Pablo Buffagni announced the launch of his new shop, BBQ Agency Inc. The services will include traditional and non-traditional advertising, social media, media integrations and content.
Communicus has revealed Hispanic-specific findings from their research into how parents and children engage with and purchase mobile devices.
MediaMath released a study of unprecedented scale that examines how marketers from around the world view the role of data in their marketing and advertising practices – from how data is used to how it impacts performance.
Javier Garcia will join Comcast Cable as Vice President and General Manager, Multicultural Services. Garcia will report to Marcien Jenckes, Executive Vice President of Consumer Services for Comcast Cable and be responsible for directing, designing and implementing Comcast’s multicultural services strategy across all Xfinity products.
























