Connecting with Social Brand Ambassadors
When big moments happen on TV today, viewers are turning to phones, tablets and computers to share their reactions instantly through social media—and they are doing it a lot. In the first four months of 2014, 17 million people sent 361 million tweets about TV. But tweets about TV are only part of the social TV story. The other half is tweets about brands that advertise on TV. In the same four-month period, 17 million people sent 215 million tweets about the approximately 700 brands that Nielsen Social captures.
The term “war room” has entered the lexicon for social media marketers surrounding any and every large event that falls under the nation’s spotlight. The Super Bowl, the Academy Awards — and most recently, The World Cup — have become stages on which brands (Adidas and ESPN, to name a few) do their best dances, attempting to win over audiences with quick content and brilliant wit.
CoreBrand released its second annual report on the most and least respected corporate brands – Brand Respect: The Most and Least Respected Corporate Brands.
The ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and online fraud detection firm, White Ops have launched ‘The Marketers’ Coalition’, a joint research initiative to determine the level of bot fraud occurring across the digital advertising industry.
Marketers are feeling the heat when it comes to measuring their efforts. According to a study conducted by VisionEdge Marketing and ITSMA in April 2014, 85% of marketers worldwide said the pressure to measure marketing’s business value and contribution had increased. Just 14% said the level of pressure had stayed the same, and 1% thought it had decreased.
By Gonzalo López Martí@LopezMartiMiami
The no argument = the U.S. won’t anytime embrace soccer to the depth of other countries. by Stephen Palacios / Added Value
Change is the dominant fact of life in every business today. And the ability to master and exploit change has become one of the most sought-after management skills. This is particularly true in marketing, where the very tempo of change is constantly quickening.
We at Univision found this question of language of particular importance for our partners, and joined Nielsen and Starcom Mediavest Group’s Multicultural division to find some concrete answers. By Roberto Ruiz / Univision Communications Inc.
Today’s kindergartners offer a glimpse of tomorrow’s demographics. A new data analysis by Pew Research Center finds a big increase over the past decade in the number of states where at least one-in-five public school kindergartners are Latino.
Some rules in soccer, as in other sports, are based on absolutes: if the ball crosses the touchline it’s out of bounds. The offside rule is different; it’s based on the relative position of players from both teams. Culture has the same effect on language; it makes the meaning of words relative. There is no better example of this than an event that captures the attention of all Hispanics from different places: the World Cup.
The percentage of young first-time mothers who are married is dropping, according to Fertility of Women in the United States: 2012, a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Quench your thirst. Brush your teeth. Bring the family together. At their most basic level, consumer products companies satisfy fundamental human needs. Today, digital technology is enabling those needs to be fulfilled better and faster than ever before.
The increasing influence of Hispanic-Americans on every aspect of American life—from politics to media, fashion to entertainment—is felt most keenly in the four U.S. states bordering Mexico, a microcosm of the U.S. Hispanic community. Already the largest racial/ethnic group in the U.S. after Caucasian, Hispanics are forecast to become the majority in 25 years.
Social Media Day is an international celebration popularized by Mashable, the world’s leading social media publication. MCG Latino, on behalf of Ford Motor Company, socialized with 500 top influencers, speakers and enthusiasts from South Florida during Miami’s Social Media Day.
Social channels will come and go. Why are we still surprised by this? Just last week, Catharine Taylor talked about the ennui that’s threatening to silence Twitter. Frankly, the only thing surprising about this is that Twitter has had that long a run. Let’s face it. If every there was a social media one-trick pony, it’s Twitter.
This fully integrated marketing effort, crafted specifically for the World Cup, included TV, digital and social elements, all utilizing the #MeAgarroElGol hashtag. The intent of the campaign was to capture the excitement and thrill of celebrating a goal during the World Cup. Anytime. Anywhere.
Clearly, the Internet presents a strong opportunity to convey ad messages to Hispanics. More importantly, brands using social media to create conversational forums for Hispanic consumers to converse with the brand – and like-minded consumers – are the ones really connecting with this important group.
Are you still looking to hire a digital marketing specialist? If so, put on your Members Only jacket, pick up your Newton, and get back in your Model T Ford and drive home — because you are sorely out of date.
