Exploring the Social TV Viewing Phenomenon

The idea of TV as the “first screen” and other devices as the “second” or “third” screens is dead. Today, the first screen is whichever one a consumer is looking at, according to “Social TV: Marketing to Viewers in Real Time,” a new report from eMarketer.

What Multicultural Marketers should learn from YouVisit.com

By Lili Gil Valletta, Co-founder XL Alliance & Media Contributor

As a former U.S. international student, I can personally relate to the uncertainties of arriving into a new country feeling clueless about confusing campus maps and a language barrier that made it extra challenging to integrate into life in America. Fast forward now and as a marketer who focuses on winning with multicultural audiences in America, I am realizing there is a golden nugget represented by the international-student-population as a viable incoming ‘multicultural’ market.

Internet Ad Revenues at $20.1B for Half-Year 2013

Internet ad revenues surged to a landmark $20.1 billion, according to the IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report released today by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and prepared by PwC US. This represents an 18 percent increase over last year’s first-half ad revenues of $17 billion.

Innovation Inspiration: Meet Generation C [INSIGHT]

You’re out for your morning run and you see a family of deer, a rare sight in your neighborhood. Your first thought is, “I need to Instagram this.” It’s lunchtime and you fancy somewhere new: you go to FourSquare, Yelp, Urbanspoon to see what restaurants your friends recommend.

Smartphones are Go-Everywhere, Do-Anything devices for Mothers

Smartphones are the all-purpose device-of-choice among mothers, according to an August study from BabyCenter, which found that in the past year alone, the number of US mothers using smartphones increased nearly 34%. And 46% of these mothers admitted being addicted to their smartphones. In fact, when asked which device they would keep if they could only choose one, more than seven out of 10 mothers who owned a smartphone, tablet and PC said they would keep their smartphones and scrap the rest.

webcitygirls// 3.0 Evolution!

webcitygirls// continues evolving.  As part of this evolution, a redesigned webcitygirls.com has been created serving as a platform launch for a one-of-a-kind webNovela, titled “Las Bobas No Velan Sus Cuentas” which debuted on October 3, via You Tube Space Coast channel and webcitygirls// site. 

Hispanic Adult Millennials: New Choices About Living and Purchasing [INSIGHT]

Through our blog series covering Tr3s’s 2012 study, Hispanic Adult Millennials Living the Next Normal: Age of Uncertainty, we’ve shown that Hispanic Adult Millennials assess all life choices for risk, they see money as a protective talisman because “anything can happen,” and they seek balance instead of extremes.

Widening Relative Error in Television Diary Samples [REPORT]

Local broadcast and cable ratings increasingly are falling outside the traditional 10% benchmark error range that has served as the mainstay used in advertising negotiations. This is according to new study findings which show random error in Nielsen diaries continues to grow.

Nielsen launches ‘Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings’

Nielsen announced the commercial launch of Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings for the measure of the total activity and reach of TV-related conversation on Twitter. Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings measure not only “authors”-the number of people tweeting about TV programs-but also the much larger “audience” of people who actually view those Tweets.

Azteca America launches Noticiero Azteca America West Coast

On Monday, October 14, Azteca America will premiere Noticiero Azteca America West Coast, a daily newscast that will air at 5:30 pm and offer the most up-to-date news and information that affect Latino viewers on the West Coast of the United States.

Total Brand Experience inspired by Brand Purpose key to Marketing Success

For successful companies, brand purpose is vital for inspiring and driving the total brand experience, according to the joint Marketing2020 study by ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and EffectiveBrands. Marketing2020 examines today’s over-performing brands and their leaders, including 250 CMOs and more than 10,000 marketers across 92 countries.

Far From Home, an Observation of Physical Distance [INSIGHT]

Meet Jorge. Born in Colombia, he visited the United States almost 25 years ago. Jorge did not come to chase the ‘American Dream.’ He did not come to raise a family. He did not come to find love. A self-confessed travieso, Spanish for troublemaker, Jorge felt he could use a hiatus from the temptations of his hometown Cartagena. He was in his early thirties and needed to grow up. Six months with his more mature younger sister he hoped would do the trick. Jorge never went back to Colombia. Without ever intending do so, he permanently left his home. Yet interesting enough, ‘home’ never left him.

The Importance of Home for Hispanic Consumers [INSIGHT]

You know you’re in “the Valley” when you start to see palm trees lining the roads and you get a whiff of carne asada on every street corner. It’s more than just a cluster of cities in Texas, it is a state of mind. As marketers, we want to try our best to reach consumers in the best possible ways. We want them to connect to our message, engage in our brand and ultimately buy our products. When we analyze Hispanic consumers in the US many of us break them down by generation, length of time in the US, education, basic demographics, but that is sometimes not enough. If we seriously want to understand consumers we must understand the places in which they live.

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