Welcome to the 2013 ANA Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference entitled “Marketing to a Multicultural Nation” – a very appropriate title considering the latest reports on the continuing growth of multicultural groups in our country today. By Gilbert Davila / CEO of Davila Multicultural Insights & Chairman of ANA Multicultural Board
At its quarterly board meeting in New York City, AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing announced its new executive committee, with Aldo Quevedo, principal and creative director of Richards/Lerma, assuming the chair position. Quevedo will work closely with the board of directors, AHAA’s advisory board and Executive Director Horacio Gavilan to continue implementing advocacy and thought leadership strategies designed to increase corporate investment in Hispanic and multicultural marketing.
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals is internationally renowned to be a stage for innovation in the areas of film, music, interactive technology and more. SXSW is excited to announce its newest initiative, SXAméricas. SXAméricas is a programming track within SXSW that will bring together leaders and innovators from the U.S. and Latin America.
Even in a multi-channel environment, TV advertising typically makes up the largest portion of a company’s marketing budget. Nielsen’s TV Brand Effect with Segmentation Report , defines how your advertising dollars can truly make an impact.
This report is based on the results of a large-scale, nationally representative survey, the second in Common Sense Media’s series on children’s media use; the first was conducted in 2011 (Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America). By replicating the methods used two years ago, we document how children’s media environments and behaviors have changed.
With modest gains predicted for the 2013 holiday shopping season, retailers are expecting an “up” year. However, the season will be shorter this year, as Black Friday falls later in November than usual, so marketers are scrambling to take advantage of the time they have to convince shoppers to spend.
Social paid advertising and real-time marketing are changing the way retailers strategize their campaigns. Jennifer Kasper, group vice president of digital, new media and multicultural marketing at Macy’s, spoke with eMarketer’s Rimma Kats about how the retailer is approaching social media, as well as the key role Pinterest will play in its 2014 efforts.
Lino Garcia, ESPN Deportes’ general manager, sat down with HispanicAd recently to talk about all things ESPN Deportes, the current state of Spanish-language cable and sports media.
Media spend attributed to multi-screen advertising campaigns is expected to grow from 20 percent of budgets today to 50 percent in the next three years, according to a new study by ANA (Association of National Advertisers) and Nielsen conducted among client-side marketers, agencies and media sellers. Multi-screen campaigns were defined as those that run during a similar timeframe across two or more screens including TV, computer, tablet, mobile phone and digital place-based media.
CPG brands are focusing on direct-to-consumer (DTC) channels as they build out more robust digital services. When CGT and Wipro polled CPG executives in North America in July 2013, they found that 39% believed direct-to-consumer channels were driving the most digital revenues for their companies.
A new analysis from Experian Marketing Services found that moms with young kids, defined as children under the age of 5, are often more active on social media, more likely to shop using mobile devices and more open to engage with brands across digital touch-points than other segments of moms and consumers at large.
Veteran journalist and publisher Rossana Rosado has stepped down from her role as Publisher of New York’s El Diario after 14 years.
Marketers are using social media more and more as an integrated tool for branding and advertising. Social media is shifting away from being used as its own individual medium, and is now consistently paired with other channels to increase ROI.
As the market for beverages continues to fragment and brand extensions grow, brands are jockeying for position on store shelves and competing for consumers’ attention in social media, according to a new eMarketer report, “CPG Focus—Beverages: Emerging Mobile and Social Strategies.”
According to the IAB, mobile advertising spend is growing at an unprecedented rate, doubling in 2012 alone from the previous year to reach $3.4 billion. But research is just beginning to tap into what makes this new advertising medium tick, and there is much for marketers and the industry at large to learn about leveraging mobile channels most effectively.
Left unchecked, market forces continually conspire to deplete profits. Powerful business strategies can counteract those tendencies, but good strategy is difficult to formulate.
Grupo Gallegos announced it was recognized by the 2013 Jay Chiat Awards. The agency won a silver award for its “Bedtime Stories” campaign with the California Milk Processor Board, the state-market trade group that created the original “Got Milk?” campaign.
Hispanic Adult Millennials place a high value on marriage – but they also see it as risky. Hit hard by the recession, money is a major impediment to finding a partner and setting a wedding date.
Mexicans and Salvadorans share a positive image of the U.S. Many believe that people who move to the U.S. lead a better life, and most of those who have family or friends who migrated say they have accomplished their goals while there. Salvadorans, 67% of whom have family or friends in the U.S., express particularly favorable opinions of the U.S.; nearly six-in-ten would move to there if they could. Many fewer Mexicans (35%) say the same.
Though companies are facing profound consumer changes largely driven by the digital shift, Accenture’s ninth annual Global Consumer Pulse Research reveals that most companies across industries have been playing not to lose.
