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The Spanish Language: A Gateway to Our Shared American Heritage and Global Future
In an era defined by global connectivity, sidelining a language spoken by over 53 million Americans—who collectively contribute $2.8 trillion to the U.S. economy—is more than a misstep; it’s a missed opportunity. Yet, during the second-term Trump administration, the Spanish-language section of the White House website was deactivated, sending a stark message to millions of Americans and international stakeholders. Spanish is not just a language of history—it is a vital engine for cultural, economic, and international growth, and ignoring its significance undermines one of America’s most valuable assets. By Gabriela Alcántara-Díaz
The Hidden Costs Eating Your Ad Budget
Every day, marketers are paying full price for their digital ad campaigns while getting only a fraction of what they paid for. It's like you pull up to a gas station that advertises premium fuel, but instead they fill your tank with watered-down regular gas. You're paying top dollar but driving away with a fraction of the horsepower you paid for.
How Creative Consistency Can Work Magic for Brand-Building – A new study demonstrates the positive effects that steady, consistent advertising efforts can have on marketers’ ROI
Creative consistency is the unsung hero of effective branding, and recent research confirms its profound impact on advertising success. A recent System1 study conducted in the U.K. in collaboration with the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) Effectiveness Databank sheds light on the transformative power of maintaining a cohesive creative identity over time. While the study originates in the U.K., its findings resonate globally, including in the U.S., demonstrating that consistent brands significantly outperform their inconsistent counterparts in ad quality and business results.
5 Practical Steps to Designing Inclusive Online Panels for Diverse Audiences
Shifting consumer dynamics are reshaping how companies and brands connect with their audiences. While market research strategies often account for basic demographics like race, ethnicity, and gender, truly inclusive panels go beyond these factors by creating spaces where individuals feel comfortable sharing their opinions and experiences.
Bad Bunny’s Latest Album Is Already a Cultural Phenomenon—Brands, Are You Paying Attention?
Let’s be real, 2024 tested us. Politically, culturally, emotionally. And just when we needed it most, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, delivered Debí Tirar Más Fotos (I Should’ve Taken More Photos), a 17-track masterpiece that feels like a collective celebration of identity, resilience, and joy. For Latinos, Puerto Ricans, and fans around the globe, this album is more than music; it’s a movement. And for brands? It’s a blueprint to cultural relevance. MARIA TERESA HERNANDEZ - SVP, Brand Partnerships & Head of Diverse Supplier Marketplace at Mirriad
DE&I recalibration from the likes of Amazon, Meta, Publicis sparks questions around faltering commitments
Any flicker of hope that the ad industry would renew its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in 2025 may be getting dimmer just days into the New Year. Recently, Amazon, Meta, Publicis Groupe and McDonald’s joined the growing list of companies to revamp (or roll back, depending on who you ask) their DE&I policies.
Reconfiguring Tomorrow: Cultural Trends Shaping 2025
As I've been observing cultural shifts over the past year, it's become increasingly clear that many of the forces shaping our future aren't new at all. What we call cultural trends often linger beneath the surface — latent, quietly shaping behavior until something accelerates their emergence. In the early 2010s, the global recession exposed fissures in trust and belonging, driving the rise of new forms of leadership and connection. Indeed, this was the cultural moment in which my model of brand citizenship emerged — a response to the void left by faltering institutions and a recognition that brands could rebuild trust by delivering both personal and societal value.
Looking for 2025 Power Players: HMC Strategic Excellence Awards Powered by Collage are OPEN
WE ARE LOOKING FOR CAMPAIGNS THAT MOVE THE NEEDLE The 2025 Hispanic Marketing Council Strategic Excellence Awards Powered by Collage Group have opened their call for entries to recognize agencies driving innovation, cultural relevance, and impact… in other words, campaigns that connect with today’s dynamic consumers.
Emerging Networks Media Launches Emerging Networks Solutions to Expand Multicultural Marketing
Emerging Networks Media, the nation’s largest multicultural television platform, is proud to announce the launch of its new venture, Emerging Networks Solutions. This strategic offshoot responds directly to the growing demand from national advertisers seeking a streamlined, effective approach to entering the multicultural marketing space.
Men, Women and Social Connections [REPORT]
As public debate and discussion over the status of men in America continues, some have raised concerns about men’s struggles with loneliness. A new Pew Research Center survey finds that, compared with women, men don’t report that they feel lonely more often or have fewer close friends. However, men do seem to turn to their networks less often for social connection and emotional support.
Habit: the established brand’s undervalued advantage
Whether it is the result of preference, routine, or dependency, habit has a powerful influence on purchasing behavior, but one that I suspect many marketers undervalue. By Nigel Hollis
Why brands are falling short with their media strategies [REPORT]
Leading brands are using an ineffective combination of media channels for their campaigns, a major new study has found, with many optimizing for reach instead of for brand metrics that will yield more impact.
Evolve, don’t dissolve DE&I: A Case for Multicultural growth
In recent years, multicultural cohorts have emerged as undeniable powerhouses, reshaping the U.S. political, cultural and economic landscape. For companies operating in today’s polarized sociopolitical climate, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Corporate America finds itself at a crossroads on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that influence their ability to authentically engage with diverse consumer cohorts driving the next wave of business growth.
Major AM/FM Radio Campaign Drives Significant Brand Awareness And Growth In Leads And Sales
One of the largest tests of AM/FM radio advertising was conducted in Spring 2024 in just over twenty local markets. The campaign ran across a broad mix of small, medium, and large markets. The two-month AM/FM radio campaign featured heavy media weight with ~500 monthly GRPs, generating a monthly reach of 75% and a seven frequency. The campaign featured a two-week burst followed by two dark weeks and then another major two-week pulse. In the test markets, three out of four people were exposed to the campaign monthly an average of seven times.
Washington Nationals, Costa Media extend Spanish-language radio partnership through 2027 season
The Washington Nationals announced an agreement with Costa Media, extending the official Spanish-language radio broadcast partnership through the 2027 season. During the Nationals’ upcoming season, fans can tune in to DC 87.7 FM and La Pantera WFAX 100.7 FM/1220 AM for live Spanish-language broadcasts for both home and away games, with in-game play-by-play analysis, 15-minute pre- and postgame shows, in-depth organizational reporting and player interviews.
Economic Inequality Seen as Major Challenge Around the World [REPORT]
A new Pew Research Center survey of 36 nations finds widespread public concern about economic inequality. And when asked what leads to this inequality, most people across the countries surveyed point to the intersection of wealth and politics.
Creative Optimization Is All About Orchestration and Relevance
Ad tech is ever-changing, a truth proven out by the short lifespan of some of its central terms. We have moved on from several integral shorthand phrases that found their way out of favor – like "online behavioral data" and "data management platform." More recently, we've seen the deprecation of platforms like Amazon Ad Server and Oracle Advertising. Meanwhile, there's another term, enduring since the early days, that now flirts with obsolescence. That phrase is "dynamic creative optimization" which is too limited to describe its real meaning, and its critical importance for the current moment.
The Americanisation of Media
The history of media agencies began with an arrogant lack of interest in the media process by those leading full-service agencies, mainly account handlers who considered (with some justification) that their clients couldn’t care less about the boring detail on how their media money was spent. Today we have an industry unrecognisable from those days, shaped in large part by technology and the social media platforms constructed with it.
Emmis Launches Bilingual La Exitosa 98.7 in New York
Emmis Corporation announced the launch of New York’s La Exitosa 98.7 FM/1190 AM, with a bilingual adult contemporary format, playing English and Spanish language hits from the 1980s through the 2000s. Now, Madonna, Ricardo Arjona, Prince, Shakira, Phil Collins, Chayanne and Bryan Adams share a new home.
Tops of 2024: Sports
With the Olympics and major soccer tournaments like the UEFA Euro 2024 and Copa América scheduled, many anticipated 2024 to be a big year for sports. In the U.S., fans (and brands) eagerly followed along—in person, watching live and across social media. 2024 also saw record U.S. viewership for annual sporting events and leagues, such as Super Bowl LVIII, featuring the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, and women’s sports, especially the WNBA. To better understand the power of sports to connect fans, platforms and brands, we looked at some of the big trends that shaped the U.S. sports media landscape this year.
