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The Ins and Outs Of Election 2024 Audience Targeting

Held during the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 election cycle was deemed a “digital election” as traditional campaign tactics shifted online. According to the 2020 Political Advertising Report, political digital advertising spend grew 4.6x from 2018 to 2020.
Beverage Marketer Oscar Martinez Joins The Ant Society

Oscar Martinez, a veteran beverage marketer, including stints at Diageo and Heineken USA, has joined The Ant Society agency as Principal Marketing & Innovation Consultant.
Maldonado and Imada Recognized in NYC

City & State Magazine/New York, the magazine – and- online multimedia news organization that covers government, policy, politics, personalities and media, is recognizing Louis Maldonado, partner at d expósito & Partners, as part of the publisher’s consistent Fifty Over 50 Icon Awards: The Age Disruptors, taking place this Monday, January 29th.
Agency Searches and Reviews: What Type of Consultant Is Right for You?

As a result of that comment and queries from several marketing and procurement clients about different types of internal and external consultants to help manage the complexities and intricacies of important, high-stakes agency reviews or searches, we are outlining the differences.
One astronaut and two in advertising appear in book about Cuban women

Cuban-American Women: Making History, a book by Arnhilda Badía, a professor and former Florida State Representative, being released today, is a compilation of the lives of more than fifty Cuban-American women, among them two from the U.S. Hispanic advertising industry and an astronaut.
The Chronicle of Higher Education Announces Two Diversity in Media Scholarships for College Students

The Chronicle of Higher Education is accepting applications for two scholarships and internships for exceptional students who want to enter the journalism and media fields, the Diversity in Journalism Scholarship and the newly created Diversity in Multimedia Business Scholarship.
Why You Need a RFM Revamp

Making it through the holidays is the hardest part of a retail marketer's job. But, after the New Year, it's hardly time to sit back and relax. What comes next can make or break how successful the next year could be.
How Brands Can Authentically Engage Hispanic Creators [REPORT]

BODEN influencer team sat down with Hispanic creators for our latest report, “How Brands Can Authentically Engage Hispanic Creators.”
Five Leading Media Advocacy Groups to Make Diverse Content Creators and Talent More Discoverable, Accessible

Gracenote, the content metadata business unit of Nielsen, is joining forces with leading advocates for equitable representation in media on a new Studio System feature, Diversity Spotlight. The enhancement leverages insights from IllumiNative, Gold House, RespectAbility, National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) and Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) to highlight people and projects that meet a range of diversity-specific criteria and open new casting, funding and collaboration opportunities.
The creator economy in 3D [REPORT]

The creator economy is changing how consumers interact with brands, media, and purchasing channels. In the latest iteration of the CMO Program’s Creator economy in 3D report, we found that three out of five consumers surveyed are likely to positively engage with a brand with the right creator’s recommendation. Read on to discover how brands can harness the evolving trends of the creator economy to take creator marketing to another level.
About 1 in 10 restaurants in the U.S. serve Mexican food

Mexican culture is widely established in America’s restaurants. Some 11% of restaurants in the United States serve Mexican food, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from SafeGraph, which curates information about millions of places of interest around the globe, and the user review site Yelp.
Marketing Performance versus Business Performance: What to Prioritize?

The alignment of marketing strategies with overarching business objectives is becoming increasingly crucial in a business landscape more obsessed than ever with ROI. Traditionally, marketing performance has been evaluated through channel-specific metrics. However, this approach often overlooks the broader business objectives, leading to a misalignment between marketing efforts and overall business performance. To achieve sustainable growth, marketers need to shift to incorporate both mindsets in their day-to-day decision-making.
2024 Edelman Trust Barometer – Innovation in Peril [REPORT]

The 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals a new paradox at the heart of society. Rapid innovation offers the promise of a new era of prosperity, but instead risks exacerbating trust issues, leading to further societal instability and political polarization.
How Retail Media Can Address Its Measurement Problems

Retail media has gone stratospheric. In 2023, it was the fastest-growing channel, according to data from WARC, and it has been achieving double-digit growth every year since 2014. It's forecast to push on in 2024, with projections that it will reach a total of $141.7 billion – that's 13.6 percent of all ad spend..
A New Framework for Selling Creative Effectiveness [PODCAST]

Trying to educate the C-suite on the complexities of modern marketing has become an occupational hazard for CMOs and marketers. The problem is that a lot of folks in the C-suite — and throughout the rest of the company, for that matter — think marketing is easy. Create a snappy jingle, add some crisp copy, make it relatable to the target audience and, voila, there's your marketing remit. But the reality couldn't be further from the truth.
7 retail industry predictions for 2024

This annual predictions process — collecting tons of information from various sources to arrive at projections for how the retail industry is likely to fare in the year ahead — could be upended if artificial intelligence keeps improving.
They Knew How to Move Mountains

As I thank those who are congratulating HispanicAd.com on our 25th Anniversary, I’m taking this opportunity to celebrate the lives of some industry pioneers who have left us over the last few days. People like Venezuelan TV mogul Gustavo Cisneros. People like Omar Marchant. People like Carlos Barba. True giants. My thanks to Combined Sources for the recap obituaries of Marchant and Barba. It’s impossible to read them without taking into account the audacity of these individuals who dared move mountains. Every now and then I “bitch and kvetch” about what I call a certain passivity on the part of our industry. Are we moving mountains? Are we daring ourselves to advance and defend our Hispanic Market as it deserves? Reading the stories that follow, I hope, will make us think. — Gene Bryan - CEO / HispanicAd
Mundial Media appoints Gerardo (Gerry) Ramirez as Chief Growth Officer to Drive Expansion
Mundial Media has announced the hiring of Gerardo (Gerry) Ramirez as Chief Growth Officer, who will focus on strategic initiatives including client partnerships, operational optimizations, and marketing.
2023 Hispanic Market Overview Report- DOWNLOAD for FREE

HispanicAd.com in association with Adam R Jacobson are proud to announce the availability of the 2023 Hispanic Market Overview – titled “A Call For Full Inclusion”



























