Marketing

Reliable genius is what you really want from your advertising. Why aren’t you getting it? Probably because you don’t take your advertising production process as seriously as you take many of the other processes in your company. Let me introduce you to the concept and practice of “Advertising Process Control.”  By Dan Beltramo, EVP, Product Leadership

As the first generation of digital natives, teens have grown up in an increasingly visual world, and retailers have to keep up with them when it comes to visual marketing. Sharalyn Orr, executive director at Frank N. Magid Associates, spoke with eMarketer’s Lisa Barron about how critical visuals can be in capturing the teen market.

The research examines how Hispanic Americans – the second largest and fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S. today – use the Internet, smartphones, tablets and TV in their daily lives.

What does it take to hire a successful CMO in today’s marketing economy?  Answering that question is not easy because the environment keeps changing, but there are some key qualities essential for the person leading your marketing.

Trust issues are a key reason for pharma’s low ranking. When researching a disease, 66-and-older respondents had little trust in pharma company-sponsored sites.

Unlike survey-based measurement, which evaluates a consumer’s conscious reactions to ads, neuroscience taps into the brain’s subconscious. Neuroscientists believe the subconscious is the motivating force behind many of our actions, including which brands we buy from.

Programmatic advertising burst on the scene several years ago. Initially popular as a way to get the best rates on banner advertising, programmatic eventually spread to mobile, social and video. Now, the programmatic world is buzzing about something else: TV.

If they only knew. Not that anyone has to tell them that they’re hot, lack of self-esteem has never been an issue with Latinas…but boy, are they hot!  by Pedro de Cordoba – Chief Strategy Officer / Eventus

Can TV and radio stay relevant as advertising platforms in the face of the intense relationship consumers have with their digital devices?  Most forecasts believe so, but we think it’s an open question after reviewing the conclusions of two different research studies that were recently released.  By Daniel McCarthy / The McCarthy Group

The “haters” are the doomsday scenario fans that have declared TV dead, and long live digital! Then there are the TV-hater contrarians, who argue that TV is still a formidable medium in terms of reach, penetration, ability to engage, etc.

Technologies to create, manage and measure marketing and advertising have become essential tools to reach and engage increasingly connected audiences.

According to the report, digital content has become king and online personalities reign as the most relatable and influential, with 13-24 viewers revealing a considerable 11.3 hours weekly watching “free” online video and declaring the internet the dominant platform delivering the experience and content more suited to their lifestyle. A large driver of that consumption was that for the 62 percent majority, digital content just makes them feel good about themselves vs. 40 percent reported for TV.

From a strategic marketing perspective, social media provides brands with a wealth of data that can inform their brand strategy. Consumers are posting comments about the brands they like and the ones they don’t like; they capture negative and positive experiences related to products and services, and provide reasons for their opinions.

Much like the media realm, the consumer product landscape is becoming increasingly fragmented. Competition is rising, new channels are developing and choice is rampant. The combination of these and many other factors has retailers and manufacturers shuffling myriad promotion options to best publicize their products and boost sales.

Here’s the crux. In spite of the fact that as an industry of Hispanic marketers we’ve become very sophisticated in our methods and resources, we’re still stuck in a time warp. What do I mean by this? We continue to focus on US, what WE do well, what WE need and what the Hispanic market needs instead of focusing on our clients’ companies or the companies where we own responsibility for Hispanic Marketing and where we’re responsible for contributing to OVERALL growth.  By Terry Soto, Author and CEO, About Marketing Solutions, Inc.

Data is hot — and if you’re not using for your marketing and advertising needs, then you’re likely going to be stumbling badly in the next 12-24 months.

Google “Millennial” and it’s easy to see why every marketer is freaking out trying to reach this often misunderstood generation.

Welcome to the second episode of #TotalMarketTalk, a new Digital series created by NGL Media and NGLC exclusively for HispanicAd.  In this installment, David Chitel, CEO of NGL Media and Founder of NGLC, speaks with Marla Skiko, EVP Director Digital Innovation at SMG Multicultural about all things Digital.  Hear Marla’s take on everything from “Total Market” to Big Data to the role that burgeoning platforms like Vine are playing in the world of reaching and engaging today’s digitally-connected multicultural audience.

In the global study, ZenithOptimedia looked at how new technologies are set to impact retail, media and entertainment and how brands are likely to leverage these innovations to create personalized consumer experiences as part of their communication strategies.

Marketers are still struggling to measure return on investment (ROI), according to a November 2014 study by Webmarketing123, which found that 33% of US business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) marketing professionals still didn’t know which channel made the biggest impact on revenues.