Marketing

Today’s digital consumer is exposed to a huge number of marketing messages via display ads, search, email, mobile, social media and other sources along the path to purchase. But until recently, many retailers mainly paid attention only to customers’ “last click”—an approach that ignores all other marketing touchpoints that lead to a transaction, according to a new eMarketer report, “Multichannel Attribution: What Retailers Need to Know.”

The article from Andrés Ordoñez regarding NBC’s “The Voice” provided a helpful analogy to help illustrate the importance of cultural relevance regardless of language. It prompted me to offer another example from those same blind auditions, which I believe is a truly compelling example on the impact of cross-cultural influence and the increasingly global mindset that exists in today’s new America. By Louis Maldonado – partner, managing director / d exposito & Partners

I’ve been a marketer for years, regardless of what my title was or where I worked. And I’ve learned one inalienable truth in my career: If you want to be a successful marketer, you need to learn how to sell.

As the U.S. population has diversified, the lines have blurred between shopping, entertainment, and community. This blending of experiences has created an opportunity for retail to strengthen social ties within communities looking for communal experiences. Lifestyle centers, a newer entrant to the shopping mix, have met this opportunity head on, as they blend traditional retail tenants with upscale leisure uses that offer shoppers a place to buy as well as an experience and a place to gather.

Loyalty and engagement platform PunchTab shared results of a survey of over 600 moms that offers new insights into what works to motivate engagement and purchase from this high-value audience segment.

parago’s third annual shopper study, “Let’s Make a Deal,” revealed that deal seeking has grown significantly in the past year. It is now a behavior consistently seen in shoppers from all demographics. Deal seeking is no longer just trendy or born completely out of necessity. Shoppers continue to seek out the very best prices and are willing to go out of their way to save even a little bit.

When it comes to buying and consuming different forms of media, there is no one-size-fits-all preference. Some of us tend to be on the cutting edge of technological advances, while others enjoy reading, watching and listening in more established ways. And consumer preferences have as much to do with spending power as they do with ethnic background.

Corporate America is finally practicing what we’ve been preaching all these years: pay attention to the Hispanic segment because it offers an opportunity like none other in this country. By Jorge Ortega – managing partner of Newlink America

This past week, we were treated to two very intriguing — and yet seemingly contradictory — pieces of research concerning the state of marketing and the relative health and wellness of its fearless leader, the Chief Marketing Officer.

To be successful in real-time marketing, marketers and their agencies need to rethink the creative process, according to a new eMarketer report, “Real-Time Marketing: Speeding Up the Creative Process.”

In a world of constant change, being culturally relevant and future-focussed is increasingly important. Culturally-connected brands can be nimble and operate in real time. When your brand is part of culture, not sitting on the surface, you stand a better chance of being noticed and loved.

But how exactly do you connect with something as amorphous as ‘culture’? And how do you know when you’re doing it right?

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I recently posted a blog here comparing ethnic heritage and identity. Heritage refers to your familial, national, cultural, ethnic, or religious ancestry. Identity refers to the way that you view yourself. Now, the U.S. Census Bureau is planning to comingle these two categories in a way that could have significant implications for the Hispanic future. By Carlos E. Cortés / Unvision Insights

by Jose Villa / Sensis Whenever someone first gets involved in Hispanic marketing, they inevitably come across a series of universally accepted “truths” about Hispanic consumers and how to market to them. While some of these truths have faded as the market has evolved over the last 50 years, some continue unchallenged. But as anyone who is deeply involved in marketing to Hispanics today will tell you the market has evolved as quickly as it’s grown. Today’s modern Hispanic marketer understands everything we think we know about Hispanics has to be questioned

While events and trade shows are still a vital part of the marketing and customer engagement mix, senior marketers remain challenged to identify effective methods to measure and prove ROI, according to a new study by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, conducted in partnership with the Exhibit & Event Marketers Association (E2MA).