Marketing

Watch a school of fish swim. They have no leader. No one is telling them what to do. Instead they are paying close attention to the fish next to them, in order to move at exactly the same time in exactly the same direction. This type of swarm behavior defies convention. Animal groups moving together as one without ever being told what to do. The comparison of swarm behavior to human interaction has become increasingly relevant as human instincts and social technologies have merged to create an unprecedented collective intelligence.

On April 22nd the DDB Latin America & US Hispanic region conducted an all day seminar under the “Digital Day” banner. It was a different kind of “D Day” for all of us DDBers.

It was certainly an eye opener for some, a confirmation for others and a kick in the butt for a few.

By Luis Miguel Messianu – President & Chief Creative Officer at Alma DDB

This paper is for branding advertisers. By brand advertisers we mean the marketing leaders at the big brand companies as well as the talent at the agencies that work with the advertisers helping them get their message out.

One of the largest U.S. Hispanic/Latin American agencies took a major step towards better understanding just how important digital technology is to Latinos. The Y&R Brands Miami office held it’s first, in a series, of Digital Days. Employees from the Bravo Group, Wunderman and Y&R came together to delve deep into the Hispanic digital world. They examined, with the help of a panel of experts, just how closely the Internet and mobile technology are intertwined with the lives of their consumer.

Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions wanted to make this movie because: “We want to try and tell that digital media is not about technology but about quality of communication, about the interaction between 2 people. There is no better medium than a movie to symbolize the one-to-one communication between people, in this case between an advertiser and a consumer.”

These days, online consumers and companies are collaborating on a range of activities, including R&D, marketing and after-sales support.

Here are a few examples of how brands and consumers are working together online.

It seems to be getting tougher to crack the Hispanic space these days but if you’re going to do it then do it big and do it RIGHT. MySpace Latino’s launch concert on April 11 in Miami is a great example.

If you want to establish your credibility–especially street cred–immediately and unequivocally with today’s Latino, then you have to start on the right foot. CLICK on BLOG above.

Today’s teens are redefining “television” viewing by selecting a broader range of content options on an increasing array of devices.

Ads may not be the best tactic.

The US trails emerging markets such as China, Brazil and Russia in the adoption of activities including blogging, social networking and video-sharing, according to new Universal McCann data presented at the Advertising Research Foundation’s Re:think 2008 conference.

Whether you’re an economist or not, and whether you want to full believe it or not, the U.S. economy is in a recession. The leading economic indicators point to the fact that consumer confidence is down, the housing market is unstable and the Fed has steadily been decreasing interest rates to battle the credit crisis over the last few months. Unemployment rates have gone up — and even our business of online advertising is seeing our major brands make cuts while they battle their uncertain futures.

Brand Culture is a new model of branding which draws upon the anthropological concept of culture. It replaces the current model, which depends upon a manipulative and controllable external brand image.

Due to inevitable fluctuations in market and public opinion over time, expensive brands must establish some type of insurance to combat crises in perception and competition. Consumer Cohesion provides strategies and approaches to ensure brands have the foundation and defense mechanisms in place to succeed in marketing warfare.