Marketing

Latin American brands often feel overly confident in entering the U.S. market. Having experienced success in their home markets, they look to replicate that brand affinity north of the border, often using the same strategy that won at home. But, that affinity doesn’t always translate into a successful entry, especially when brands fail to realize and plan for the shift from a mostly homogeneous cultural group to a more diverse society composed of varied multicultural backgrounds, cultural influences, and behavioral drivers.

Like many (in my LinkedIn feed at least), I listened with frustration about the inclusions and omissions. Now, I could list missed research, make counter arguments, pick apart the research cited, but this all misses the point – the question itself is of limited value. A better question is – Why doesn’t advertising work more often?

This article is part of a larger series that focuses on diversity and equity in marketing through the amplification of Black and racially diverse authors. As a company, we are committed to identifying actions we can take in the fight against racism and injustice, and elevating BBIPOC voices is paramount to inspiring change.

Why brands should include their customers’ offline activity in marketing attribution analysis

As brands look to build and rebuild, they will need to look for growth opportunities within the rapidly growing multicultural markets. To arm them with the cultural insights needed, the Culture Marketing Council: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing (CMC) is releasing its 2020 Hispanic Market Guide, the most comprehensive resource on the U.S. Hispanic market. The new publication is now available to view online or download for free.

The term is an English-language contrivance, not a real gesture at gender inclusivity.

Branding efforts leapfrog to the top of the B2B marketing agenda as CMOs anticipate a rapid economic rebound

2020 is the year when the majority of all Americans under seventeen years old will be from a minority background, a process that will culminate with a so-called “minority-majority” population by the mid-2040s. These demographic changes will bring about a significant transformation to Corporate America, and during the next few months, I will discuss some of these consequences, in each article targeting one specific area of our business environment.  By Isaac Mizrahi –  Co-President / ALMA

Re-Evaluating Media for Recovery and like the 2018 paper, Re-Evaluating Media, before it, this report commissioned by Radiocentre aimed to identify the truth about media effectiveness for 10 different media types. It also set out to establish the gaps that exist between the reality and the perceptions of reality about which are the most effective media channels, while also identifying the critical media attributes required to grow brands. This is more relevant than ever in these most uncertain of times.

Millennials and gen Zers embrace brands that take a stand on the issues of the day

Verizon and its ad agency McCann Worldgroup received top honors, winning the Best in Show award in the 2020 ANA Multicultural Excellence Awards competition for the campaign “Love Calls Back.”

CPG retailers and manufacturers: Say farewell to the record sales growth the industry has experienced this year. Year-over-year sales comparisons continue to track above pre-COVID-19 conditions in most markets, but the huge sales spikes we saw in March, April and May are unlikely to be repeated in 2021.

The ANA’s Marketing Word of the Year for 2020 is particularly representative of a year marked by the ravages caused throughout the world by the COVID-19 pandemic and social justice issues.

Recently, Richard Bambrick posted a link to a presentation by Martin Weigel, titled How not to FAIL. The basic premise of the presentation is that nobody cares about brands and marketers would do well to remember it. I agree. But that does not mean your marketing is wasted, far from it. However, you might want to figure out how your brand can associate with something people do care about.  By Nigel Hollis

Kantar’s annual industry benchmarking report identifies US retailers and suppliers that set the standard of performance, ranked by their trading partners.

The Clock Has Run Out on The One-size-fits-all Total Market Approach to Marketing

We fielded a research questionnaire from through 10/9-12/3/2020 using our +20,000 email subscribers and our LinkedIn platform.  Over +4,900 executives answered the questionnaire.  The results are as follows.

In this interview, Jinghuan Liu Tervalon, an insights and strategy executive at The Coca-Cola Company, talks about her racial awakening journey and her anti-racist work in both the corporate world and the running community, while busting the model minority myth.

Spanish is the second most used language in the world and English is third; In the United States, English is the most common and Spanish is second. According to Pew Research Center’s 2013 National Survey of Latinos, 36% of Hispanics in the United states are bilingual, while 25% mainly use English and 38% mainly use Spanish (Krogstad & Gonzalez-Barrera, 2020). When it comes to advertising to Hispanics, language plays a key role and it’s important to understand the best way to convey a message to make the consumer feel understood. When deciding on how to market and advertise to Hispanics in the United States it is beneficial to consider code switching versus Spanglish as well as culture in relations to language and how it will affect the campaign.  By Holly Coleman and Madison McDaniel / Florida State University

Prepare to be inspired as we highlight multicultural marketing at its best! As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ANA’s Multicultural Marketing Excellence Awards, join us to hear from some of the winningest brands and agencies.  They will highlight some of their best work over the past two decades, share their perspective on how multicultural marketing has evolved, and expound on what they think is next on the horizon.