Agency

A discussion with Lerma’s Principal & Founder, Pete Lerma and Brand Planning Principal, Quim Gil, as they take a close look at the impact the Coronavirus has had on communities of color, specifically U.S. Hispanics. They’ll discuss how brands can leverage their power and become dynamic social actors in favor of equality.

One-in-ten eligible voters in the 2020 electorate will be part of a new generation of Americans – Generation Z. Born after 1996, most members of this generation are not yet old enough to vote, but as the oldest among them turn 23 this year, roughly 24 million will have the opportunity to cast a ballot in November. And their political clout will continue to grow steadily in the coming years, as more and more of them reach voting age.

With all the flashy banners and retargeted content consumers see daily, just how relevant are digital ads to most Americans? Consumer intelligence company CivicScience conducted an internal study to examine how the general population feels about the bulk of the digital advertisements they are served.

For much of our industry’s history, market researchers have used intentional questioning to generate structured data to derive insights from, but as technology has grown in its ubiquity, we’ve gained access to new unstructured data sources and the resources to turn this messy data into insights.  by Kyle Findlay – Senior Data Science Director (Innovation) / Kantar

Thus far, the advertising industry has primarily focused on only one of the factors that determines “opportunity to see” digital ads – whether the ad actually appears on the screen. What is often not discussed is the other factor that offers a non-fraudulent digital ad an “opportunity to be seen” – a person is present when the ad is on screen.

The Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation and the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division announced $2.475 million in Project Innovation grants will be presented to 69 organizations in 11 markets that are using innovation to tackle everyday problems and urgent COVID-19 needs in their comm

NGL Collective announced the launch of NGL [VIRTUAL] STUDIOS, a creative toolbox specially designed to service advertisers during a time of #ShelteringInPlace and beyond.

It’s not easy to find candidates for advertising, media, and marketing roles that have all the desired skills.

TV couldn’t be better. It’s our television industry that needs to adapt.

As social distancing and virtual work have become our new normal, here are five suggestions to help ensure everyone on your team feels included and valued.

“Gal Friday, Spanish helpful but not necessary,” read the 1980 newspaper ad that caught Rochelle Newman-Carrasco’s attention and changed the course of her life. In this segment from last week’s “IAP Live” interview, Rochelle Newman-Carrasco utilizes hilarious impersonations to tell the story of the wildly eccentric Pedro Font, her introduction to the U.S. Hispanic marketing industry, and the meteoric rise of Font & Vaamonde.

Media buyers should follow five key criteria when venturing into the complex and opaque ecosystem of third-party data that is designed to help them target their programmatic digital media buys.

As the media industry navigates COVID-19 and its greatest period of upheaval in modern memory, having the right data to understand if your ad will command consumer attention has never been more critical. The increasing rate of media consumption during the pandemic has been game-changing for marketers, but how can an ad creative break free from the volume of content, especially when reaching and connecting with the consumer is more difficult than ever? In fact prior to COVID-19, 40% of demographic targeting did not reach the intended audience, 50% of impressions were not viewable and 20% of campaigns were not noticed.

Here in the US, the hard-pressed retail industry has suffered the first of what is likely to be a string of bankruptcies. Last week fashion retailer J. Crew and department store Neiman Marcus both filed for Chapter 11. While neither brand could be considered strong, the real issue was the debt load both companies were carrying. The Great Lockdown simply delivered the coup de grâce.  By Nigel Hollis

In this episode of Hispanicize Hangout BUSINESS edition, get an inside look into the three largest U.S. multicultural media practices via an in-depth and personal conversation with Lisa Torres (Publicis), Gonzalo Del Fa (Group M) and Karina Dobarro (Horizon Media).

In this episode of Hispanicize Hangout BUSINESS edition, get an inside look into the three largest U.S. multicultural media practices via an in-depth and personal conversation with Lisa Torres (Publicis), Gonzalo Del Fa (Group M) and Karina Dobarro (Horizon Media).

Agency Mania Solutions shared advice regarding to role of metrics in managing agencies. The article examined how answering strategic leadership questions can help determine the proper metrics to use.

In times of uncertainty, it’s especially important to stay connected with your consumers. Whether you’re trying to add new benefits to your offerings to keep up with changing consumer opinions,  updating claims on your packaging or building your innovation pipeline to meet emerging needs, you need consumer input. But at the same time, getting that input is more difficult. Restrictions on in-person data collection, such as with focus groups, leave a gap in your usual processes, and a fast-evolving environment means you have to be even more agile.

Marketers have observed the rapid changes in consumers’ behavior throughout the coronavirus pandemic, because of the health effects, social distancing and physical store closures. Online purchasing has sped up. Contactless payment and new safety protocols for stores that do remain open are on the rise. Work-at-home arrangements and home confinement made broadband more essential for many households, and prompted faster adoption of certain digital platforms

People talk about coming out “on the other side” of this crisis, but that’s an ambiguous destination that we may not recognize until we’ve already been there for some time. What if the other side is months out, years even? What do we do until then? When we get there, what will your agency look like?  by Mark Duval / The Duval Partnership