Agency

Reading Joel Trethowan’s article ‘Need, culture and experience – three sides to the brand relevance triangle’  reminded me of the lengthy discussions predating the launch of BrandDynamics. The old BrandDynamics pyramid is long gone, and maybe the word “relevance” should be as well.  by Nigel Hollis

The new ad announcing the name change from MetroPCS to Metro by T-Mobile create by Richards/Lerma.

America’s multicultural audiences are on the leading edge of the tech adoption curve. From 2013 to 2018, Asian, Latino, and black audiences have been ahead of the streaming curve. The average TV viewer spends 43% of time with live TV, 35% with streamed content. Latinx, blacks, and Asians split their time almost evenly, with about four in every 10 hours spent on live, another four in 10 on streaming, and the rest on vod, dvr, or dvds.  By Adriana Waterston- Senior Vice President of Insights and Strategy at Horowitz Research

In the latest episode of “Behind the Numbers,” eMarketer’s Oscar Orozco and Corey McNair discuss how consumers engage with content while multitasking.

While many people understand that advertising is a necessary burden that comes with viewing free content, the current state of digital advertising is still annoying a lot of folks, according to several studies.

Former Televisa and Univision Chief Content officer, Isaac Lee announced the launch of Exile, a content studio built to serve the growing demand of content for Latin American and US Hispanic audiences.

  By Gonzalo López Martí – Creative director, etc    /    LMMiami.com

• Dear readers, let’s play a game: name a branded fruit outside of the bananas category
• Still thinking?

The number of marketers with in-house agencies has grown substantially over the past five years among members of the ANA (Association of National Advertisers), according to a new ANA study.

The latest Getting Media Right finds that marketers globally continue to struggle to assess their marketing performance due to disconnects in strategies for reaching consumers. So why are integrated media campaigns so challenging?  by Aaron Peterson – Director, Marketing & Insights / Insights Division at Kantar

Círculo Creativo has announced that entries to the 7th USH Idea Awards are now open. Agencies will have until October 29th to submit creative pieces to the festival.

Sharing our latest work for Miller Lite: Animales Místicos. It’s an NFL partnership in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, and a collaboration between the multicultural specialists at ALMA and the DDB Chicago team.

Advertisers can build more transparent, partner like relationships with their media agencies by taking four steps.

How marketing leaders must build the right Agency Management competencies to enable their organization to do more.

The ID Comms 2018 Global Media Transparency Survey has found that just 10% of advertisers rate levels of trust with their agency partners as high or very high. By contrast, the number who believe that trust is low has shifted from 29% to 40%, while the number who believe it is average has fallen by 12%.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations has contacted the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) legal counsel regarding an investigation into the media buying practices in our Industry.  The ANA has sent the following letter to its members.

Category winners in the 18th annual Association of National Advertisers’ Multicultural Excellence Awards competition were announced today, and will be honored in November for their industry-leading multicultural advertising campaigns

The controversial issue of transparency between brand marketers and their advertising agencies appears to be at, or very near, a tipping point — but the journey has been slow and torturous.

A clear playbook is emerging for how to integrate and capitalize on advanced technologies—across an entire company, and in any industry.

HRN Media Network, a Gen Media Partners company, has hired broadcast and digital media expert Matt Feinberg as its Chief Strategy Officer.

Telemundo announced the complete line-up of performers for the 2018 “Latin American Music Awards” (Latin AMAs).