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A new national survey from cloud communications provider Corvisa proves that consumers are getting fed up with poor customer service and as a result, businesses’ livelihoods are at stake.

In its latest report on the global advertising marketplace, covering 73 countries, MAGNA GLOBAL estimates that media owner advertising revenues grew by +3.2% in 2015 to $503 billion.

WPP’s GroupM issued its bi-annual global advertising expenditure forecast which predicts ad investment growth of 3.4 percent ($17bn incremental) in 2015 and 4.5 percent in 2016 ($22bn incremental).  These are slight downgrades from GroupM’s predictions at midyear for 2015 and 2016 which were 4.0 percent and 4.8 percent respectively.

Until recently, consumerism in the U.S. healthcare industry has moved slowly. However, several converging forces are likely to change the situation soon and result in a more dynamic market. Higher deductibles and copayments, greater transparency into provider performance and costs, and the rise of network narrowing and provider-led health plans are prodding patients to become more involved in healthcare decision making than ever before.

Maintaining a strong brand that represents the core values of the consumers they serve, differentiating from competitive offerings and generating positive customer experiences is key to surviving in today’s competitive healthcare climate. Healthcare, meet the business world.

By Gonzalo López Martí   –    LMMIAMI.COM

• The US Eastern Seaboard used to be the cultural & industrial gravitational center of the country.
• Possibly of the world.
• Particularly New York, the city of finance, media, fashion and foodies.
• Not anymore.
• Power is shifting to the west.
• At breakneck speed.

Decades back, diversity and inclusion were largely seen as social initiatives mandated through the federal government and embraced by only a handful of blue-chip companies. Fast forward to today — it’s now a competitive advantage that smart companies can’t afford to ignore.  By Jorge A. Plasencia Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of República

Procter & Gamble (P&G) shifted most of its business from Publicis Groupe’s Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) to two other agencies — Dentsu Aegis Network’s Carat and Omnicom Media Group.

New forms of social platforms present a new set of challenges for brands – and they can’t afford to duck them

Fast-moving digital technology has driven almost continuous change in attitudes, behaviour and habits, and this has been hugely disruptive for marketing. However the technologies that set the parameters for connected consumer behavior are no longer new.

Agencies are investing in programmatic ads on a range of media, including television. But many ad agency professionals say they are still not planning to allocate any programmatic spending to local TV.

The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) announced the release of the 2015 Mobile Trends Report. As a retrospective of this year’s best work and most notable mobile strategies, the report reveals a clear and persistent focus by mobile marketers on deepening human relationships and leveraging the best that mobile has to offer to do so.

There’s nothing new about the phrase “the right time, the right consumer, the right place”. Digital has made it more current and more possible – but also more challenging.

As the senior vice president of global strategy at cross-device services firm Tapad, Nick Jordan oversees product decisions and works with advertisers and publishers on broader initiatives. Jordan spoke with eMarketer’s Lauren Fisher about cross-device targeting moving onto newer arenas like television and the internet of things (IoT).

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru are the six largest economies in Latin America. They are also the most significant digital video markets in the region.

Miami based CommonGround/MGS has advised all of their employees yesterday that they no longer are employed at the agency and that the company has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy with the intent to liquidate all assets.  After filing the story we received a call from the agency spokeswpman at CommonGround/MGS advising us that they have not filled for bankrutpcy, but did not deny the remainder of the story.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Board of Directors of Univision Communications Inc. will decided to postpone their IPO this year based on lackluster performance of media stocks, the potential rate hike by the Federal Reserve and the current IPO environment.

So what if you saw a traditional TV commercial for a car insurance company, and somehow the next commercial, hacked by scammers, told you what a lot of bunk that insurance company was up to?

U.S. Millennials prioritize social over other forms of media, with 71% using social media daily, or watching online video (76%). This age group is also the most likely to adopt new buying methods such as mobile payments with 9% of U.S. millennials using mobile payment applications daily. They also continue to consume media in traditional ways (e.g. TV, radio) but with much lower frequency than older generations.

Retail marketers use a variety of digital programs to meet their objectives, but that mix shifts regularly.