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“Achieving success requires more than just doing the right thing,” says Geoffrey James, contributing editor and award-winning blogger at Inc.com and author of Business Without the Bullsh*t: 49 Secrets and Shortcuts You Need to Know. “Success also means changing the behaviors that hold you back.”

NBCUniversal rolled out Telemundo Now on Xbox One®from Microsoft, joining USA Now and Syfy Now.

Henry Stewart Publications and The Center for Multicultural Science have announced that a significant new publication in the field of marketing, Journal of Cultural Marketing Strategy will be launched in 2015.

Tampico Has selected Macias Advertising and Roar Media in the U.S, including General, Total and Hispanic markets.

Super fans are the individuals that make their passion for a brand a central part of their lives and identity. Characterized by their intensity of emotion and “loyalty beyond reason,” brands are looking to harness this super fan culture in new ways through the use of technology.  Courtesy of UCI Trend Lab

By Gonzalo López Martí – LMMIAMI.COM

• A few weeks back we elaborated on the revitalized currency & sway “influencers” hold in the current state of marketing.
• Especially when we are talking about resident influencers who really & factually work for the companies they endorse on social & traditional media.
• Namely Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, the Silicon Valley bucaneers.
• Yeah, for some reason California is a hotbed of influencers.
• A peculiar laboratory of idiosyncratic human behavior applied to business.
• Northern and Southern California too.
• Have you read the leaked Sony Pictures emails?

Cisneros Media announced the expansion and re-branding of its state-of-the-art production facility in the heart of Miami, which will now operate under the name of Cisneros Studios.

AP&P Solutions announced the appointment of Mike Cano as President.

More and more US Hispanics are describing themselves as Bilingual, and they are adopting some US behaviors and attitudes – even while still holding on to key Hispanic values.

The Partnership for a New American Economy released a new report highlighting the important role that both native and foreign-born Hispanics play as consumers, purchasing goods and services that circulate money through the economy and help to grow and sustain businesses.

Collaboration, optimization, guarantees, and benchmarks are not simply industry buzz words. They are the building blocks of a successful digital brand advertising campaign. Any member of the digital ecosystem can benefit from these elements and collectively break down barriers to digital advertising growth.

It’s that time of year again. As we race to the finish line of 2014, we’re also starting to look to what’s next. At JWTIntelligence, our 10 Trends and later 100 Things to Watch have traditionally marked this transition. They’ve become a powerful tool for JWT to communicate its understanding of the future and emerging trends, and a proof point of our expertise.

Nearly every week for the past two years, my colleague Geoff Brash and I have coached people to deliver five-minute pitches. We’ve seen people pitching for money and for customers, for staff and for beta testers. We’ve seen pitches that are persuasive, funny, compelling, vague, wandering, insecure.

The boost that the World Cup was supposed to give Brazilian soccer hasn’t materialized as a sluggish economy and budget shortfalls leave the majority of top division clubs unable to pay salaries.  Courtesy of Bloomberg

There’s no doubt Baby Boomers have changed how endemic categories (e.g., health and finance) view and speak to older consumers, which has resulted in more authentic and youthful ad campaigns that resonate on a deeper level. And, it’s also true that Boomers’ unrivaled spending power has caused mainstream brands to at least question the wisdom of ignoring consumers once they turn 50. Despite this progress, however, the question of how to convince more mainstream brands to target consumers 50+ with any regularity persists.

The Hispanic Public Relations Association’s New York Chapter announced the 2015 Executive Board elected by its members. Maria Amor, vice president at FORMULATIN, will lead the organization as President, after having served as the organization’s Secretary in 2014. For the second consecutive year, Federico Mejer, partner at CommongroundMGS, and Veronica Potes, manager of network partners and client solutions at E!, will fill the Vice President roles. Maria J. Ramirez, director at FORMULATIN will make her board debut as Secretary, while former committee member Julie Mendez, senior director at Tractenberg & Co, will take on Treasury duties.

2015 will be the year of mobile!Wait, people have said that about every other year? How many years have we been saying that one now — five? Six? Sigh.

Prosumer, city-sumer, sellsumers, JOMO and FOMO. Marketers and brand managers are constantly bombarded with fancy terms and buzzwords hailing the next big consumer trend. This can be overwhelming and brands often find it challenging to tap into every trend out there. The trick lies in knowing which ones are most relevant to their business.

Millennial males are, in theory, elusive creatures. They’re commonly thought of as cord cutters who can’t be—and don’t want to be—reached. But many marketers remain eager to connect with this young, digitally-savvy group.

Consumers are voting at an accelerated rate for brands that enable customization.