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Marketing tools are rapidly evolving and marketers are spending more money on technology than ever before.

Nearly all marketers increased their mobile ad budget in 2014—93% worldwide, according to a June 2014 study by Forrester Research for Acxiom and 4INFO. But more spending means more measurement to prove that increased investments are worth it, and the research found that marketers hadn’t quite mastered this part yet.

Casanova Pendrill will be part of the organization and judging panel in the fourth edition of “La Noche de los Cortos” which will take place in Los Angeles, California starting November first.

The October report highlights the employment situation for U.S. Hispanics and offers practical advice to help organizations bolster the effectiveness of diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Casanova Pendrill (CP) announced the promotion of Alejandro Ortiz to Vice President, Creative Director. Mr. Ortiz manages all creative developed by the New York office. In addition, Jonathan Jauregui was promoted to associate Creative Director, reporting to Mr. Ortiz.

DirecToHispanic (DTH) announced that former Galavision and Univision.com President, Javier Saralegui, has joined DTH as a strategic advisor.

DishLATINO has secured Mexican actor and director Eugenio Derbez to star in its new multifaceted advertising creative, part of the brand’s overall “Me Conviene” campaign.

The campaign, entitled “Together,” includes both broad market and a new Hispanic initiative, the latter created by Louisville-based ad agency Creative Alliance.

In 2010, eBay embarked on a journey to bring more women into its top ranks. It found that commitment, measurement, and culture outweigh a business case and HR policies.

Impact investment funds, initially created by foundations like Rockefeller, Gates, and the Omidyar network, seek to convert money destined for pure philanthropy to more strategic and business-driven investments.

Aflac announced that it launched its first original Spanish-language television commercial. The commercial, called “Heights,” will air nationally on major Spanish-language networks through late November.

As digital devices take an increasingly prominent place in the lives of US consumers, media use is becoming characterized not by the influence of any single device or platform, but by the simultaneous use of multiple ones.

The one hundred top PR companies have been named by toppragencies.com for the month of October 2014.

Is the end of the pop-up ad near? A September 2014 study conducted by Harris Interactive for Goo Technologies found that 29% of US internet users thought the ad type wouldn’t survive the next 10 years—the highest percentage out of all formats studied. Banners were the second most likely to vanish, according to respondents, cited by 19%.

By Gonzalo López Martí @LopezMartiMiami

• Last week I pointed out a fact which, at least in my humble experience, is a self evident truth: our Latin Catholic inclination to do business with family and/or friends is a recipe for disgruntlement and, eventually, failure.
• Family companies are a mess.
• They always end up mired in bad blood and doom.
• As usual, I got a considerable amount of pushback from my beloved readers.
• Some hate mail too.
• I will concede though that there are exceptions to my theory.

Luis Gallardo, has been named as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors  of Thinking Heads Americas.

With the continued melding of the Hispanic population with the U.S. culture at large, its led to a new buzzword for marketers to use when implementing their advertising strategies: ‘Total Market Approach.

Programmatic technology and precise digital metrics will change the way multicultural marketing dollars are spent, expert says.

Rather, the quintet of marketers at B&C and Multichannel News’ Hispanic TV Summit Marketing Roundtable, “Driving Growth of Hispanic Audiences,” all described a relentless need to refine their methods.

The array of platforms is vast, many of them with as yet unwritten rules. And it’s tricky to make programming broad enough for a wide audience, while also localizing it in a meaningful way for the various Latin American nationalities.