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Analysis of recent ACA numbers in California revealed a surprising statistic:  Hispanics and Millennials are signing up for the ACA Exchange at half the rate of Non-Hispanics. While initial assumptions pointed to the highly publicized challenges shared by most consumers during the initial enrollment period, deeper delving by Santiago Solutions Group (SSG) indicates that Hispanics and Millennials share a common problem which affected their low ACA enrollment levels: a Healthcare literacy gap. Growth leaders and insurers are turning their attention toward immediate action plans that can correct this common – and very fixable – problem.  By Santiago Solutions Group

Patterns of global migration have shifted in recent decades and those changes, along with the ups-and-downs of the economy, have also resulted in changes in the flow of remittances —the money that many migrants send back to families in their countries of origin.

Shiv Singh’s role at Visa is twofold: to manage global brand strategy and positioning, but also to evolve the way Visa does marketing. Singh spoke with eMarketer’s Debra Aho Williamson about Visa’s attitude toward real-time marketing and how the company plans to measure the performance of real-time initiatives.

As the first wave of the Digital Generation, Gen Y is truly disrupting the traditional notions of marketing. Brands can partner with Gen Y by understanding what’s important to this culturally diverse and life stage-straddling group, and how digital and mobile permeate their lives.

The use of celebrities is a popular creative approach for brands looking for success in online video. With more than 600 campaigns employing famous faces last year — and with those campaigns garnering more than 2.2 billion views — this was among the most used tactics in 2013.

Hispanics & Multicultural non-Hispanic generated six in ten of all new grocery buyers between 2011 to 2013. Health-Natural stores buyers growth rate was led by Most Acculturated Hispanic segment. Hispanics led in Mass/Discount growth rate. On the other hand, Least Acculturated buyers declined sharply for Hispanic Grocery stores and C- stores. Millennials led in the growth rate of Low-Tier and in the decline of Mid-Tier.

Celebrities. They appear to be the focal point of every PR campaign these days, don’t they? Whether it’s to open a restaurant, get donations for a charity, sell a t-shirt or just to lend heat to a cool brand, we publicists tend to look to celebrities as a quick solution to every problem. (I’m distinguishing between an advertising campaign, in which a celebrity is paid big bucks to essentially “act” in a TV or print ad, and a PR campaign, in which a celebrity lends his or her personal credibility to support a cause or an event or a product.)

MiTú announced that it will partner with Latin America-based TOUCHE’ FILMS and Enchufe.TV to create Latino-friendly, English language comedy formats for a U.S. based millennial audience.

With anticipation growing across the globe for the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, Budweiser revealed Rise As One, the brand’s global creative campaign on behalf of its sponsorship of the upcoming tournament.

With the advent of the ACA, insurers have two drivers: share AND profitability.  Most sales and marketing focus is on gaining share by securing the highest enrollment numbers possible.  Effective Growth Leaders are measuring business success beyond market share: The utilization cost and ROI of the new pool is an equally important goal of effective marketing. Companies can measure their success by drawing in a pool that may have both a higher likelihood to health coverage and a lower propensity to acquire preventable conditions, both of which impact the bottom line.   By Santiago Solutions Group

The Creative Capital – the digital agency assigned to the task launched a unique message campaign titled “Ponte Pa Lo Tuyo” or contextualized into English would be “Get with it and start making money”. The spanish-language campaign covered the areas of television, radio and print ads.

Consumers have already voiced interest in receiving personalized emails, and recent polling suggested that personalization would be a key trend across all communications this year. In a November 2013 study by Conversant, around three-quarters of US senior-level marketers and agency decision-makers agreed that “individualized messages and offers will be more effective than mass messages/offers” this year, and about the same percentage said “personalized one-to-one marketing is the future.”

“Fast is fine, but accuracy is important.” That quote is attributed to Wyatt Earp, but I think it applies to marketing as well.  In a world of marketing that is quickly being pushed towards data-driven methodologies, I would think accuracy is one of the most important criteria, wouldn’t you?

The high demand from Hollywood executives for fresh faces and a cohesive Latino entertainment entity has prompted the recent partnership of Isabel Echeverry/Kontakto Reps and Erika Olmos/Olmos Management to form Olmos Kontakto Entertainment.

When it comes to their financial lives, some Hispanic Millennials like to have all their ducks in a row. Using Simmons data, Tr3s recently identified and analyzed this segment, called “Life Planners.” Representing a little more than 1 in 3 Hispanics 18-34, this group is optimistic, believes in seizing opportunities when they arise, strives to be well-informed, and doesn’t like the idea of debt.

Technology has changed a lot in the last 30 years—even the last three! Today’s consumer is more connected than ever, thanks to the proliferation of digital devices and platforms. Content once available only via specific channels, such as print and broadcast television, can today be delivered to consumers through their multiple connected devices.

Lopez Negrete Communications, Inc. celebrated yet another tour de force at the American Advertising Federation’s 52nd Annual American Advertising Awards, earning Best of Show honors for a tenth consecutive year.

Bromley received 16 Addy awards on Feb. 15 at the American Advertising Federation-San Antonio Awards Gala held at the McNay Art Museum. The ad agency won one Mosaic Special Judges’ Award, two Special Judges’ Awards, seven Gold, five Silver and one Bronze for its integrated campaigns, social media, television, radio spots and music for clients MillerCoors, General Mills and NBA.

Miami-based public relations firm RockOrange has been selected as the agency of record to lead public relations efforts for rum producer Botran Rums.

Coming off the heels of 2013, programmatic buying, native advertising and viewability all remain topical to digital display advertisers, particularly brands. Just last year, these distinct trends might have seemed like isolated enhancements. When viewed in totality, however, they reflect an advertising landscape that is evolving to provide brands a richer storytelling experience among a more engaged audience—wherever that audience might be.