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PR Newswire & HubSpot have partnered to present a complimentary webinar on November 1st at 1 p.m. ET that will examine the growing influence of the press release in today’s world of lead generation and inbound marketing.

Xavier Ortiz has rejoined Liberman Broadcasting as Director Of Corporate Sales.

From bed to the bus, from Portland to Pittsburgh, consumers are embracing all the various video platforms available to them. According to the Nielsen Cross-Platform Report for Q2 2011, roughly half (48%) of Americans now watch video online, compared to 10 percent for mobile and 97 percent for traditional TV. Even with already near-universal usage levels, traditional TV viewing saw an increase of 2 hours 43 minutes per month—with New Orleans taking the lead as the city that watches the most primetime TV. DOWNLOAD Report Here.

Liliana “Lili” Gil Valletta has a background and story that makes her unique. An immigrant from Colombia- who came to the U.S. without speaking English- Gil grew to become one of the youngest executives in corporate America at prestigious corporations like Johnson & Johnson, Walt Disney World – Celebration Health, among others.

Just because someone shops in a mall this holiday season doesn’t mean they won’t be shopping online as well.

In the obituaries for Steve Jobs of Apple, you may have read of his disdain for market research. By Elizabeth Ellers – Univision Insights Blog

eMarketer estimates that 63% of the US Hispanic population accesses the internet at least monthly this year, rising to 73% by 2015. This group skews young an somewhat male.

A new IBM study of more than 1,700 chief marketing officers from 64 countries and 19 industries reveals that the majority of the world’s top marketing executives recognize a critical and permanent shift occurring in the way they engage with their customers, but question whether their marketing organizations are prepared to manage the change. DOWNLOAD Report Here.

Carat USA and Aegis Media – Multi-Cultural Marketing released the finding of their new Hispanic Consumer Connections research study that according to them reveals that 90 percent of Hispanic media budgets are working hardest against targeting only 20 percent of the Latino population, due to old assumptions, outdated information and approaches ˆ missing the opportunity to drive significant business value among 80 percent of the Hispanic market.

First, Bull Shit

Second, ……

By Gene Bryan

Whether you’re a client-side marketer or agency professional developing your Hispanic strategy, the question always comes up: “What creative will work hardest to engage my Hispanic consumer?”

Winners of the HispanicAd.com Account Planning Excelencia (HAPE) awards were announced at the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA) Conference in Miami.

The Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies released its 2010 Report on Hispanic Advertising Spending, which revealed that there is a connection between consistent and significant investment allocations of more than 14.2 percent in Hispanic marketing and high levels of overall topline revenue growth.

U.S.-born teens and young adults are greatly contributing to the “death” of the adult Hispanic consumer target as we know it.

Leaders from the U.S. Hispanic advertising industry have joined forces to create the USH Idea Awards—a new industry standard to celebrate outstanding creative achievement in work directed at Hispanic audiences in the U.S. The award will be presented by Círculo Creativo in partnership with the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA).

The Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies announced the 2011-2012 roster of its board of directors as part of its Annual Conference, which kicked off today at the Eden Roc Renaissance Miami Beach. Assuming the Chair position is CEO of Acento Advertising, Roberto Orcí, who will help lead the strategic direction of the organization alongside executive director Horacio Gavilan.