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Last week, I presented one of the general sessions at the Hispanic Retail 360 Conference held at the Hilton Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California. My presentation was titled the 4Cs of Hispanic Market Retailing. I listened to two and a half days of interesting market insight presentations focused on the 50 million Hispanic market size, engagement, connection and relevant Hispanic market reach. By Terry J. Soto, Author of “Marketing to Hispanics A Strategic Approach to Assessing and Planning Your Initiative” and President & CEO of About Marketing Solutions, Inc.

Front line personnel from store managers to field marketing directors agree that marketing support materials are big contributors to the selling process. But there is still a massive amount of waste and obsolescence due to poor tracking, provisioning and just in time delivery of sales and merchandising materials to the field, reports the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council.DOWNLOAD Report Here.

Raul, today I almost fell out of my chair laughing at how ridiculous and idiotic we have become regarding our business titles.

Yes, I repeated ridiculous and idiotic!

Just read your press release promoting the fact that your radio stations were ranked #1 and #3 across the country. Congratulations, but this is not what made me laugh.

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In the past decade or so I’ve had the opportunity to be a part of several Hispanic market opportunity assessments. The purpose of these studies has mainly been to determine how pre-existing (general market inspired) brands can enter the Hispanic market. Every case has been different, and all have been highly complex.

Marketers may find themselves challenged to keep up with the ever-expending lexicon and targeting capabilities of display advertising, but not everyone needs to be well-versed in the inner workings of behavioral advertising to recognize its presence. US internet users are becoming aware of online behavioral advertising and are generally well-versed in key terminology, according to research from Harris Interactive.

We have known for a long time that listening to radio is a favorite activity of Hispanics and African Americans. In particular, listening to the radio has a long tradition in Latin America where radio is the town crier and the central point of communities where people find lost items, find jobs, get announcements, news, etc. Clearly also, music is a great part of the tradition of listening to the radio. I have been curious as to whether or not Internet radio has continued that tradition or not. By Felipe Korzenny, Ph.D.

Arbitron Inc. and Entravision Communications Corporation, a diversified Spanish-language media company, announced the results of a pilot test exploring the impact of jointly selling advertising on Entravision’s local television and radio stations in Denver, CO. The study found that using both television and radio in an advertising campaign is an effective way of increasing audience reach, delivering near primetime audience levels throughout the day. DOWNLOAD Report Here.

A new survey from the ANA (Association of National Advertisers), has found nearly two-thirds of client-side marketers-63 percent-plan to participate in branded entertainment projects in 2012, making branded entertainment a common marketing strategy for many companies.

The AOL Huffington Post Media Group announced the launch of HuffPost LatinoVoices, a new online community for bicultural Hispanic Americans.

A new study from the consumer research firm Scarborough Research finds that American consumers continue to actively seek out ways to save money on everyday expenses.