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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) launched a series of mini telenovelas this month in an effort to extend the message to the Hispanic community about the consequences of drinking and driving. TxDOT is one of the first U.S. state agencies to tackle the dangers of drinking and driving through the telenovela format, which is very popular in the Spanish-speaking community.

With shopping season in full swing, advertisers are rolling out their holiday-themed ads, many of which are sure to feature a cartoon reindeer or other festive animated character.

While the many benefits of using animation in TV ads are clear, new research from The Nielsen Company suggests that, although marketers have a lot to gain with animated ads, they may be sacrificing audience engagement with commercials that don’t resonate as well with savvy consumers.

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Attention, all finance executives seeking to understand the ROI on marketing investments…

As Latinas adjust to the U.S., they tend to feel more at home and are more comfortable with the changes they’re experiencing. Seventy-three percent (73%) of Latinas surveyed in the 2010 Latina Shopper Study, conducted by Redbean Society and New American Dimensions, indicated that they feel at home in the U.S. As would be expected, this feeling increases significantly with acculturation, reaching 83% among acculturated Latinas. Only 40% of all Latinas, and 26% of the acculturated, fear that their children will lose their Latino identity and become too American, pointing to the strength of Latino culture in the U.S. today and the bi-cultural nature of this population.

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According to the Wall Street Journal, Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners has hired Sandra Alfaro to lead its newly created multicultural division, dubbed Ramona, which was formed several months ago after its parent company, MDC Partners, folded a multicultural agency into Kirshenbaum.

Branded content initiatives are considered by marketers to be more effective than any other leading form of advertising and marketing, according to the 2010 study conducted by the Custom Content Council in partnership with ContentWise. The number one reason for using branded content is customer education and retention, and marketers see their investment fueling longer-term returns.

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According to BDO USA, LLP, 63 percent of chief marketing officers (CMOs) at leading U.S. retailers say their 2010 holiday advertising and marketing budgets have remained flat, a continued trend from 2009 (55%) and 2008 (43%). Only 20 percent of CMOs cite a decrease in their holiday marketing and advertising budget, signaling some flexibility compared to 2009 (26%) and 2008 (32%). Seventeen percent of CMOs cite an increase, only slightly less than 2009 (19%).

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The Census Bureau will hold a webinar prior to the Dec. 6 release of the 2010 Demographic Analysis estimates of the national population by age, sex and race. The webinar will help explain the methodology behind demographic analysis, why it is conducted and how it relates to 2010 Census numbers and other U.S. population figures being released by the Census Bureau. Although not 2010 Census counts, these estimates provide one way of measuring the size of the U.S. population and will be used to analyze 2010 Census results.

The overall growth of the online population in the US is stagnating, and most future growth will come from increases in minority audiences including Hispanics, blacks, seniors and children.

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A new study by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council reveals significant blind spots in the go-to-market process as marketers focus on strategy, creative development and campaign execution to the detriment of effective demand chain provisioning.

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