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What is influencer marketing?

Influencer marketing is a collaboration between popular social-media users and brands to promote brands’ products or services. These partnerships have been going on informally since the dawn of social media. By 2009, they were sufficiently commonplace for the US Federal Trade Commission to step in and regulate them through the so-called Mommy Blogger law. (China, India, and the United Kingdom have introduced similar regulations.)

The Biggest Mobile Gaming Trends of 2023

But the actual excitement is over where we're headed. If the reports are to be believed, the mobile gaming industry is set to touch $272 billion by 2030. With its majority market share and an experimental approach driven by lower development costs compared with other platforms, mobile leads the gaming industry where others will ultimately follow. According to Data.ai and IDC, mobile gaming is rapidly outgrowing the gaming industry as a whole and has been said to take up 61%of the entire market share last year.

PepsiCo launches Greenhouse Accelerator Program: Juntos Crecemos Edition to Identify and Uplift Emerging Hispanic-Owned Food and Beverage Start-Ups

PepsiCo, Inc. announced the launch of its Greenhouse Accelerator Program: Juntos Crecemos (Together We Grow) Edition. This year marks the eighth year of the Greenhouse Accelerator program, and the first-ever Hispanic edition, which focuses on driving growth of emerging Hispanic-owned food and beverage businesses through collaboration and innovation.

Lizette Carbajal named VP of Community Relations & Communications for Telemundo 52 & NBC4

Lizette Carbajal has been promoted to Vice President of Community Relations and Communications for Telemundo 52 Los Angeles/KVEA and NBC4 Southern California/KNBC. Effective immediately, Carbajal will lead community engagement and communications strategies for both stations.

The Marketing Community’s Support of Diverse Suppliers  [REPORT]

This research is based on a survey of the ANA database of certified diverse suppliers serving the marketing/advertising industry. We wanted to hear from these diverse suppliers to learn: how interest from the marketing/advertising community in supporting diverse suppliers changed in the past year; how investment from the marketing/advertising community changed in the past year; top challenges for diverse suppliers.

How do you pitch when you’re the incumbent agency?

It sounds like the toughest gig in town. Your client has called a review of your agency – despite your best efforts – and you’ve been asked if you want to take part. You’re angry, scared and pumped in equal measure. You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.

Modern marketing: Six capabilities for multidisciplinary teams

In today’s world, marketing organizations are expected to do more with less. Budgets are carefully scrutinized, teams are leaner, and CEOs are looking to CMOs to drive the next wave of growth. While there is tension between growth and efficiency, they should not be thought of as mutually exclusive. To boost the impact of every dollar spent, organizations must create more personalized and meaningful connections with customers across every interaction. Leaders who successfully do so can drive a 10 to 30 percent increase in marketing spend efficiency and contribute two to three percent incremental enterprise revenue.

Global Ad & Marketing Spend Continued to Rebound 7.9% in 2022, But Expected to Grow at Tamer 5.3% in 2023

Global advertising and marketing spending continued to rebound 7.9% to $1.568 trillion in 2022, but spending is projected to grow at a tamer 5.3% in 2023, as challenging macroeconomic and re-emerging secular industry trends hamper the fast-growing digital & alternative media channels that fueled the strong recovery from the pandemic, according to new research released today by leading media economist PQ Media.

How Americans View Their Jobs  [REPORT]

In the wake of the Great Resignation and amid reports of “quiet quitting,” only about half of U.S. workers say they are extremely or very satisfied with their job overall, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Even smaller shares express high levels of satisfaction with their opportunities for training and skills development, how much they are paid and their opportunities for promotion.

Fors Marsh Acquires Brunet-García

Fors Marsh announced that it has acquired Brunet-García (B|G), a full-service social impact marketing firm based in Florida that focuses on improving health, safety, and cross-cultural education and outreach

A New Workforce Reality for Media Buying

The threat of recession and a downturn in ad spend hasn't done much to ease the burden on employers sourcing talent in the media buying world.

The Chemistry Conundrum: Learning Enough About Your Agencies to Make Meaningful Decisions

I’ve always found the term ‘Chemistry Session’ to be a complete misnomer. I use the term because it’s entered into pitching vernacular. And because the concept of ‘human chemistry’ exists. And because I can’t think of anything better myself that’s going to stick. But really – Chemistry? I understand the premise. But chemistry is a very precise science. What happens in a chemistry session is anything but scientific.

LIONS State of Creativity Study 2023 [REPORT]

LIONS' global, annual study reveals the industry's priorities, opportunities and challenges.  The third edition of the State of Creativity Study draws on insights, data and case studies from over 2,400 creatives and marketers from across the industry, to help you rise above the challenges facing brands in 2023.

10 personality types agencies may encounter in a new business pitch

One of the important factors in any pitch decision is how aligned the agency is to the advertiser’s culture. And while there can be some misunderstandings, it is important to make sure you know who you are pitching to, the culture of the business and the people employed there before you go to pitch.

Ramping Up College Recruitment Efforts – How L’Oréal and other brands bolster their efforts to recruit new talent from universities and colleges

As director of university relations and partnerships at the cosmetics giant and ANA member L'Oréal, Brittany Ramsey is responsible for identifying and attracting the marketing talent the company needs to thrive in the future. But in the past few years, the skills and education of the students L'Oréal wants to recruit has changed significantly.

Reaching Across the Aisles: The Biggest Challenges Between Procurement and Marketing, and How to Address Them

  The concept of procurement and marketing teams working together in pitching or renegotiation of agency services carries, in my experience, a veneer of PC speak that often obscures the truth. Some common examples I generally hear repeated at the start of a project:  ‘Oh, we’re not like other organizations, our marketing and procurement teams work hand in glove’.

The Future of Consumer Ownership

When it comes to technology and data, and how it's used, companies have historically controlled the levers. However, with all the recent and upcoming industry changes, there are cultural shifts afoot. Many industry leaders believe consumers will be in more powerful positions than in the past, having more control over their data and their purchases.

 Key Brand Lift drivers for emerging media channels [REPORT]

Nielsen, a global leader in audience measurement, data and analytics, has identified for the first time the drivers of brand lift on emerging media, illuminating common factors that drive campaign performance.

LA INDUSTRIA QUE AYUDAMOS A PARIR

During this International Women’s Month, a “big idea” from one of our colleagues at the agency was quickly embraced and, with a lot of work, brought to life by a team: Let’s celebrate trailblazing Latinas who have had, and still have, an impact in our industry. And, what better time to do it than this month in which women are widely recognized?  By Daisy Expósito-Ulla

Gloria Constanza

We close our Women’s History Month series featuring our very own Gloria Constanza, an indispensable guru of Multicultural media in America. Gloria has the unique experience of being one of the key promoters and architects of the U.S. Hispanic Market’s media landscape and its growth explosion. She played an exciting, protagonist role at a time when some of the largest brands entered the Hispanic Market in a big way, and, for some of them, for the first time. As such, she was fundamental in establishing the media commitment of Sears, U.S. Postal Service, Kraft, Bank of America, Mazola Corn Oil and AT&T, among others. As Partner and Chief Contact Strategist at d expósito & Partners, Gloria has continued to introduce new brands to the Hispanic, Multicultural and Broad market media environments, helping to strategically guide clients like AARP, Amica, McDonald’s, various New York City agencies, Point32Health, U.S Army and Tajín, to name a few.

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