Media

Aaron Díaz, David Bisbal, Espinosa Paz, Gerardo Ortiz, Luis Fonsi, Thalía, Mark Tacher, Patricia Navidad and all of our Univision celebrities are among the Hispanic stars that will gather to wish Sábado Gigante a happy 50th.

The use of social media is becoming a feature of political and civic engagement for many Americans. Some 60% of American adults use either social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter, and a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project finds that 66% of those social media users—or 39% of all American adults—have done at least one of eight civic or political activities with social media.

As a marketer, you’re probably under constant pressure to validate your investment in social media. That means you need to be fully aware of the wide range of quantitative and qualitative benefits your social marketing delivers, both short- and long-term.

A new analysis of information from the Hispanic InsightCenter by BIGinsight identifies an increase in viewing news on a mobile device along with a decrease of regular newspaper readership among Hispanics. Although newspapers are down, they are certainly not out. This traditional print media is still influential on Hispanics’ purchase decisions, but there is a growing opportunity for mobile advertising among this more tech-savvy group.

Arbitron Inc. announced that it is partnering with GfK MRI and Media Monitors to boost radio’s presence in marketing mix models and help advertisers gain better insights in to radio’s return on investment (ROI).

Although a lot of people may “like” or follow brands on social media, a smaller group goes beyond this, recommending products and services on a regular basis—brand advocates. Brand advocacy is becoming a critical part of the social media marketing mix, and marketers should leverage connections with these everyday influencers to amplify word-of-mouth online and increase engagement.

According to a new eMarketer report, “The Mobile-Social Mom: Speeding the Trend Toward ‘Mobile First’,” if you want to know who is moving over to mobile social media, look no further than mom. eMarketer estimates that as many as half of all moms with children under 18 in the household will use mobile devices to access social networks in 2012.

In an age when almost everyone has a smart phone, 87 percent of car shoppers are already using or planning to use a mobile device in their search for the right car, according to a new study conducted by Briabe Mobile, the go-to resource for mobile marketing trends.

Smartphones are steadily creeping into moviegoers’ research and decision-making processes, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) report, “Mobile and the Movies,” conducted with InMobi. The study, which surveyed US mobile data users in Q3 2012, found that mobile devices played key roles for many moviegoers, from helping them research films to letting them watch movie trailers.