By Gonzalo López Martí – Creative director, etc – LMMIAMI.COM
- A friend and colleague of mine who founded and runs a fairly successful advertising agency, whose name I cannot reveal lest he hates me forever, recently told me, and I quote: “Most Latinos working in marketing and advertising on the client side are a bunch of malinches and groupies. They systematically turn their backs on us to throw themselves, and the brands they run, into the arms of multinational advertising conglomerates who charge them an arm and a leg for a culturally tin-eared, flat-footed, grossly overpriced, subpar service”.

Telemundo Studios and Keshet International (KI) announced a scripted deal to co-develop and produce a new original Spanish-language series to air on Telemundo Network.
Univision Deportes announced a partnership with Lexus to deliver for the first time ever in the U.S. in depth, comprehensive soccer analyses.
Telemundo Phoenix / KTAZ announced that Jimena González has been named Co-Anchor for Noticiero Telemundo Arizona.
A new white paper from The CMO Club in partnership with MediaMath makes the point that CMOs are increasingly adopting a programmatic marketing mindset vs. a programmatic advertising one. What does that mean?
MediaPost recently published an article entitled, “Why Hispanic Agencies Are Fading,” talking about underpaid specialized talent, smaller budgets with big-impact expectations, and incorrect Total Market implementation as contributing factors. As the national trade organization for Hispanic marketers, AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing, we agree with many of the assessments but not the conclusion. By Linda Lane Gonzalez, president of AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Market
Allied Hispanic – a division of Allied Integrated Marketing – has hired Stephany Echepetelecu to lead marketing strategies for current clients and to broaden the division’s entertainment roster to include TV networks and musicians who are looking to expand their reach to Hispanic audiences.
Fútbol De Primera Radio Network (FDP) announced that broadcast sales executive Robert Pantanini is returning to Fútbol De Primera Radio Network as Executive Vice President Network Sales, effective immediately.
The days of influence marketing solely backed by celebrities or public figures are long gone. Today, people publish their own opinions and find their voice online by publishing blogs that carry influence of the same caliber, if not more. Bloggers can engage on a personal level, strengthening influence with their audience, and in fact we are seeing higher engagement rates in some cases vs. paid advertising. But how do health marketers create an “influencer campaign” and where to start?
The Advertising Industry is on pins and needles waiting for a report from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) which is ready to be released that will shed light on the media rebates practice US based agencies are receiving for purchasing media that might not be in the interest of their clients.
Carusele announced the release of a new whitepaper entitled, “5 Ways to Effectively Measure Your Influencer Marketing Campaign.” The white paper explains a unique customer journey attribution reporting method custom built for the industry.
























