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THE HISPANIC MARKETING COUNCIL ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF THE 2023 HMC STRATEGIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS
The Hispanic Marketing Council (HMC) announced the winners of the 2023 HMC Strategic Excellence Awards at its annual summit in New York City. After a record number of entries, a total of four Gold, eight Silver and nine Bronze awards were given to 13 US-based agencies representing 17 campaigns in seven categories. Four members of the jury—Pablo Buffagni, President, Creative Director, BBQ Agency and Director of Círculo Creativo USA; Alice Ovadia, Vice President of Media Strategy, TRUth; Nuria Santamaria Wolfe, Director, Strategic Audience Partnerships, Meta; and Amilynn Soto, Industry Business Solutions – Strategist, Leading eCommerce, TikTok—presented the awards and discussed the depth, breadth and diversity of the submissions and what went into selecting the most effective and engaging campaigns.
SIAM joins Republica Havas to introduce N4 100% ELECTRIC SCOOTER
To reinforce communication about the new electric scooter, Siam and Republica Havas created a campaign highlighting one of the product’s greatest benefits–not emitting polluting gases. It’s also quiet and requires little maintenance. The campaign humorously depicts animals showing their gratitude for a product that protects their home and the environment.
CMOs: How to Get the Best from Your Agency (with FIG’s Judith Carr-Rodriguez)
To help answer that question, we caught up recently with Judith Carr-Rodriguez. Judith is CEO of an A List Agency, one of the most awarded and highly regarded independent agencies in the world: FIG. Let’s dive in.
GLORIA CONSTANZA INDUCTED INTO THE HISPANIC MARKETING COUNCIL HALL OF FAME
The Hispanic Marketing Council (HMC) has inducted Hispanic media architect Gloria Constanza into the HMC Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place during the 2023 HMC Annual Summit on April 27 in New York City. The HMC Hall of Fame honors a select group of visionaries, leaders and luminaries who have made significant contributions to the development and advancement of the Hispanic advertising and marketing field.
3 Ways Software Is Fueling Localized Marketing at Scale
https://www.ana.net/miccontent/show/id/ii-2023-04-local-marketing-software
How Public Polling Has Changed in the 21st Century [REPORT]
The 2016 and 2020 presidential elections left many Americans wondering whether polling was broken and what, if anything, pollsters might do about it. A new Pew Research Center study finds that most national pollsters have changed their approach since 2016, and in some cases dramatically.
Marketers are all in on streaming despite questions on its effectiveness as advertising platform [REPORT]
The fifth annual report, which surveyed nearly 2,000 global marketers in December 2022, found that advertisers and agencies lack complete and comparable data hampering their ability to fully understand audiences’ growing affinity for on-demand content that better meets their personal preferences delivered by digital platforms.
Realities of Latino Representation in TV & Film: New LDC Report Unveiled [REPORT]
The Latino Donor Collaborative (LDC) released the 2022 Full-Year LDC Latinos in Media Report©, an update to LDC’s 2022 Latinos in Media Report in partnership with Nielsen.
Understanding audiences is critical in effective cross-media strategies
Compared with the year before, global marketers entered 2023 with a sense of uncertainty that made it difficult to plan for the year ahead. With just under 70% of the marketers surveyed for Nielsen’s 2023 Annual Market Report citing the economy as a roadblock to formalizing their 2023 media strategies, many developed contingency plans in case they need to pivot.
A CMO tip: streamline the to-do list to get more done
There is an epidemic of wishful thinking in industry today: objectives that are too lofty, priority lists that are overwhelming and bottomless project lists are the norm. Wall Street has lofty expectations and company leadership often demands more than their organizations have the capacity to deliver. And they certainly often demand more than their organizations have the capacity to deliver well.
