Pros and Cons of Pan-Regional Advertising in Latam

Franklin Vargas, Director Latin American Marketing at Genius presented the pros and cons of the Panregional Media Buy from the perspective of a large IT company at Portada’s Panregional Advertising Summit in Miami. See his slide here that summarizes his...

Understanding Consumers: It’s All In The ‘Cons’

This article first appeared on MediaPost’s Engage:Hispanics column. Is brand building with consumers an art or a science? Angel Martinez answered this question during his keynote presentation at the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies’ Media &...

Replicating Obama’s online campaign success in Latin America

What will Obama’s online success story of using online and social media to build his voter base mean for countries outside of the U.S.? I hadn’t thought about it until having lunch with Mauricio Vazquez and Martha Carrasco from Havas Digital in Mexico City. ...

Connecting Via Mobile: Speak Their ‘Edioma’

This article originally appeared on MediaPost. Where will many Hispanics and other Spanish-speakers around the world first experience the Internet? Interestingly, because they lag behind the general population for Internet access, many will first go online via their...

New Targeting Methods For Reaching U.S. Hispanics

This article originally appeared on MediaPost and is an early preview of Latino Link: Building brands online with Hispanic communities and content from Paramount Books. In a recent report from Pew Hispanic Center, U.S. Hispanics represented over 50% of the U.S....