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Top 10 Signs You’ve Become a Gringo Latino (and the importance of having a Writing “Compadre”)
I started selling my Gringo Latino T-Shirts on my website here earlier this year. And since then, I realized that I needed a “checklist” of sorts to explain the concept and to bump up sales while having fun in the process. So, I turned to writer, comedian and friend...
Norwegian Cruise Line Case Study: Improving the Customer Experience Online
Rob Casas and Roger Kline of Norwegian Cruise Line wrote this case study for my book, E-X-I-T-O: Su estrategia de marketing digital en 5 pasos (E-X-I-T-O: Your Digital Marketing Strategy in 5 Steps). Click here to read the first excerpt and second excerpt. Background...
Case Study: Banamex Launches Tran$Fer to Reach “Un-banked” via Mobile Phones
Mercedes López Arratia, Customer Experience Head and Digital CMO at Banamex, wrote this case study with my co-author, Alonso Fernandez, and was then translated by Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo of Accessible Translation Solutions. It originally appeared in my new book in...
Case Study: 3M listens to ideas on how to use the Post-it
Carlos Espindola, Digital Head for Latin America at 3M, wrote this case study for my book, E-X-I-T-O: Su estrategia de marketing digital en 5 pasos (E-X-I-T-O: Your Digital Marketing Strategy in 5 Steps), which was translated by Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo of Accessible...
Case Study: SoloEntreAmigas, P&G’s Latin American Content Marketing Program for Teen Girls
Ximena Morena of Procter & Gamble wrote this case study for my book, E-X-I-T-O: Su estrategia de marketing digital en 5 pasos. CONTEXT SoloEntreAmigas is P&G's pan-regional content marketing effort across Latin America, including Mexico, Argentina, Brazil,...
Flipboard Wins “Best Hispanic Media Innovation Award” at Portada’s 8th Annual Hispanic Advertising and Media Conference
I am honored and humbled to share the news that Flipboard received the “Best Hispanic Media Innovation” Award from Portada, a leading Hispanic/Latin American trade media publication, today at its 8th Annual Hispanic Advertising and Media Conference in New York City. I...
Que Pasa Festival Case Study: Social Media Strategy for Events
Following is the case study of a recent project that I worked on involving how to develop and implement a social media strategy for events and festivals. BACKGROUND The Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (VAHCC), a Richmond-based non-profit, creates, promotes and...
Growing the Web in Emerging Markets: The Stories of Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Foundation, and One Laptop Per Child
This excerpt is from my new book, E-X-I-T-O: Su estrategia de marketing digital en 5 pasos. In English, that is - E-X-I-T-O: Your Digital Marketing Strategy in 5 Steps. Click on these links to read the first excerpt, second excerpt, and third excerpt. In his...
The Importance of Developing “Personas” in Marketing
This excerpt is from my new book, E-X-I-T-O: Su estrategia de marketing digital en 5 pasos. In English, that is - E-X-I-T-O: Your Digital Marketing Strategy in 5 Steps. Click on these links to read the first excerpt and second excerpt. We begin with an unforgettable...
The Million-Dollar Question: 4 Solutions on How to Grow E-Commerce in Latin America
This is the second in a series of excerpts from my new book - E-X-I-T-O: Su estrategia de marketing digital en 5 pasos. Click here to read the previous excerpt. Latin American retailers have historically struggled to bring buyers online because of inconsistencies in...
A Latinized marketing model for the 21st Century: E-X-I-T-O
This is the first in a series of excerpts from my new book - E-X-I-T-O: Su estrategia de marketing digital en 5 pasos, now in its second printing. "Marketing is Dead" reads the headline of an article on Harvard Business Review's blog network, a grim prognosis of what...
Is social media right for your small businesses?
Facebook, YouTube, and Yelp logos appear on the majority of small business ads and retail entryways. But should you create and manage a presence on social media for your company? This article will outline how to evaluate whether small businesses should or shouldn’t...