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Unique Users Ranking: The 20 most visited sites in LatAm, Country by Country

According to ComScore, as revealed by its unique users statistics for the month of May, Google is the clear leader of the 20 most visited sites in Latin America, In most countries included in this article (Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Argentina) the giants Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Yahoo are in the top four positions. In some cases, local players are among  the top 5 ranked properties.

Research: Copa America 2015 – Soccer Fans in Latin America Deciphered

With the start of the Copa America 2015,  June 11 until July 14 in Chile and one of the most anticipated sports events of the year, soccer passion and emotion will be running high throughout Latin America. While the popularity of soccer is very widespread throughout the Southern continent, what soccer means to fans and how they live their passion is very different. Havas Sports & Entertainment  has published the study: “Fans, Passions and Brands”, which surveyed 21,000 fans across 16 countries, and aims to understand the motivations and behaviors of soccer fans and their relationship with brand sponsors.

Sounding Off – Kim Xrossing – “Millennials have the consumer culture engraved in their brain”

Kim Xrossing, a Marketing Executive currently working on enterprise projects at Terrapinn, Inc. in New York City suggests that as Millennials have the consumer culture engraved in their brain, they always want the next best thing and the, so to say, “coolest” trend out there. They do the most talking and spread the most buzz around town. That’s why it’s a pretty big deal to lure in Millennials for your brand especially when they are the largest age group in Latin America, according to a report from Tendencias Digitales released in March 2014.

Brazil and Mexico are among the top 5 Global Branded Entertainment Markets

Powered by the fifth straight year of accelerated growth in product placement investments and strong expansion in consumer events in emerging markets, global branded entertainment revenues posted faster year-on-year growth in 2014 as paid placements in television, film and digital media combined with consumer event marketing and sponsorships to post a 6.3% increase to a record US$73.27 billion, according to the PQ Media Global Branded Entertainment Marketing Forecast 2015-19.