Pedro Labarta is Managing Director Mexico and LATAM at Brand Networks. Brand Networks is a platform that helps brands to plan, optimize and automate paid and owned content through thousands of social points daily.Last May, Brand Networks acquired Social Adverting company Shift. Latin American and U.S Hispanic expansion is one of the major growth strategies in […]
San Jose, Costa Rica based, Grupo Cerca has had a somewhat pioneering development. It can be said that the company founded 11 years ago by Argentinean entrepreneurs Marcelo Burman and Damian Szafirsztein, introduced modern magazine publishing on a regional level into Central America. We talked to Damián Szafirsztein, VP Grupo Cerca, about recent developments Grupo Cerca.
In a converging world, Allrecipes offers advertisers the best of local and global. Allrecipes is a community-driven network of websites where home cooks can share recipes – and brands can connect with their passion for serving nourishing and delicious home-cooked meals. With Spanish-language sites localized for Mexico, Argentina and Brazil, the recipe hub has found […]
WHAT: Xavier Mantilla has been appointed as General Manager of Gravity4 in Latin America. He will lead the operation out of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Until recently Mantilla worked as SVP at UM in New York.Gravity4 last week acquired display ad retargeter Triggit and is on an acquisition spree to fulfill its vision to become the World’s […]
Oded Lida Greiss is the founder and CEO of Digital Ventures Europe, a company founded in 2013 and located in Spain, whose mission is to help technology companies scalable solutions to expand into global markets.In this article, we interview Oded, in order to find out more about the services they can provide to technology companies in Latin America, willing to start operating in new international markets.
Portada interviewed Mark Larkin, SVP and General Manager of CNET at CBS Interactive, as part of the #PortadaLat interview series.
Los Angeles based Michelle Tobin, VP Global Brand Partnerships & Advertising was hired by Rovio a year and a half ago from Millennial Media to lead Rovio’s direct ad sales business. Portada interviewed Tobin to ask her about her unit’s expansion into the Latin American market.
Last year Audience Buying Company Xaxis, a unit of Group M (WPP), announced the launch of operations in Latin America in order to bring Data-driven audience buying to Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and 5 other markets. Portada interviewed Lucas Mentasti, Managing Director, Latin America of Xaxis, to hear how his unit has been doing so far.
Portada interviewed MetanNetwork’s CEO Mariano Tesler, on the development of programmatic purchase on the Latin America region. In this sense; Mariano said that “He expects LatAm to reach a 40% sale of digital advertising through RTB and the US by 2015.”
Portada interviewed Luis Salazar, president and co-founder of Jobaline, an application that publishes job offers and sends them to users via mobile phones. Luis talked to Portada about his future plans and why it is essential to have a mobile strategy to reach Hispanic consumers in the US.
Portada interviewed Luis Salazar, president and co-founder of Jobaline, an application that publishes job offers and sends them to users via mobile phones. Luis talked to Portada about his future plans and why it is essential to have a mobile strategy to reach Hispanic consumers in the US.
Global Mind is a digital marketing agency founded in 2000 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The agency currently has offices in Buenos Aires, Colombia, Santiago de Chile, Mexico City, and Miami, as well as co-responsibilities in Lima and Toronto. “Global Mind was born when we started to notice that advertisers did not understand what to do […]
Portada interviewed Damián Molina, of the Taringa! management team. Taringa is a social platform that combines blog style postings with the traditional connection and interaction features of social networks. It is one of the most popular social platforms among Internet users in Argentina. Molina revealed that the company is betting heavily on Mexico and is […]
Portada interviewed Damián Molina, of the Taringa! management team. Taringa is a social platform that combines blog style postings with the traditional connection and interaction features of social networks. It is one of the most popular social platforms among Internet users in Argentina. Molina revealed that the company is betting heavily on Mexico and is […]
Microsoft, Burger King, Grupo Copesa and Starcom MediaVest Group converged Wednesday morning in Miami to discuss how advertisers and brand marketers in Latin America are using -or not- technologies to purchase media more efficiently. The discussion kicked off with moderator Marcelo Montefiore, owner of Global Mind, asking panelist to discuss whether they employ advertising technologies, […]
The web entrepreneur, known for pushing boundaries and for his constant clashes with so-called “conventional media,” came across as a charming, bright and thoughtful observer of the digital media space. During an on stage interview conducted by Laura Martinez, Portada’s Senior Correspondent, Denton provided details about the recent launch of the Spanish-language version of Gizmodo, […]
The Latin Content Marketing Forum came to a close Tuesday afternoon with a presentation from Javier Farfán, the Senior Director of Cultural Branding for Pepsi, who introduced attendees to ‘Cultural Fluency’ and how Pepsi uses ‘cool content’ to engage audiences. As part of his introduction, Farfán reminded the audience that Pepsi (under his leadership) was […]
Portada’s Latin American Advertising & Media Summit kicked off Tuesday afternoon with a keynote presentation -and interview- with Claudio Ferreira, the publisher of Veja Magazine, the world’s second largest magazine after Time and one of dozens of titles published by Brazil’s Grupo Abril. Ferreira warned the audience: “My Portuguese is better than my English,” and […]
A midmorning panel at the Latin Content Marketing Forum included two journalists and a marketer (Ford) who came together to talk about the role of the journalists in the age of content marketing. Moderated by NAMIC’s President & CEO Nicole Turner-Lee, the panel featured Fusion’s Managing Editor and Features Editor Nuria Net, Alberto Collazo, Ford […]
There were many news last week at the NewFronts, the weeklong series of presentations from digital content powerhouses in New York City. The focus on Spanish-speaking consumers was particularly, and somewhat surprisingly, strong. Below a roundup. CNET to introduce Spanish-language version CBS Interactive (CBSi) plans to introduce a version of CNET for Spanish-speaking consumers in the fall. Jim […]
FIFA has reviewed (markedly different) bids from Morocco and North America for the 2026 World Cup. Initial signs point towards the United 2026 bid, and as that gains traction, marketers can plan for increased interest here.
In what some are calling the fourth industrial revolution, new technologies like AI and VR are expected to dominate the marketing space. Marketers like Bravo and Fernandez agree that companies need to evolve to survive. We talked to Nestlé's Margie Bravo and NFL's Marissa Fernandez about what's next in marketing and how to prepare for what the future brings.
The social media landscape is changing at an accelerated pace; artificial intelligence is acquiring a prominent role and companies have to adapt to survive. We talked to Ana Hoyos, area director at Meltwater Latin America, about the recent acquisition of Sysomos and what it means for social media analysis.
