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Multicultural Marketing

Hispanic Media

How Two Major Caribbean Publishers United to Serve U.S Audiences

The Dominican Republic’s Grupo Corripio and Puerto Rico’s Grupo Ferré Rangel are the two largest media groups in the Caribbean. Both groups have a significant commonality: a very important audience reach in the United States.  With the audience as a backbone, “both media companies joined forces in 2018 to build a larger and stronger audience network of Hispanics in the U.S,” Augusto Romano, CEO of Digo Hispanic Media tells Portada.

Minority Media Buys

Minority Media Buys: Despite Plans of Leading Media Agencies, Publishers See Little Change For Now

How are media holding agencies plans for Increased minority media buys panning out so far? We asked several key players on the brand, media agency, and publisher side about how they see brand advertisers supporting media properties targeting minorities and how the plans toward increased investment by major media holdings have been working so far. Views from Jason Riveiro, Larissa Acosta, Gonzalo del Fa, Ivan Adaime and Federico Grinberg.

Community Engagement

How Envoy Mortgage Does Community Engagement that Impacts People’s Lives

Houston headquartered national mortgage Lender Envoy Mortgage just initiated the Gift of Home program, an example of a brand that does the talk and the walk when it comes to corporate social responsibility and diversity. Erin Schwartz, Corporate Communications Director at Envoy Mortgage, explains to Portada how the Gift of Home program works and her overall approach to community engagement.

2021 Advertising

Advertising: The Answers to 12 Questions Brands are Asking for 2021 and Beyond

What form will the advertising mix take once COVID-19 is over? How and where should brands advertise to boost E-Commerce? Should they trust Live Sports to come back in a major way?  How can brand marketers best approach Data Privacy Regulations, First Party Data and Personalization?…. Advertisers have many questions as they go into 2021 and beyond. Check out the answers provided by brand executives in the Portada network and our editorial team. A Q&A reflecting the Advertising and Marketing Zeitgeist.

Hispanic Car Buyer

Impremedia Launches Siempre Auto, Betting on the Spanish-Language Car Buyer

Hispanic content company Impremedia is launching  Siempre Auto: a digital destination specialized in cars and the automotive industry aimed at the Hispanic community living in the United States.  Hispanic car buying habits support the launch as Hispanics are aware of 10-20% fewer car brands than the general U.S. population, according to Nielsen.

Purpose Driven Marketing

Election Aftermath: 2 Key Challenges for Marketers and their Solution

While the option that celebrates and promotes the diversity of our country won, the election result shows a very divided citizenship. Two things  to know. 1.: Brands need to allocate a larger amount of their media spend to media properties that invest in professional journalism. 2:. The Total Market Approach makes even less sense in this environment.

Diversity in the Real Estate Industry

Diversity Marketing: A Look at Coldwell Banker’s Inclusive Ownership Program

The real estate industry is in need of continuing to foster diversity, whether it be among agents or in the clients that they are servicing. Real estate brokerage Coldwell Banker is implementing an Inclusive Ownership Program to increase representation of minority, women, LGBTQ+ and veteran entrepreneurs in the real estate industry. To get a better undetstanding of the initiative and its diversity marketing implications, we talked to Jason Riveiro, Director, Global Development & Growth Markets at Realogy, the holding company that owns Coldwell Banker. Riveiro is a member of Portada’s Council System of Brand Marketers. 

Brands and Racism

Do Brands Have Something To Say about Racism? 7 Things to Know

 While civil unrest has hit many U.S. cities, brands response to racism has often been unmindful.
“Brands have nothing real to say about racism’ is the headline of a recent Atlantic Monthly article. Is Corporate America ready to provide messaging that resonates with the consumer? How should brands respond to racism? 7 things to know.

In the era of technology, the winner is the one who adapts faster. Thus, clients are moving their programmatic ad buying in house, as well