Thursday, April 29, 2010

New Ways for Marketing Agencies to Leverage Their Impact

The web is an exponential environment. Every day, there are tens of thousands of new web sites, diverse new technologies, new media and more competitors. The demand for ideas and for people with new capabilities for delivering them are constantly expanding. Ad agencies are in a bind because while the available media and technologies for their creative efforts continue multiplying and morphing, the old business models cannot keep up with the demand any longer.

On the one hand, the large agencies have had to limit their attempts to cover every single medium and skill when they seek to create an impact on a mass scale. It's just too expensive to keep up. On the other hand, small agencies that often have new, "out of the box" ideas and very unique information or skills, lack the experience, the contacts, or the resources to take advantage of the opportunities. While targeting the Hispanic market is a niche within the big picture of all markets, it is also an immense market and growing rapidly, becoming more technologically oriented and more discriminating in its choices.

Partnership programs are an effective solution for agencies

There is an effective solution for agencies that serve this market. It consists of a partnership program, where agencies combine their complementary strengths, overcome their particular weaknesses, and through collaboration create, for particular projects and clients, a partnership of unequaled talent and ideas. It has been tested, it has been tried, and the potential results are exceptional.

This is a clear trend for many online businesses. Even the largest, big-name technology competitors in both software and hardware, all find areas for collaboration with each other. They just define them carefully. A partnership program is one way to make the exponential business environment of the web more manageable, to reduce costs, and for ad agencies to create a more impactful presence.

As with any collaboration, the keys to success for this partnership program lie in clear boundaries, transparency, and clear, consistent communications. With experience, setting up these partnership programs becomes easy for all parties involved, once a need or opportunity is identified. Partners understand each other's situation and goals. When each partner's strengths and role are clarified for each other and for clients, then there is no point to wasting time in manipulation or competition that would sap resources.

The trend for Hispanic marketing is towards collaboration

Hispanic marketing is a demanding area for agencies in that it requires attention to all kinds of variables that not all markets require. Hispanic marketing involves complex language and cultural issues, geographic and historic issues, and issues regarding the mastery, acceptability and use of technology. All of these issues become variables for agencies to consider, in order to piece together a successful, collaborative vision of success.

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Clearly, the web is changing more than technology business models; ad agencies are seeking solutions too. The trend is towards carefully considered, focused collaborations of all kinds that involve very moderate risk. A partnership program for Hispanic-American agencies can generate collaboration that is not at all "cookie-cutter," but that is rather uniquely designed for specific agencies and clients to succeed.

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* Hispanic advertising agencies at a glance
* Choosing the right Hispanic marketing agency that fits your business

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Latin America and Caribbean Ultra-High-Net-Worth Market

















If you are a small business owner there're some wonderful opportunities to enter into the same Latin American wealth management industry as many ultra-high-net-worth individual's have already done. Latin American countries have been surpassing their financial expectations for many years, but the recent struggles of the U.S. market has shined more light towards southern counterparts, and they are now being recognized as the beam of financial hope the world needs during a time of uncertainty.

Textiles, commodities, green investing, technology development, and the real estate industries are thriving amongst those that are investing via the ultra-high-net-worth market in Latin America. Integration and development outsourcing companies like Brazil's CPM Braxis and Stefanini IT have found their stocks to be on the rise. Stefanini IT saw their global revenue increase by 32 percent in 2009. And with 36 offices in 16 countries, it doesn't look like they intend to slow down any time soon.

Exploring the Latin American wealth management industry

The U.S. market will be slowly redefining itself over the next few years. Small business owners that are looking for diversity to their investments would be wise to explore the Latin American wealth management industry. As U.S. corporations look for other ways to save money, the Latin American outsourcing market has increased exponentially. Even larger U.S. corporations have started to invest more into the Latin American market.

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This increase in market growth has had a profound affect on the banking industries in the Caribbean and Latin American markets, with large amounts of revenue being deposited from these thriving markets. This trend has also created an even larger and growing ultra-high-net-worth market in those regions and abroad.

Investing in the Latin American wealth management industry

Investing in the Latin American wealth management industry could mean investing in companies based in thriving countries like Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico. The United States isn't the only country with interests in the Latin American market. Canada's Scotiabank operates in 5 Latin American countries and since 1889, 25 Caribbean and Central America countries.

Sustainables, rising domestic economies, banking, and strong export markets are just a few of the many reasons to invest in Latin American. For an example, Brazil claims to have close too or nearly no foreign debt, which opens the investment door to this thriving market.

For small and medium sized businesses looking to safely and aggressively grow financially, investing in Latin America's wealth management industry is a proven way to maximize your investment through the benefit of rapidly growing domestic regions.

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* Cultural nuances in Latin American countries

Friday, April 9, 2010

Content Relevant to the Hispanic Market
















In the realm of online content development for small businesses, content continues to be king. Concerning the Hispanic market, the presence of websites in both English and Spanish increases the marketability of a small business website, expanding into the mass of potential customers.

Dual language content increases 'findability' online, assuring both English and Spanish speakers will find, view, and be affected by the content on the website. Simply having the Spanish content in addition to the English, however, is not a guarantee that productivity will suddenly take an upswing. The content, in both languages, must be engaging, accurate, educational, and relevant to the customer. In the end, the website is only effective if the customer makes a purchase or engages in the business' services, or contacts the business by phone, e-mail, or in person to create a supplier-consumer relationship.

Developing content that goes beyond the purchase

Another overlooked facet of aiming web content to both English and Spanish speaking customers is going beyond the end result of the purchase. If a customer is so impressed that they pass on the information they learned or recommend someone else to use the business' product or service, then the website is even more effective. With the pervasive presence of things like social networks, one satisfied customer could quickly turn into ten, twenty, or even a hundred through content sharing, e-mails, and instant messaging.

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In that realm, it is important to develop content that not only informs but attracts the customer emotionally. Creating an investment in the product or service at hand makes it something in higher demand psychologically. Simply telling a customer that buying a product is good is not going far enough; explaining the reasons and negotiating with their way of thinking and lifestyle will lend to the best results for the customer and the owners of the small business as well.

Hispanic marketing with a Spanish-language website

Online, this is especially important, as the Spanish language website exists as something deeper than a television commercial or radio spot. It can be customized, revised, and edited with the feedback of customer responses, leading to more effective marketing.

Having content developed towards a Spanish speaking audience increases the potential number of customers and demonstrates that the small business is ready to address the reality of the current composition of society where English isn't the only language. While this might seem like a small step, the correct creation and management of Spanish language website content makes a statement about the business' willingness to interact with diverse customers and demonstrates a more personal connection rather than simply existing as a faceless business in the minds of customers.

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