New, more sophisticated efforts show a growing respect for the gay and lesbian audience – and its buying power
By Anne Stuart
With sales down and its product line not generating the excitement it once did, car maker Saturn decided that it needed to overhaul not only its …
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The financial services industry is pushing hard to tap into the growing Latino market. But making a connection means more than speaking their language
By: Samar Farah
Serving the coffee is only the smallest touch.
Still, when employees at branches of the Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union …
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BY: Elaine Appleton Grant
One day last March, Liz Murphy sat watching Oprah, listening to every word her guest, actress Meg Ryan, said. Murphy, who runs a search engine marketing firm called Red- Boots Consulting LLC in McLean, Va., was making rapid-fire, critical decisions, and she was spending thousands of …
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Agency markets to diverse populations by looking for commonalities
BY: anne marie Sylvester
Many advertising agencies plan diversity campaigns by focusing on what makes that ethnic or racial group different from the mainstream.
Jo Muse thinks that’s short-sighted. The president of Hollywood, Calif.-based Muse Communications, says to effectively market to diverse …
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Learn to connect transparently with women
BY: ANDREA LEARNED
OK guys, isn’t marketing to women just a good marketing practice in general? Of course. So why do so many companies, and even entire industries, miss the boat?
Perhaps executives aren’t really committed to the women’s market opportunity? Perhaps the whole “women’s …
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Habla de forma efectiva con los clientes hispanos
BY: LILLIAN LORENZZI
Consider this: With the U.S. Census Bureau reporting a U.S. Hispanic population totaling more than 40 million and New York-based Conference Board forecasting purchasing power among the under-45 age group alone growing from $295 billion to $397 billion …
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