Social Media

Facebook and Coca-Cola Bring “Like” To The Real World

Wednesday, August 25, 2010
By Target Latino
Facebook and Coca-Cola Bring “Like” To The Real World

Facebook’s “Like” functionality arrived in the real world this past month in Israel when Coke added RFID bracelets (Radio Frequency Identification) to the company’s Coca-Cola Village summer resort event, making it easy for high school attendees to share their experiences instantly on Facebook.  Throughout the Village’s 40+ experiences teens simply placed their RFID bracelets... »

Latina bloggers are a force to be reckoned with

Thursday, August 19, 2010
By Target Latino
Latina bloggers are a force to be reckoned with

They are Latinas. They are strong, modern, intelligent and love to share their opinions. They are constantly contributing to the blogosphere. They are the Latina bloggers. And, LATISM (Latinos in Social Media), a non-profit organization that groups Latinos who actively participate online, has performed an invaluable survey of over 900 Latina bloggers and has... »

Top 10 Social Networking Websites and Forums

Monday, August 16, 2010
By Target Latino
Top 10 Social Networking Websites and Forums

Note: The Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Hitwise sample of 10 million US internet users. Hitwise measures more than 1 million unique websites on a daily basis, including sub-domains of... »

What do people do with cellphones?

Tuesday, August 10, 2010
By Target Latino
What do people do with cellphones?

Mobile Content Usage 65.2 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers used text messaging on their mobile device in May, up 1.4 percentage points versus the prior three month period, while browsers were used by 31.9 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 2.3 percentage points). Subscribers who used downloaded applications comprised 30.0 percent of the mobile audience,... »

Job Applicant, Beware: You’re Being Googled

Monday, August 2, 2010
By Target Latino
Job Applicant, Beware: You’re Being Googled

It’s not just what you say that can be held against you when you’re looking for a job. It’s also what you post on MySpace, write in your blog and broadcast on YouTube. That’s because if a potential employer uncovers salacious or otherwise unflattering material about you online, that job offer you were expecting... »

US Hispanics to spend $257 billion in Telecom

Monday, July 12, 2010
By Target Latino
US Hispanics to spend $257 billion in Telecom

US Hispanics Will Spend $257 Billion on Telecommunications Services over the Next Five Years, Says Insight Research Corp. BOONTON, N.J., June 28 — Over the next five years, US Hispanic communities will spend $257 billion on telecommunications services, accounting for 17 percent of all residential telecom expenditures, according to a new market research study from The Insight... »

How To Use Social Media Monitoring Tools To Aid Product Development

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
By Target Latino
How To Use Social Media Monitoring Tools To Aid Product Development

To many, the process of developing a successful product can be a mystery. Sometimes companies will spend months of development time to create a product that doesn’t reflect the needs or the scope of its intended market. And other times, successful products are developed completely on accident. Because of this, it can often seem... »

Customer experience and sentiment analysis

Wednesday, June 2, 2010
By Target Latino
Customer experience and sentiment analysis

The notion that listening to your customer’s voice is important is well entrenched. Companies have long depended on data from customer surveys, call center transcripts and focus groups, captured in structured formats and handled through business intelligence applications, to help point the way to improved customer service, product enhancements and competitor vulnerabilities. But the... »

Women Seek Online Communities To Validate Purchases

Wednesday, May 19, 2010
By Target Latino
Women Seek Online Communities To Validate Purchases

If a new study is to be believed, you should be building direct relationships through search, online and mobile Web sites with women who show interest. It will become one of the most valuable marketing tools a company can have. The joint study from iVillage and SheSpeaks highlights that interaction between women through online... »

Leading Edge Multicultural Social Media Monitoring Tool launched in the U.S.

Monday, March 29, 2010
By Target Latino
Leading Edge Multicultural Social Media Monitoring Tool launched in the U.S.

Target Latino, experts in Hispanic marketing and off and online grassroots, has announced the launch of a Multicultural Market Intelligence Tool available in the U.S. Atlanta, GA March 24, 2010  — Target Latino, a multicultural and Latino consumer specialist marketing firm, has introduced a Multicultural Social Media Monitoring tool, SMX Echo, in the United... »