Archive for the ‘Consumer behavior’ Category

Social revolution, social networks.

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

A social network is a social structure made of nodes which are generally individuals or organizations. It indicates the ways in which they are connected through various social familiarities ranging from casual acquaintance to close familial bonds. Some history The first social networking website was Classmates.com, which began in 1995.  

Why to take less when yahoo is best

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Why to take less when yahoo is best was one of the first Pepsi´s slogans referring to their bigger bottle (in comparison to Coca Cola´s smaller bottle). Yesterday I´ve received the Yahoo Conversion Newsletter talking about something really similar to what I´ve called some posts ago DAD or Desired Advertising. I ...

Viral bucks in viral vehicles

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

If we analyze the business history, nothing generates more impact and bring clients to a brand than word of mouth. This decade something empowered this concept and let it became the new advertising star, and that's Internet.

Desired Advertising - DAD - Is that possible?

Monday, August 21st, 2006

These days everybody is talking about the different types of online advertising, which one generates more clicks or generate a better conversion rates. Today’s online advertising it’s turning pretty much complicated but the conversion rates are increasing very slowly or even not increasing at all. So, how much work is necessary ...

What’s a Latino?

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

Everyone is talking about Latinos these days, but what exactly is a Latino?  If there is one thing that we all know it’s that not all Latinos have similar cultures and behaviors.  But just how similar are all Latinos? Is it possible to treat them all as one market segment? The ...

Do you speak SPANGLISH?

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Spanglish, a portmanteau of the words Spanish and English, is a name used to refer to a range of language-contact phenomena, primarily in the speech of the Hispanic population of the United States, which is exposed to both Spanish and English.   A short Spanglish conversation: Anita: "Hola, good morning, cómo estás?" Mark: ...

Does Money Buy Happiness?

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

What makes the people immigrate to the United States? Why does a person agree to leave their country, family, friends, memories and even their history? What are they looking for? Is it all about money, future, or something else? Emigration is always hard, period, and for that reason I find it ...

Significant communication differences between Germans and Latinos

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Normally people form different cultures think they are able to handle a negotiation with a different culture counterpart. When I was living in Germany finded out that negotiating with people from a different culture is so much hard than what we normally think.

Is time just money?

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

We never have enough time. It's flying, wasted, or spent. In marketing, we strive to be punctual for meetings and deadlines. So when do we have time to consider time? For culturally sensitive marketers, time is key. When we look to establish an emotional link with a Hispanic consumer, we ...