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The Hispanic Professionals Networking Groups seeks to increase the visibility of Hispanic business professionals by fostering a great unity through networking opportunities. NEW YORK * MIAMI

Monday, September 24, 2012

HPNG Latino Leaders Networking Event in New York - Sept. 27th


You are invited to the HPNG Latino Leaders Networking Event on September 27th in New York.

Not only was Will a total hit at the HPNG Latino Leadership Conference with his insight, I''m proud to say I've been personally inspired by this all-around dynamo of a guy.

Please join us as we proudly welcome:

Mr. William Robalino
Executive Director, Global Diversity, UBS
President, ALPFA New York

EVENT INFORMATION
Thursday, September 27, 2012
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

LOCATION
Elmo @ The Lounge
156 7th Avenue
btwn. 19th & 20th Streets
New York, NY

AGENDA
6:00-7:00 p.m.  -  Registration & Networking
7:00-8:00 p.m.  -  Guest Interview and Q&A with Audience
8:00-9:456 p.m. -  More Networking!




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Does Social Media Have A Bad Romance With Latinos?

by , Sep 20, 2012, 10:00 AM
MediaPost Publications
Engage: Hispanics
 

The Latino romance with social media has been a passionate one. We’ve embraced this frontier for the betterment of our careers and our businesses. We tweet, post, update, like and comment as we validate ourselves or denigrate stories and events. Along the way, often incidentally, we build communities and networks.

The trusted “go where they congregate” axiom in order to reach Latinos may be spot on, but somehow might not be generating the desired results.

It’s apparent that you are targeting the right demographic for your business or brand, and clearly its online community is engaged. But where are the click-throughs to your website or check-out page? The thing about Latino communities is that they retain many of the nuances of their real world counterpart. You will find the cliques, along with those observing from a safe distance, but notably, within this community resides the valued opinion of friends and peers regarding, well, everything.

Enter old-school, face-to-face marketing. Latinos have long regarded networking events as a social hub, a place to meet up with friends and colleagues from jobs long forgotten. As a result, many marketers have dismissed the effectiveness of these events due to their highly social style and lack of structure. It seemed like the logical alternative was to engage them online. Here’s where it gets tricky.

Latinos, like many in the general market, engage with brands that they relate to from their upbringing. So it’s not an either/or strategy. It would benefit marketers to position their brands visibly at the “ground floor” of engagement for Latinos, live events. Keeping in mind that these events have also evolved to reflect the nature of the modern Latino who is looking to expand his network and build business relationships outside of their industries. Big-name American liquor brands have become ubiquitous at Latino events because of their long-term vision as partners at social and business functions. As a result, they have become top-of-mind brands for the Latino demographic they covet.

In many instances, social media can be more effective as a retention tool, complementing face-to-face interactions with a brand, rather than an acquisition tool. One domestic automaker’s Hispanic site, along with Home Depot, have been implementing, and now extending, this strategy for a couple of years. Brand-driven events targeting specific demographics, such as Latinas, have shown to have a high follow-through of engagement online. The key, of course, is to have relevant content online and a strategy that can be replicated in a newly targeted geographic area.

The good news is, exclusive online acquisition strategies are evolving to take advantage of built-in Latino communities to promote their brand. Sidestepping a large-scale campaign that’s built and managed in-house, some marketers have found that targeted partner events have built-in credibility when endorsed and promoted by highly engaged online Latino communities. Threading boldly with this strategy is super retailer Best Buy with its newly formed partnership with Facebook’s most populated Latino community, Being Latino. Best Buy’s strategy appears that it will be exclusively an online initiative, featuring an original video series. Given their choice of partner, it’s a smart move, one that may be worth its gamble.

It’s often pointed out that Latinos have an innate desire to connect and get personal with those we do business with. As a marketer, you can chose to simply expose your brand to the Latino community or build a relationship that engages deeper than fleeting updates and tweets. Chances are, we want to meet you, too.


Read more: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/183072/does-social-media-have-a-bad-romance-with-latinos.html#ixzz27Og5W8kP

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Friday, September 07, 2012

Networking Done Right Is Not Just A Party

Ali Curi latest interview with Claudia Baier from Latino Choice:

Networking Done Right Is Not Just A Party

http://alatinochoice.com/networking-done-right-is-not-just-a-party/

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Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Power To The Online People

Where were you when news of the tsunami hit Japan in 2011? How about when Michael Jackson died?

Probably online, according to many experts who claim that social media has become the main media source for hundreds of millions of people. Not just in the U.S., either; Facebook alone has more than 900 million users spread across the globe as of 2012. Other social media giants like Twitter have facilitated revolution against unjust leaders and warned people of impending natural disaster. In fact, so many people regularly interact online that if the Internet were a nation, it would exceed the Americas, Europe and the Middle East combined in population.

No wonder more than 13 million members of the online community used Reddit and other media platforms to protest SOPA, a proposed Internet censorship bill. Keep this graphic in mind next time you log on, because knowledge is power — and a little knowledge goes a long way in the Internet Age.


Power To The Online People

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