Category: Hispanics
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Market Segmentation and the Quantcast Growth Hack
Market segmentation is a marketing strategy which involves dividing a broad target market into subsets of consumers, businesses, or countries who have, or are perceived to have, common needs, interests, and priorities, and then designing and implementing strategies to target them. Market segmentation strategies are generally used to identify and further define the target customers, and provide supporting data for marketing plan elements such as positioning to achieve certain marketing plan objectives. Businesses may develop…
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Why Create a Latino Section
If you manage a magazine or newspaper, a Latino section is really a good idea to boost engagement. Why? Well, curation becomes easier and article consumption goes thru the roof because Latino web surfers can find more relevant articles to choose from. Bottom line is, while Latinos can identify with mainstream issues, they appreciate the cultural curation. Mind you, these articles don’t have to be in Spanish and they don’t have to cover international issues…
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The Mexican Market
If you want to target your efforts to a particular US Hispanic demographic, by far the Mexican market is the biggest and most evenly distributed in America. Selling to the Mexican market is very complicated because of the high variance across customers and the many nuances across geographic differences. Here are the top issues you should take into account while selling to Mexicans in the USA or in Mexico. 1. Don’t compete with Mexican owned…
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50 Things You Should Know About Hispanic Consumers
Most web developers read jordhy.com to increase sales coming from Hispanic consumers. Hence, almost daily I get asked “how are Hispanic consumers different?” So, doubt no more, here are your answers. The top 50 things that set apart Hispanic consumers: 1. We want to see a phone number in your site. About 10% of us will save that number in our smartphones. This number tells us you are less likely to be a scammer and…
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The Hispanic Internet: Notable Research 2000-2015
Yesterday, Information Providers posted a comprehensive list of notable and very comprehensive research defining the Latino Internet reality. The curation includes academic papers about eGovernment, eCommerce and social media as well as detailed web pages that paint a clear picture of the Hispanic customer, both in and out of the U.S. To access these reports just click on the image below. Enjoy! …
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The Latino Growth Hack
I have a sweet little tip for all my readers in countries with significant Latino populations. Let’s say you live in the USA and have a startup, blog, portal or eCommerce shop with an established Internet presence, you are spending a fair share of money on Adwords every month and have consulted with several SEO experts. If you fit this description, you can significantly grow your business by purchasing Spanish keywords. However, even thought your…
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Why Should Your Site Have a Spanish Subdomain?
Before you even consider expensive localization projects or international expansions, ask yourself this question: Can I grow my audience without expanding internationally? Of course you can. You can sell to the same zip codes and dramatically increase your customer base. Indeed that’s why companies like Sprint have fully translated their websites to Spanish while serving the same zip codes. But why would a national brand do such a thing? It’s all about network effects. …
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2015: A Crucial Year for Latin America and the World
As the American economy walks away from the great recession, 2015 looks more and more like a big year for technology. Cryptocurrency, the Internet of things and location-based services are ready for a tidal wave of growth. As Ericsson predicts, the trends for 2015 seem futuristic and attainable at the same time. Presentation: 10 Hot Consumer Trends 2015 from Ericsson Latin America A key region to watch next year is Latin America. From Venezuela to…