Yearly Archives: 2009

How a Slow Connection Can Harm your Abuela

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Dec
13
2009

Here’s a funny spot pitching Verizon’s High Speed Internet. For only $17.99 you can bring Grandma back to life. Watch, enjoy and please leave your comments. Client: Verizon Agency: GlobalHue Executive Creative Director / Creative Director: Tony Hidalgo / Ignacio … Continue reading → Read More »

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United We Stand… Up

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Dec
13
2009

Wooing the Hispanic community can easily get lost in translation. Take the U.S. Air Force billboard at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in San Antonio, which proudly posted “Unido Estamos Parados,” in July. It was the 75th anniversary of … Read More »

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Sony Will Make Sure to Capture Your Smile

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Dec
06
2009

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLgOjCuGb4s] Miami and Buenos Aires-based La Comunidad has released a spot for the new Sony Cybershot, featuring the “Smile Shutter,” which automatically captures an image when your subject smiles – without having to press the shutter. Watch, enjoy and leave … Read More »

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Owning a Honda Will Make you Compliment Yourself -and your Car

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Dec
06
2009

Here is another spot for Honda, also via Concept Café Advertising of Miami. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBCFCv80kKE] Client: American Honda Agency: Concept Café Advertising Creative direction: Salvador Veloso Production company: Upstairs & Chaleko Post Planning director: Marco Vega

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You Would Have to be Weird not to Like this Car

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Nov
23
2009

Watch as an apparently normal woman expresses drives around in a Honda only to conclude the Honda Civic is not that great (and then reach out with her tongue to catch a fly.) Watch, enjoy, leave your comments! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1hVvQf7Jc4] Client: … Read More »

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Thanksgiving en Español Arrives at Macy's

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Nov
22
2009

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT1ADkLe2m8] Client: Macy’s Agency: The Vox Collective Original Music: Roman Rojas

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Pine Sol Puts Cleaning Fragrances to Work

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Nov
14
2009

The Clorox Company on Monday (Nov. 16) is set to launch nationally a new campaign touting the cleaning power of Pine Sol. The “Get to work” campaign -via Alma DDB- consists of a series of spots featuring scent-based characters (“Limón … Read More »

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How a Trash Can in California 'Got it All'

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Nov
04
2009

Here’s a :30 spot -in Spanish- pitching Lotto Scratchers that give players a second chance to win. The same spot is also available in English via the same Hispanic shop, Casanova Pendrill Publicidad, Inc. Watch, enjoy and leave your comments. … Read More »

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Allstate Wants Latinos to Know They are in Good Hands

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Oct
23
2009

Here are two recent spots (“Hands” and “Foul”) for Allstate via Chicago-based Lápiz. These are only part of a bigger campaign tying Allstate’s three-year sponsorship of the Mexican National Team. Allstate this year received the grand prize award in the … Read More »

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KFC Wants Latinos to Know That Eating Junk Food is Better, Cheaper than Cooking at Home

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Oct
19
2009

Watch as a Hispanic mom challenges her kids to cook a 7-piece meal under $10 and then -wisely- conclude they are all better off eating junk, Kentucky Fried Chicken. Because, really, how else are you going to feed your increasingly … Read More »

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