In 1903, when the entire United States had but 150 miles of paved roads, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the U.S. in what was then dubbed a “horseless carriage.” Sixty-three days later, after many trials and tribulations, Dr. [...]
The following story is just one of many “how to” articles from the 2010/2011 edition of the U.S. Hispanic Social Media Guide that’s being released nationally this week. To receive this comprehensive guide to Hispanic social media marketing FREE go to http://www.hispanicprblog.com/hispanicize.
BY MANNY RUIZ
PUBLISHER
U.S. Hispanic Social Media Guide (2010-2011 Edition)
If you scour the Latino web [...]
BY ROSANNA FISKE
More than 300 public relations and communications professionals gathered in Dallas this week for the first-ever Hispanic Public Relations and Social Media Conference. The brainchild of the Hispanic Public Relations Association and Hispanic PR Blog founder Manny Ruiz, the conference gave professionals a fresh look at communicating with the U.S. Hispanic market. It also [...]
MIAMI, FL – With all due respect to the wonderful mamis of the booming blog world, it’s time for a papi to step in to the family blogging action.
Today, Hispanic PR Wire founder, social media marketing expert and father-of -three Manny Ruiz announced the launch of PapiBlogger, a web site devoted to showcasing creative parenting [...]
There’s still time to register free for today’s 2 p.m. ET Virtual Idea Swap teleseminar on Hispanic Social Media featuring Manny Ruiz, Co-Publisher of the Hispanic PR Blog and organizer of the 2010 Hispanic PR & Social Media Marketing Conference (www.HispanicPRConference.com). The teleseminar is being conducted by the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) National Diversity Committee.
To [...]
NEW YORK, NY - The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Diversity Committee will host Manny Ruiz, Co-Publisher of the Hispanic PR Blog and organizer of the 2010 Hispanic PR & Social Media Marketing Conference (www.HispanicPRConference.com) as the speaker for a national Virtual Idea Swap teleseminar focused on Hispanic Social Media on Monday, May 3 at 2 p.m. ET.
To register for [...]
- The Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) and the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) are teaming with the Hispanic PR Blog and the Hispanic PR & Social Media Marketing Conference to create and distribute the guide free for all social media marketers nationwide
- To get on the list of free recipients of the guide fill out the quick [...]
By Angela Sustaita-Ruiz
Co-Publisher, Hispanic PR Blog
There are four key media training mistakes in this otherwise fine interview with my husband and co-publisher Manny Ruiz:
- Never underestimate that when you go to an interview with media they may decide to do a video interview.
- Never wear jeans to an interview.
- Never play around with a [...]
Synbad Oliveros of DallasVida.com posted this interview with Hispanic PR Blog publisher Manny Ruiz regarding the upcoming Hispanic PR & Social Media Marketing Conference. Here’s the link: http://tweetmysong.com/0e1hpx
With the Hispanic PR & Social Marketing Conference less than a month away in Dallas, May 10-12, it’s a great time to catch up with conference organizer Manny Ruiz to find out what are the latest things happening with the conference.
HISPANIC PR BLOG: There seems to be numerous Hispanic-related conferences every year. What makes [...]
By Manny Ruiz
Co-Publisher
The Hispanic PR Blog
A perfect storm of the good kind is brewing and if you haven’t already noticed it’s pointing to a year of colossal momentum for the Hispanic public relations industry. In 20 years of working in Hispanic PR and media, I have never seen the momentum I’m witnessing for Hispanic PR [...]
By Manny Ruiz
Co-Publisher
The Hispanic PR Blog
If you’re like many of our readers, you may be asking why we chose Dallas as the host city for the first ever Hispanic PR & Social Marketing Conference, May 10-12, 2010. I don’t want to hesitate to tell you that it was actually much easier to chose Dallas than [...]
National call announced for all Hispanic PR pros to participate in industry’s first ever Hispanic PR Census
LOS ANGELES, CA – In an effort to measure the size and strength of the growing Hispanic public relations industry, the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) and the Hispanic PR Blog announced today the launch of a four-month national [...]
DALLAS, TX – Latino Leaders Magazine has named Hispanic media entrepreneur Manny Ruiz, co-publisher of The Hispanic PR Blog and founder of Hispanic PR Wire, to its 2010 “Ones to Watch: Inspired Leaders” list. Ruiz was one of 15 leaders spotlighted in the January edition of the magazine.
Latino Leaders Magazine said Ruiz was selected [...]
Hispanic Public Relations Association and the Hispanic PR Blog unite to make history with first ever Hispanic Public Relations and Social Marketing Conference May 10-12, 2010 in Dallas, TX
DALLAS, TX – The Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) and the Hispanic PR Blog are joining forces to make history by presenting the first ever Hispanic Public [...]
Kodak recently launched its first all-digital marketing initiative geared toward a multicultural consumer group. Teaming with Yahoo en Español, “Muestra Tu Herencia” (Show Your Heritage) was designed to encourage Hispanic consumers to share photos online that display their heritage. Kodak created an online mosaic of the images and for each one uploaded, donated $2 to [...]
MIAMI, FL – PR Newswire and Hispanic PR Wire are hosting a free Webinar September 2nd that will review the findings of a Hispanic PR Wire media survey that reveals how to better craft topics and messages that will resonate with Hispanic media. The results of the survey, which was conducted over a recent 30 [...]
MIAMI, FL (July 7, 2009) – Multicultural PR veterans Manny Ruiz, PR Newswire’s president of multicultural markets and Hispanic PR Wire and Angela Sustaita-Ruiz, president of Hispanic Media Trainers, LLC today launched the Hispanic PR Blog (HispanicPRBlog.com), the industry’s definitive source for Hispanic PR news and views.
“This blog and its accompanying Twitter feed (twitter.com/HispanicPR) fill [...]
The Hispanic PR industry has always been the stepbrother of the Hispanic ad profession so it’s no surprise that when it comes to coverage from the Latino marketing trade media, Hispanic PR still gets mostly lost in the shuffle. With all due respect to my friends in the Hispanic market trades, it’s time that the Hispanic PR [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – In a historic year with a new president who symbolizes the growing diversity of our nation, multicultural communications have become a significant area of focus for many companies and organizations, as well as the government. On April 23 PR Newswire and the Public Relations Society of America hosted an in-depth panel presentation [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – In a historic year with a new president who symbolizes the growing diversity of our nation, multicultural communications have become a significant area of focus for many companies and organizations, as well as the government. PR Newswire is hosting an in-depth, panel presentation on maximizing multicultural initiatives in a changing society on [...]
(The following story was published by the Bulldog Reporter on November 6, 2008)
The electoral victory of Barack Obama is about to remake our country and our public relations profession into a much more diverse, stronger and inclusive-minded place than it has ever been before. I say this being true to my Miami Cuban heritage—I was born [...]