New York, NY, Oct. 12, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Likeable Media and Red10 announced today the formation of Likeable Tú, a full-service social media firm to serve enterprise customers in Mexico and Latin America as well as Hispanic-focused clients in the United States market. Likeable CEO Dave Kerpen will kick off the new venture by keynoting Red10's Social Media Fest on October 27th in Mexico City, alongside Red10 CEO and co-founder Arian Gonzalez, Red10 VP and Co-Founder Jonás Ortega, social media entrepreneur and actor Ashton Kutcher, and an expected audience of over 300 marketers. Jonás Ortega will lead Likeable Tú as CEO.
Likeable Media is a leading social media firm based in New York, Boston and Chicago. Its client list includes over 100 brands such as 1-800-Flowers.com, Neutrogena, Verizon FiOS, Things Remembered, Restaurant.com, HarperCollins, Entenmann's, The Pampered Chef, Penguin Books, and Mally Beauty.
Red10, based in Mexico City, is a social platform that rewards its users with benefits (such as free cellular airtime and SMS) in exchange for interacting with brands, viralyzing and participating in promotions. Its client base includes over 100 companies such as Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Bimbo Brands, Frito Lay, Lenovo, Domino's Pizza, Caribe Cooler and Citi (Banamex) among others.
Dave Kerpen, CEO and New York Times Best Selling Author of Likeable Social Media, commented on the announcement, "We're thrilled to have a full-service spanish language social media solution to add to our array of client solutions. For global organizations, social media marketing requires a multilingual, nuanced approach, and this partnership allows us to offer just that, while contributing to our mission of using social media to build a more likeable world."
Red10 VP and Co-Founder Jonás Ortega added, "We are happy to partner with a best-in-class U.S. social media firm in Likeable, and our goal is that Likeable Tú will quickly gain as strong a reputation in Mexico and Latin America as Likeable Media enjoys in the U.S."
Likeable Media's mission is to leverage social media and word of mouth marketing to create more transparent, responsive, likeable companies, organizations and governments. As a full service social agency, Likeable's core competency is helping brands go from communities to customers. They create, distribute, cultivate and respond to text, pictures and videos which drive buzz, growth & action: hence the term, likeable media.