Hispanicize’s Manny Ruiz: Through Tecla, we want to reward the excellence of what is happening in digital media within the Hispanic market in the USA

Manny Ruiz, founder of Hispanicize, talked to PRODU about his new venture, which is also aimed at the Hispanic market in the USA. This is the Tecla awards event to be held on March 16, 2015, as part of Hispanicize.”Through Tecla, we want to capture a 360 profile of everything that is happening in the digital market at a national level within the Hispanic market in the USA. So we created a variety of categories that recognize both the contributions of bloggers and journalists, brands and agencies that are driving the market” Ruiz said.The awards categories make up 30 in total, of which 20 are aimed at Latino bloggers, video bloggers and micro-bloggers and the remaining 10 are designated for brands, agencies and media companies.”This event had not be possible a couple of years ago because there was no enough maturity in social and digital media, to reward the amount of work that exists today, both the editorial and marketing side,” he said.Nominees will be judged by a prestigious panel of 30 judges consisting of recognized bloggers, top 10 leading marketers and marketing agencies.”There will be a big focus for agencies and brands across Tecla, but the nice thing is that we will unite all sectors of the industry” Ruiz concluded.For more information about the nominations, categories and other details of this award, visit {Premios Tecla 2015;http://www.hispanicizeevent.com/tecla-awards-2015}.