The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce brought together three marketing experts for a panel at its April luncheon.      The executives - Carlos A. Vazquez, owner, Miami Marketer; Joe Hernandez, founder, SOHK Creative and Michael Campos, brand strategy consultant, Campos Consulting  -  shared tips for refining how to approach customers and how to use Artificial Intelligence to create ...

Carlos A. Vazquez Owner, Miami Marketer, Miramar       “I spend a lot of time not driving because that burns a lot of fossil fuels,” Carlos A. Vazquez said. “I don’t have a hybrid car. And I try to print the least amount as possible.”  Daniela Tavares, Sales Representative, Theromix, Pembroke Pines       “I do my own...

      For Maria Nordase, teaching Spanish to her students is a skill that will take them around the world.      One of her pupils is an older gentleman who translates for his daughters when they visit Spain. Then there is the couple who visited Peru, where locals thought they were from an island nation that is to the south of Florida.       “When they went to visited Peru and...

     The poised gentleman in the photo with his paws crossed is Apollo.       The four-year-old boy is a Miniature Bernedoodle who lives with the Sanchez family in Miami Lakes: Aubrey, her husband Javier and their children, Noah, 14, and Ella, 9.      Apollo’s breed is a cross between a miniature Poodle and Bernese Mountain dog.      “They are so good and...

     The scavenger hunt began at My Gym: Kids picked up a sheet of clues that sent them hopping to downtown shops, where they figured out a riddle or completed a challenge to win a sticker and perhaps a sweet or a prize. Once they collected all 14 stickers, the young hunters returned to My Gym and swapped them for plastic eggs filled with toys and a coupon card to use at participating businesses.      During...