New Jersey blues guitarist Patrick Droney has learned more lessons about overcoming personal setbacks and showing charity toward others than most adults do in a lifetime.
The 14-year-old Linwood resident suffers from Von Willebrand syndrome, a rare blood-clotting disorder, yet he has motivated himself to do charity work for even less fortunate youth through his skills as one of America's most promising young blues musicians.
He won the Nestle Corp.'s "Very Best in Youth" award for his phi... (3495 more chars)
According
to recent findings released by Ipsos Insight from MOTION, a study of
digital video behaviors, at the end of 2006 58% of Americans age 12 or
older, with Internet access, had streamed some form of video content
online...100 million Americans, or 44% of the overall US population age
12 or older.
Brian
Cruikshank, Executive Vice President of the Ipsos Insight Technology
&
Communications, said "... the YouTube phenomenon has caught on with
Americans, and given their appetite for vide... (5236 more chars)
Accountability and Performance Top Priorities For Marketers in 2007
The 2007 Marketing Outlook survey, by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, to capture insights and opinions about how marketers are focusing their efforts in 2007, finds that marketers look at measurement, improved efficiencies and customer knowledge as top challenges. In addition, they plan on making further changes to upgrade organizational effectiveness, strengthen customer engagement and achieve even greater measurability. ... (5736 more chars)
According to a new study, by ThirdAge Inc. and JWT BOOM, with over 1,210 adults 40+ years of age, over 72% of ThirdAgers access the Internet from Broadband in their homes, which is significantly more than the national average across all age groups. And, over 82% of all respondents are researching or reading information Online on health and wellness for themselves and for their families.
Sharon Whiteley, CEO of ThirdAge, said "ThirdAgers (baby boomers and mid-lifers generally in their early 40's thr... (2850 more chars)
BLAH, BLAH, END OF MEDIA as we know it. Blah, blah, end of 30-second spot, blah, blah. OK, you get the idea. We've all heard (and most of us have made) various allusions to the changing media environment -- and some have gone so far as to predict the apocalyptic end of the 30-second spot.
In my past columns, I've made clear that I think there is life in conventional advertising for at least a while yet, but that advertisers, agencies and media owners alike are increasingly under pressure to f... (1700 more chars)
We are advocates of using snack-able video to help build our client brands and help them sell their products and services. We are all about marketing and communications. We also believe the Internet is Interactive. So we are looking for you to participate in shaping our company. Join our blog. Upload your marketing ideas and questions using video. Join the Conversation... Sign Up!
Blog 