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College Students & The Value Of Unknown Variables

Posted by meredith | 08/31/10 | No Comments

Among the latest efforts to appease incoming college students (and their helicopter parents) is a growing number of schools accommodating the use of roommate matchmaking services like Lifetopia, RoomBug, and URoomSurf. The New York Times, reg. required, recently profiled these along…

Sponsored Post: Tech Addicts – The Reality of Internet, Gaming, Texting, and Video Game Addiction

Posted by emma | 08/25/10 | No Comments

Today we have our monthly sponsored post from Jason Bakker, Director of Marketing at Campus Media Group. This is the latest in a monthly series of posts that's part of Campus Media Group's site sponsorship.

Tech Addicts – The Reality of Internet, Gaming,…

Will Millennials Get The Message About Texting While Driving?

Posted by youth advisory board | 08/10/10 | 3 Comments

Ed. Note: From Jonas Brothers and Allstate urging teens to "X the TXT" to Sprint and DoSomething launching Thumb Wars, there's no shortage of campaigns out there looking to raise teens' awareness of the risks of texting while driving. While clearly not…

Digital Matchmaking on College Campuses

Posted by casey | 07/28/10 | No Comments

As more dating websites and digital matchmaking tools target college students, more studies come out that teens and twentysomethings are adopting a more casual attitude towards finding a significant other (or not-so-significant as the case may be…).

So is there a demand for…

Sponsored Post: Don’t Abandon Your College Mobile Marketing Plans

Posted by meredith | 07/09/10 | 2 Comments

Today we have our monthly sponsored post from Jason Bakker, Director of Marketing at Campus Media Group. This is the latest in a monthly series of posts that's part of Campus Media Group's site sponsorship.

Don’t Abandon Your College Mobile Marketing Plans

A recent…

Ypulse Sponsored Post: Selling The 'Suck'

Posted by meredith | 06/08/10 | No Comments

Today we have our monthly sponsored post from Jason Bakker, Director of Marketing at Campus Media Group. This is the latest in a monthly series of posts that's part of Campus Media Group's site sponsorship.

Selling The ‘Suck’

In the late 90’s, there was…

Ypulse Mashup Sponsor Interview: Ryan Garman, Tissla

Posted by meredith | 05/20/10 | No Comments

Today's Ypulse Interview is with Ryan Garman, Co-Founder and President of Tissla Marketing, (formerly AllDorm) our Anchor Sponsor for the Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup.

We caught up with Ryan over email to talk emerging trends on campus, the best (and worst)…

Sponsored Post: Never Too Old To Start 'Youthsourcing'

Posted by meredith | 05/05/10 | 3 Comments

Today we have our monthly sponsored post from Jason Bakker, Director of Marketing at Campus Media Group. This is the latest in a monthly series of posts that's part of Campus Media Group's site sponsorship.

Never Too Old To Start 'Youthsourcing'

I think it’s…

Meet Ypulse Research Student Panelist… Peter Rolands

Posted by meredith | 04/28/10 | No Comments

Today we take another glimpse behind the scenes of our Ypulse Research division and meet panelist Peter Rolands, one of the thousands of college students in the expansive Ypulse network of collegians and high schoolers that our team taps for…

'The 50 Most Stressful Colleges': Stanford Students, Staff Respond

Posted by meredith | 04/15/10 | No Comments

Today's Ypulse Youth Advisory Board post comes from Raymond Braun in response to "The 50 Most Stressful Colleges" rankings recently put out by The Daily Beast.

As a current Stanford student, Raymond, his fellow students and campus administrators had an understandably strong…