Youth Marketing Channel

Recently I posted some frugal youth marketing tips, which I think will be an ongoing theme here at Ypulse for awhile as we all tighten our belts and try to do more with less. As longtime readers know, I'm not…

Kiwibox Teen Network (goes live today for advertisers. Also another niche social networking site may go the way of the dodo. TechCrunch reported yesterday that Sneakerplay, the site for sneakerheads, was shutting down BUT we've since been told that the company's…

In yesterday's Essentials we posted a link to an AP article on a recent survey conducted among high school students by The Josephson Institute Center for Youth Ethics. Findings suggest that some students may need to take a refresher course in…

I have a friend that averages four-and-a-half hours of sleep week after week. To fit in homework, studying, working and participating in extracurriculars, shut-eye is the first thing to go. Her dependence on caffeine - 32 oz. diet cokes, quadruple-shot…

Everyone knew a few parents back in grade school who would stay up all night doing a science project or typing up a book report for their lazy, time management-challenged child. Now those kids have grown up and instead of…

I just returned from the Verizon Foundation's domestic violence summit where I spoke about teens and technology. As I listened before I gave my own talk, I remembered my own experience volunteering at a domestic violence hotline in Nashville when…

Earlier this school year, I sat in a class listening to the professor talk about how she no longer emails students because "young adults don't read emails anymore." Uh, we don't? As obnoxious as it is to be told what…

When it comes to teens and philanthropy, one of the biggest challenges is knowing how to get them involved. There are so many different causes, foundations. and charities out there and teens only have so much free time - when…

The prevalence of prescription drugs on college campuses is no secret, but just how ridiculously common they are still came as a bit of a shock to me when I started school. Walk into the library around finals week and…

After reading through the 1,000 + panel and speaking proposals for this year's SXSW Interactive, I'm really excited to see so much youth-specific content (in addition to the Ypulse teen panel - voting ends next week so vote now!). There are…