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Social TV: The Major Players And What It Means For Marketers

Posted by melanie | 02/08/12 | No Comments

More and more Millennials are checking in to media events and TV shows. They already have their smartphones, tablets, and laptops nearby, chatting with their friends on social media about what they’re watching; checking in was the next logical step. …

Tweens And Teens On The Back-To-School Shopping Scene

Posted by emily | 09/07/11 | No Comments

Today we have an exclusive ethnographic study on the back-to-school shopping scene, highlighting how retailers and marketers are reaching Millennials as they get ready for another school year. I, a Millennial myself, braved department stores, mass merchandisers, national chain stores, …

Ypulse Essentials: ‘Cars 2′ Is Confusing, Warner Bros. Streams Movies On Facebook, Another ‘Glee’ Album

Posted by melanie | 03/08/11 | No Comments

Can anyone tell us (what “Cars 2″ is about from this trailer? It’s part cultural commentary [cars on oil rigs!], part road trip [cars on a plane!?], part James Bond [spy car!], part grand prix [fast cars!]…and it’s totally confusing. …

Guest Post: Who Benefits From The ‘Battle’ Over Tiger Mothers?

Posted by meredith | 01/13/11 | 4 Comments

As promised, our Ypulse Guest Post today comes from tween trend blogger Ms Twixt who responds to the recent debate around the parenting memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua and her contention that traditional “Chinese Mothers” …

Ypulse Essentials: The FDA Proposes New Graphic Cigarette Labels, Fashion’s Sexualization Of Tweens, Libraries Get Teen-Friendly

Posted by emma | 11/11/10 | No Comments

The FDA proposes graphic warning labels for cigarettes (such as pictures of a corpse, as part of a renewed effort to curb disturbing stats on teen smoking — like the fact that almost 20 percent of high school students are …

Ypulse Essentials: Best Social Media Campaigns, Tweens’ Online Gaming Trends, Dr. Seuss Goes Digital

Posted by emma | 08/18/10 | No Comments

A slideshow of the best social media campaigns (as rated by top New York advertising agencies. Unsurprisingly, the Old Spice Guy is pretty high up there — Pepsi’s “Refresh” charity project and Evian’s “roller babies” get mentions as well) (Forbes)…

Ypulse Essentials: Rooney Mara in ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,’ Piperlime Angers Facebook Fans, Google CEO On Privacy

Posted by emma | 08/17/10 | No Comments

Rooney Mara will be ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ (after weeks of speculation, Sony announces the relatively unknown actress will play heroine Lisbeth Salander for a three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy books) (EW)

- ‘Only children’ turn

Ypulse Essentials: Small Businesses Go Social, Teen Web Series Takes Off, Disney Buys Trending Topic

Posted by casey | 06/17/10 | No Comments

Why small businesses should think like a teen (A great piece about how 5 teen social media trends can put a new brand–from a vintage fashion line to a local lobster eatery–on the map) (Mashable)

- Future of media is

Ypulse Essentials: Tween Confidence Index, E-cigarettes, ‘Twilight’ Novella

Posted by meredith | 03/31/10 | No Comments

‘Gossip’ meets ‘Glee’ (in the assortment of teen stars featured in the  “Rock Your Shine” campaign for Walmart surf brand Op. Also Disney star Selena Gomez teams up with K-Mart for a junior fashion line. And an open casting call

Checking The Pulse: How Tweens Spent This Summer

Posted by meredith | 07/20/09 | No Comments

Today we bring you the latest installment of “Checking the Pulse,” our occasional feature with the folks at Pangea, an online advertising company that operates a network of quiz sites, including youth-oriented Quibblo.com. The surveys are developed by …

Talkin’ About Tweens At The Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup

Posted by anastasia | 03/03/09 | No Comments

We are hard at work behind the scenes planning our third annual Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup in June and wanted to share some exciting content developments. People often ask what age range Ypulse covers, and I tell them it’s 8-24 …