GrapevineStar Entertainment Announces Toy Fair Program for Manufacturers & Retailers, Character Brands and Social Media Programs Support Manuacturer and Retailer Sales

By: admin - April 16th, 2012  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment

New York, NY (PRWEB) February 15, 2012

The GrapevineStar Toy Fair program announced today targets brand owners, toy manufacturers in U.S. and China, retailers, entertainment executives, inventors, game developers in the toy, youth products and children’s entertainment industries.

The program includes select GrapevineStar? character brands integrated with it?s social media programs customized to meet the needs of the participating toy manufacturer or retailer.

Qualifying participants license one of GrapevineStar?s character brands for no upfront fee. Licenses are category limited. Reduced royalty rates are also offered for select brands.

Qualifying participants must be established businesses who are willing to commit to 2 year licensing agreements and a minimum guarantee of 50,000 pcs produced per product annually, featuring a GrapevineStar character brand. Participants will also receive customized social media support from GrapevineStar Media?s Social Media Analysts? division. This support includes the development and integration of Facebook?, YouTube?, promotion and distribution throughout GrapevineStar?s extensive media network of blogs, web publications, social media groups and sites as well as SEO services support.

Toy Fair program contracts must be finalized within 90 days of the closing of Toy Fair.

?This is a great opportunity for China and other toy and gift manufacturers or retailers to increase awareness and sales by licensing a social media marketing supported Hollywood studio quality (in demand) character brand for their products??says Jacob R Miles III, CEO, GrapevineStar

Select GrapevineStar Character Brands included in the program are Tex DunRight?, Worlds Favorite Cowboy?, SunnyLuv? – Spreading Sunshine & Love Around the World?, MeMe and My World?, the Emotionals?, A Childs Emotions at Play?, Hip Hop Hounds?, EarthBoy?, Stupid Little Things? among others.

Interested parties should email GrapevineStar at info(at)grapevinestar(dot)com or info(at)grapevinee(dot)com

About GrapevineStar ? GrapevineStar is a new media publisher and distributor resource for consumer focused companies that also develops and licenses entertainment studio quality character brands. GSE licenses its character brands to clothing, toy, game, film, video, apps and large retailers. It provides social media packages and mobile distribution solutions to small businesses through its Social Media Analysts unit. GrapevineStar is located in Historic downtown Grapevine, Texas. http://www.grapevinestar.com

About GrapevineStar Brands – GrapevineStar is a mid-market developer and licensor of studio quality entertainment character brands and properties. GSE licenses its character brands to clothing, toy, game, film, video, apps and large retailers. It provides social media packages and mobile distribution solutions to support its brands through GrapevineStar?s Social Media Analysts unit. GrapevineStar is located in Historic downtown Grapevine, Texas. http://www.grapevinestar.com/brands

About GrapevineStar Media – GrapevineStar is a new media publisher, distributor resource for consumer focused companies. It operates a fast growing network of 1000?s of pages of niche trend news, information and conversations. Niches include business, social media, toys & games, urban, pop culture, women/families, heritage, fine arts, anime/comic and more. It provides social media packages and mobile distribution solutions to small businesses through its Social Media Analysts unit. GrapevineStar is located in Historic downtown Grapevine, Texas. http://www.grapevinestar.com/media

About Social Media Analysts ? Social media analysts is a social media company focused on providing technology and content management services to small businesses. SEO, Platform and technology support includes WordPress, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, Drupal and more, HTML, CSS, PHP, C++, exclusive studio quality characters, photos and graphic library available to clients. Social Media Analysts, a division of GrapevineStar is located in Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas. http://www.socialmediaanalysts.com

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World Synergy Creates a Social Media Campaign to Help Children During the Holiday Season

By: admin - December 21st, 2011  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment

Solon, Ohio (PRWEB) December 11, 2011

World Synergy, eager to get toys in the hands of more needy children this Christmas, has launched a social media campaign that matches Facebook Likes with gifts.

Every time 20 people ?Like? World Synergy through Facebook, the online marketing firm will donate a brand new toy to the U.S. Marine Toys for Tots.

?It couldn?t be a better time to reach out to our network of people to help us spread the spirit of giving,? said Glenn Smith, president and CEO of World Synergy. ?We created this campaign to ensure that more children get to enjoy gifts over the holidays. But we are also hoping our initiative inspires other companies and individuals to leverage social media and their personal connections to help others in some way.?

Help World Synergy spread the holiday spirit and visit company?s Facebook page and ?like? it:

https://www.facebook.com/WorldSynergy

The campaign will continue through Friday, December 16.

With the weak economy, many businesses and families are hurting. We believe it?s our responsibility to extend a hand and let others know someone cares, Smith said. For some, that may mean visiting people in nursing homes. Others may volunteer at a charitable event, donate food or reach out in some other manner, he said.

With the power and influence of real-time social media, we have more opportunities than ever to involve others and not just do something on our own, Smith said.

About World Synergy

http://worldsynergy.com

An eBusiness Partner from thought to thrive, World Synergy is a leading Strategic eBusiness Services company located in Solon near Cleveland, Ohio. For over 25 years, we have shaped integrated online marketing and technology strategies to increase clients’ sales and improve their ROI.

World Synergy delivers world class service combined with a synergistic client business relationship. A full service eBusiness consulting firm, we?re focused on clients’ top line growth. Our breadth of services includes a unique combination of business strategy, creative marketing, communications and design, application development and computing infrastructure architecture expertise to deliver eBusiness solutions that get results.

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Silicon Valley Startup Leverages Social Media to Benefit Toys for Tots

By: admin - December 19th, 2011  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment


Cupertino, CA (PRWEB) December 08, 2011

To spread some extra holiday cheer, Xangati, the recognized leader in infrastructure performance management, today announced #VirtualTweet4Tots, the first-of-its-kind social media holiday giving campaign to benefit the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. As part of the campaign, Xangati has already pledged to donate up to 250 toys ? one toy for each single tweet sent that includes the hashtags: #virtualtweet4tots and #virtualwishlist.

?We want to make it as easy as possible for people to give to a worthy cause ? as simple as typing 140 characters on a keyboard or mobile device,? said Alan Robin, CEO of Xangati. ?Xangati has a lot of followers in the virtualization industry, and we are hoping to maximize our Twitter connections and the generosity of that community to accomplish something that everyone can support ? delivering a new toy to a less fortunate child. I can?t think of anything in the world more rewarding than giving a gift to a child in need.?

#VirtualTweet4Tots ? How It Works

Xangati?s social media giving campaign provides an effortless way for people to contribute to Toys for Tots. The campaign has also tapped into the company?s extensive relationships within the virtualization community to increase participation and interest. Xangati executives and employees are active tweeps with thousands of followers on Twitter ? a social media tool that is widely used within the virtualization industry by technology managers, bloggers, reporters, analysts and vendors.

Participating is easy. Anyone with a Twitter account simply needs to send a tweet that includes both of the following hashtags — #virtualtweet4tots and #virtualwishlist. In addition, the tweet must include a #virtualwishlist item for 2012. For example:

My #virtualwishlist>To make ROI 4 virtualization technologies as easy as the ROI 4 #Xangati?s #VirtualTweet4Tots giving campaign!

For every tweet generated, Xangati will donate a new toy to the Toys for Tots program. Learn more about Xangati?s virtual giving campaign.

?We hope that our VirtualTweet4Tots campaign will represent a new type of corporate giving ? showing that smaller companies can make a difference within their communities through creative and innovative usages of social media and by partnering with non-profit organizations such as Toys for Tots,? Robin added.

For the last 64 years, the Marine Toys for Tots Program has delivered a message of hope to less fortunate children through the simple act of providing a new toy. In 2010, Marines distributed 16.7 million donated toys to more than 7.2 million children.

Virtualization is a fast-growing technology recognized for its abilities to reduce equipment costs and increase operational efficiencies in companies? information technology (IT) data centers. Customers worldwide have used Xangati?s award-winning virtualization solutions to reduce time to problem resolution by an unprecedented 70 percent ? faster than any other performance management solution available.

About Xangati

Xangati, the recognized leader in Infrastructure Performance Management (IPM), provides unparalleled performance management for the emerging and transformational data center architectures impacting IT today, including server virtualization, cloud computing and VDI. Its award-winning suite of IPM solutions accelerates cloud computing and virtualization initiatives by providing unprecedented visibility and real-time continuous insights into the entire infrastructure. Leveraging its powerful precision analytics, Xangati?s health performance index provides a new way to view and manage performance ? in real-time ? at a scale previously not possible.

Founded in 2006, Xangati, Inc. is a privately held company with corporate headquarters based in Cupertino, California. Xangati has been granted numerous technology patents for its 360-degree comprehensive approach to Infrastructure Performance Management. Xangati is a VMware Technology Alliance Partner and certified Citrix Ready Partner and supports both VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop, as well as other virtualization environments. For more information, visit the company website at http://www.xangati.com. Phone: +1 408-252-0505.

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Social Media at Play: A Social Media Conference Presented By Chicago Toy & Game Group

By: admin - October 13th, 2011  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 12, 2011

Social media and social gaming are changing the way we do everything ? from the way we communicate, to the way we play, to how we interact with our customers and market our brands. On Friday, November 19, 2011, the Chicago Toy & Game Group presents Social Media at Play, a one-day content-rich conference, providing attendees with the education, trends, techniques and tools of social media from strategy to integration and engagement to measurement, with insights into social gaming trends and how they fit into the future landscape of the toy and game industry.

Held at Chicago?s historic Navy Pier, Social Media at Play brings together expert panels of toy industry professionals and top social media practitioners who show how to leverage the power of social media and social gaming through case studies, interactive discussion and provocative presentations, delivering immediate value and take-away lessons to implement immediately.

?We?re very excited to be bringing this conference to the toy industry,? said Mary Couzin, Executive Director of the Chicago Toy & Game Group. ?We see this as a fantastic opportunity to provide real education and strategic social media solutions to toy industry professionals as well as those just starting out in the business.?

Featured speakers include over 30 expert social media practitioners including keynote speaker Vanessa Van Petten of RadicalParenting.com, Barbara Jones of One-2-One Network, Wendy Piersall, author of Mom Blogging for Dummies, Beth Rosen of 4Keys Media, MJ Tam of Chicagonista.com, Meredith Sinclair of Hoo-dee-hoo.com, Lisa Orman of KidStuff PR, and toy industry professionals who are successfully using social media strategies to generate real business, including speakers from Hasbro, Razor, Sears, Endless Games, Fat Brain Toys, The Marketing Store, Kunoichi, Hoyt Interactive, 360KID, igamebank and more.

Social Media at Play is designed to deliver immediate value, so attendees leave with take-away lessons they can implement immediately.

Registration includes full-day conference and meals, Networking Dinner at Chicago?s D4 Irish Pub on Thursday, November 18 and a ticket to the TAGIE Awards Ceremony and Dinner, an elegant gala celebrating toy and game inventors, held at Chicago?s Museum of Science & Industry on Friday, November 19.

Online registration is available at http://www.tandgcon.com/_tagieconf/socialmedia.htm

For more information, please contact Mary Kay Russell at (630) 717-2511.

About the Chicago Toy & Game Group

The Chicago Toy & Game Group, Inc. is a family of toy industry initiatives designed to encourage and promote the power of play and invention in social, educational, and professional environments. The Chicago Toy & Game Group consists of the Chicago Toy & Game Fair (ChiTAG), Toy & Game Inventor and Industry Conference (T&GCon), Toy & Game Inventor Awards (TAGIE Awards), Games for Educators and Discover Games.

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Fat Brain Toys Puts Social Media to Work for Innovative Toy Awards Program

By: admin - October 10th, 2011  Filed under: Toys For Holiday Add Comment


Elkhorn, NE (PRWEB) September 13, 2011

Having just returned from a social media “bootcamp” at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California, Fat Brain Toys’ President and Cofounder Mark Carson began looking for more creative ways to incorporate social media into his business. His solution? Leverage Facebook to build awareness for specialty toys in a fun, interactive format. Specifically, Carson Facebook-enabled his existing toy awards program to draw on the viral nature of social media.

The Fat Brain Toy Awards began in 2008 as a platform to recognize the very best products in the specialty toy and game category. Unlike other toy award programs, the general public is invited to cast votes for their favorite products to determine the winners of a Fat Brain Toy Award in 31 different categories.

For 2011, voters can either cast a vote online at FatBrainToys.com or “Like” a product through Fat Brain Toy’s Facebook app which can be found at: http://www.facebook.com/fatbraintoys

“The incorporation of the ‘Like’ voting mechanism has really re-energized our awards program,” says Carson. “The addition of the familiar Facebook Like button is yielding a marked increased in participation. Just 10 days into our voting and we’ve already collected 229% more votes over the same period last year.”

Carson is quick to point out, however, that the Facebook integration is not simply a matter of jumping on the latest marketing bandwagon, but rather serving a legitimate business need.

“Our number one goal is to show American consumers that they have a choice when purchasing toys and games,” explains Carson. “Through our new Facebook-enabled toy awards program, consumers are not only casting a vote for their favorite toys, but casting a vote for better toys.”

156 toys and games, representing 127 manufacturers from across the globe were selected as finalists for their high customer ratings, notable sales growth, and/or especially innovative designs. Winners of the Fat Brain Toy Awards will be announced on Election Day, November 8, 2011. To cast your vote, visit http://www.FatBrainToys.com or http://www.facebook.com/fatbraintoys today.

About Fat Brain Toys

Begun as a literal garage startup in 2002, husband and wife team Mark & Karen Carson have grown their company into one of the largest independent retailers of toys in the country. Recent winner of the “Big Break for Small Business” sponsored by Facebook and American Express OPEN, Fat Brain Toys credits their rapid growth to offering quality toys coupled with truly remarkable customer service. Visit http://www.FatBrainToys.com for more information.

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