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Tina Wells

Celebrate Read Across America Day: 10 Age Appropriate Books For Your Tween

Tina Wells | Posted 05.01.2013 | Parents
Read More: Tina Wells, Tweens, Dr. Seuss, Read Across America, Slidepollajax, Bestsellers, Buzz Marketing Group, Children's Books, Books for Tweens, Dr. Seuss Birthday, Parents News
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It seems that parents of tweens are unfairly caught between trying to keep their avid readers interested in reading while ensuring the content isn't making them mature too fast.

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Tribal Marketing

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Tina Wells, Chasing-Youth-Culture-and-Getting-It-Right, Youth, Marketing, Youth Marketing, Business News
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If you enter a roomful of crying but healthy babies, chances are they all share at least one of the same needs: food, sleep, a diaper or some undivide...

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The Three Most Important Elements in Marketing to Teens Today

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Amazon.com, Tina Wells, Pepsi, Wiley, Itunes, Chasing Youth Culture and Getting It Right, Teens, Business News
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For the next eight weeks, I'll be sharing excerpts from my new book, Chasing Youth Culture And Getting It Right. Capturing the heart of a teen consum...

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Skins: What Do We Do Next?

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: McDonald's, Tina Wells, Skins, Mtv, Mackenzie Blue, Ptc, Parenting, Paternalism, Media News
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If Skins is canceled, I want it to happen because we the people decided it wasn't a good show, not because the government got involved and canceled it.

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Skins Wins Where Gossip Girl Failed

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Jesse Carere, Britne Oldford, Rachel Thevenard, Jamie Brittain, Sofia Black D'Elia, Daniel Flaherty, Skins, Ron Mustafaa, Buzz Marketing Group, Eleanor Zichy, Tina Wells, Gossip Girl, Mtv, Bryan Elsley, Camille Cresencia-Mills, James Newman, Entertainment News
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Skins will interest you whether you're a teenager or not. I sat down to watch five minutes of the pilot, and two hours later, I was haunted by the characters.

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Never Get a Real Job

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Buzz Marketing Group, Scott Gerber, Tina Wells, Entrepreneurship, Wiley, Entrepreneur, Young Entrepreneur Council, Never Get a Real Job, Yec, Books News
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For decades it seemed commonplace to ask an entrepreneur, "When are you going to get a 'real job'?" These days, though, youth unemployment is an epide...

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XIPWIRE Lone US Company Enabling Donations to Wikileaks

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Sibyl Lindsay, Tina Wells, Buzz Marketing Group, Wikileaks, Sharif Alexandre, Xipwire, Business News
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XIPWIRE, a company that allows customers to transfer cash using their mobile phones, is the only US company currently accepting donations on behalf of WikiLeaks.

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Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols Create Album to Raise Funds for the Gulf

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Cw, Itunes, One Tree Hill, Austin Nichols, Buzz Marketing Group, Tina Wells, Sophia Bush, Gasoline Rainbows, Impact News
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Some of today's hottest bands have joined together with Global Green USA to release a benefit compilation entitled Gasoline Rainbows, out today.

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The New, Unhappy Meal

Tina Wells | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Tina Wells, McDonald's, Buzz Marketing Group, San Francisco, Happy Meals, Healthy Living News
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When I think of McDonald's, and Happy Meals, I have nothing but good thoughts. Happy Meals for me bring back memories of shopping trips with my mother...

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Even With A Low Approval Rating For Their President, Young People Will Rock The Vote On Tuesday

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Tina Wells, Midterm Elections, Buzz Marketing Group, President Obama, Politics News
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There has been a lot of discussion around the issue of young people voting. Will they actually go back to the polls, post-Obama Movement? Last week, ...

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United Nations Foundation Launches 'Girl Up' Initiative

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: National Coalition of Girls' Schools, Camp Fire USA, Nations, Mtv, Ivanka Trump, United Nations Foundation, United, Tina Wells, Girl UP, Wnba, Girls Inc., Impact News
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The Girl Up initiative encourages American girls to raise awareness and funds for the 600 million adolescent girls living in developing countries.

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MTV and Eve Ensler Take a New Approach to Teen Sex Issues in the Digital World

Tina Wells | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Jessica Stroup, Sexting, Rosario Dawson, Rihanna, Eve Ensler I Am an Emotional Creature, Youth, Cyberbullying, Buzz Marketing Group, Eve Ensler, Tina Wells, Mtv, Healthy Living News
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For more than a decade, MTV has sought to teach their viewers on the importance of safe sex, and now in the new age of digital dating they are once again bringing the issues to a forefront.

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Top 5 Back-to-School Campaigns

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Jcpenney, Apple, Youth, Buzz Marketing Group, Kmart, Tina Wells, Material Girl, Staples, Back to School, Style News
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With a new school year rapidly approaching, I wanted to share with you the top five campaigns that I think will be most effective in targeting the youth market this season.

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MTV Asks Audience: Do You GYT?

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Stds, Youth, Buzz Marketing Group, Tina Wells, Cdc, Mtv, Planned Parenthood, Gyt, Media News
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Using the acronym GYT for "Get Yourself Tested" for STDs, MTV's hoping that the simplicity of this simple phrase will have an impact on teens and young adults.

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Social Mob: Trend Du Jour?

Tina Wells | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Youth, Mtv, Buzz Marketing Group, Teens, Philly, Mark Zuckerberg, Tina Wells, Philadelphia, Facebook, Healthy Living News
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Earlier this week, an article on Philly.com described a "flash mob" gathering of hundreds of Philadelphia's youth on South Street last weekend. The ar...

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Good Hair? Good Question

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Good Hair, Chris Rock, Tina Wells, Afro, Haircare-Tips, Hair, Relaxers, Chris Rock Good Hair, Style News
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What we do to our hair should be for ourselves only, not to fit a stereotype of what's acceptable for us as black women, or women in general.

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Sexting? Cyberbullying? MTV Thinks There's A Thin Line

Tina Wells | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Sexting, Tina Wells, Cyberbulling, Youth, Mtv, Harassment, Psa, Media News
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I was pleased to hear that MTV is taking the lead on bringing cyberbullying to their wide audience of young people. Their multi-year initiative, "A Thin Line," is intended to empower youth to stop the spread of digital abuse.

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Don't Ever Quit! Dreams Don't Have Expiration Dates

Tina Wells | Posted 04.04.2013 | Impact
Read More: Tina Wells, Women in Business, Global Motherhood, Global Mom Relay, Family Meals, Buzz Marketing Group, Tina Wells Buzz Marketing Group, Video, Impact News
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Coming together around a table is an important part of my life. I'm a part of the Global Mom Relay today, so other families around the world have the chance to share good food and conversation together.

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