After weathering the storm brought on by the worldwide financial crisis, the global media and entertainment industry is poised to take center stage again. The market holds high opportunities for industry players and is forecast to reach approximately US $ 1,289 billion in 2017 with a CAGR of 5% during 20122017.

Lucintel, a leading global management consulting and market research firm, has analyzed the global media and entertainment market and presents its findings in Global Media and Entertainment Industry 20122017: Trend, Profit, and Forecast Analysis.

The media and entertainment industry comprises the creation, aggregation, and distribution of content, news and information, advertisement, and entertainment through various media channels and platforms. As the study details, the market is highly fragmented, with North America dominating the industry. Asia Pacific (APAC), Latin America, and the Middle East are anticipated to develop rapidly, with APAC witnessing the highest growth during 20122017.

Lucintels research indicates increasing disposable income and an improved economy would boost demand for entertainment products. Rising online distribution of content and video games should stimulate end-user spending. Factors such as consumer income levels, advertiser spending, technological innovations, and government regulations are expected to impact industry dynamics.The growing dominance of Internet-based entertainment is anticipated to lead to double-digit growth in Internet advertising and account for 10% of overall industry growth during the next five years.

Lucintels report is a cost-effective tool that presents the key aspects of the media industry on an annual and quarterly basis, providing the most current analysis of the market for confident and timely decision making.The report tracks four industry segments across North America, Europe, APAC, and Rest of World thus it tracks 16 segments of the media and entertainment industry.

For a detailed table of contents and pricing information on these timely, insightful reports, contact Lucintel at +1-972-636-5056 or via email at helpdesk(at)lucintel(dot)com. Lucintel provides cutting-edge decision support services that facilitate critical decisions with greater speed, insight, and cost efficiency.

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PartyPOP.com recently announced free wedding invitations and an RSVP website for any engaged couple in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The company has re-purposed their 2012 marketing budget in hopes of building brand awareness and loyalty. According to reports from within the Southern California based company, its working.

PartyPOP.com features over 2 million highly accomplished and professional companies in the event planning industry. Some of these companies include Gerratano’s Catering, The Party Elf and Jeff Carson.

Gerratano’s Catering serves Rochester, New York. Owner Johnny ‘G’ has been in the restaurant and catering business for 20 years; he has built a reputation on personal attention and customer satisfaction. Excellent food and value are keys to his success. Whether catering a corporate or private, large or intimate event, Gerratano’s Catering always makes sure everything goes in accordance with each customers needs.

Gerratano’s Catering is the former owner of Gerratano’s Restaurant and all selections are prepared by former chefs of the Portico Restaurant. The company offers a special promotion of free samples for meetings or small events of less than 15 people as a way to show that clients will be satisfied with the products and services. Clients can also completely customize their buffet package to suit their particular needs. More information can be found online at http://www.partypop.com/v/4347450.

The Party Elf is celebrating its 8th year as one of Long Islands premier party staffing services. The company provides quality services with a continuous commitment to customer service. The Party Elf is an all-occasion party service and event planning company. From backyard barbecues to large corporate events, The Party Elf can accommodate customers needs. The company is the premier bartender and food server staffing company in the Long Island metropolitan area, serving Suffolk and Nassau counties. The wait staff, bartenders and grillers are professionally trained and can handle any size event. The party service packages includes pre- party set up and clean up, buffet set up, coat check, bar set up and more. Additionally, The Party Elf also provides holiday services for Christmas, New Years Eve, Super Bowl Sunday, Hanukkah and more.

The Party Elf also provides a full staff of experienced professional grillers, chef/food prep personnel, wait staff and bartenders for any event, big or small. Garden weddings are one of the companys specialty and the experienced party coordinators are there to help clients with all the details. The Party Elf works with the best Long Island has to offer for all equipment rental needs. The company has a network of reliable companies that can provide tents, tables, linens, chairs, frozen drink machines and hot dog machines to name a few. Other party specialties include clowns and magicians. The Party Elf protects clients and staff by ensuring all staff is covered by Workers’ Compensation, General Liability Insurance and Umbrella/ Excess Liability Insurance. More information can be found online at http://www.partypop.com/v/4249708.

Jeff Carson is a comedian and magician located in New Jersey who entertains both corporate and private events. His performances are family friendly, clean, original, hilarious and highly interactive. He creates an entertainment experience that is absolutely memorable and guaranteed to please even the most discerning spectators. Jeff can enchant an audience of thousands on stage with his eccentric, charismatic personality and wonderfully funny routines. He can also mingle at an event with just a few guests, performing intimate and amazing sleight- of-hand magic.

Jeff is not only a magician and comedian; he is also a professional juggler. He started performing 35 years ago at the age of 8. After earning a college degree in Theater and Speech Communication he immediately became a full time professional entertainer. Since then he has appeared on talk shows, documentaries and on radio demonstrating his performance style. He has performed for corporations, colleges, cruise ships and private parties across the country. Additionally, he also performs at cocktail parties, fundraisers, school shows, business meetings as well as trade shows and product promotions, holiday parties, conventions, birthday parties and more. Whatever size audience Jeff performs for, the feeling is always intimate, casual, and fun. Jeff Carson can be found online at http://www.partypop.com/v/4353465.

About PartyPOP.com: the largest party, wedding and event planning online network:

Before the Internet era, the professionals at PartyPOP.com were successful hands-on party planners and special event producers. For more than a decade PartyPOP has translated 30 years of party planning experience onto the Internet. Millions of vendors are listed on the network consisting of 60+ websites and tens of millions of customers have used the network to plan their parties, weddings and events. PartyPOP.com also provides party and event related tips, themes and ideas, as well as a free full wedding planning software called Seating Arrangement.

About Free Printed Invitations by PartyPOP.com:

PartyPOP provides every bride and groom across the USA, Canada and the U.K. with free beautifully designed wedding invitations, printed on 80lbs card stock paper with matching envelopes and wedding website. Even door to door shipping is included at no cost. There are no hidden fees, no obligations to buy and no strings attached!

Tenduit will feature the companys first infrastructure management solution, RIMCenter, at AFCOMs popular Data Center World conference March 19-22, 2012 at the Las Vegas Mirage event center. RIMCenter virtualizes Remote Infrastructure Management eliminating the need for KVM/IP and iPDU hardware and is a major step forward in bringing remote server management technology up to date with current data center trends, including virtualization, modular computing and cloud computing.

Dave Perry, CEO of Tenduit commented on the companys decision to participate in Data Center World, Increasingly, Global 5000 companies are taking advantage of cloud, virtualization and co-location services to scale-up and leverage their IT investments. This makes sense but ultimately, all of these technologies rely on a physical layer of IT resources that must be managed efficiently.

Perry further commented, Until recently secure, remote access and control of data center infrastructure has been dependent on a variety of devices (e.g. KVM and iPDUs) that consume space and power, generate heat and require cabling for deployment. Tenduit has removed these burdens and costs by delivering out of band management through our easy-to-use software. We are extremely encouraged by the interest RIMCenter has generated since its announcement and believe the attendees of Data Center World will very interested in this important evolution in server management.

RIMCenter is the first in a series of software solutions for the management of physical data center infrastructure. Company representatives and selected resellers will be available to discuss RIMCenter features and the companys future plans for expanded infrastructure offerings. The company is also interested in discussing reseller and OEM relationships as the company expands US and International distribution capabilities.

Visit Tenduit at booth 1014 for a preview of RIMCenter and register for a free iPad drawing.

RIMCenter pricing begins at $ 149 per server. A free trial version of RIMCenter is available without obligation and can be requested from the companys website, http://www.tenduit.com.

About Tenduit

Tenduit offers RIMCenter, the first software-only infrastructure management alternative to KVM and iPDU hardware, that increases server uptime by enabling system administrators to securely access, power control and manage physical servers anywhere, anytime.

For more information about Tenduit, visit http://www.tenduit.com.

The Green IT Council is proud to announce the winners of the Green IT Awards for 2012. The winners were announced on April 18, 2012 at the Green IT and Cloud Computing Summit 2012, held at the Sheraton Premiere, Tysons Corner, Virginia.

Green IT Award Winners:

Cloud Computing

Google

http://www.google.com

Data Center Innovation

Terremark/Verizon

http://www.terremark.com

Desktop Virtualization

V3 Systems, Inc.

http://www.v3sys.com

Energy Management Solutions

CliMetrics

http://www.climetrics.com

Energy Efficient Computing

SeaMicro/AMD

http://www.seamicro.com

Telework / Teleconference Solutions

Cisco Webex

http://www.webex.com


Every year the Green IT Council rewards companies and organizations who are trying to improve the environmental performance of Information Technology. In keeping with the goals of the Council, the awards are based on energy efficient computing from the desktop to the datacenter, from hardware to software, and from the network to the virtual cloud.

The announcement took place at the Green IT & Cloud Computing Summit 2012 held on April 18, 2012 at the Sheraton Premiere in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

The summit is a great opportunity for partners, clients, customers, and industry professionals to brainstorm and discuss leading edge information technology. There were a dozen exciting speakers from the private and public sector that discussed Green IT and the future of the enterprise.

About the Green IT Council

The Green IT Council is a non-profit initiative started by leading experts in the IT Industry. The purpose of the Green IT Council is to educate IT professionals, managers, and government on the need for eco-friendly technology. The council works with leading experts to determine a standard for Eco-friendly technology, and the true environmental impact. It recognizes and awards companies showing a forward thinking view of technology and its environmental impact. http://www.greenITcouncil.org

For more information contact:

Shirin Chase

schase(at)greenitcouncil(dot)org

In the blistering heat of the Southern California desert at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, festivalgoers were buzzing about a new music-based Internet start-up called ShowScoop, a startup for concert reviews targeted at music lovers and concertgoers. According to CEO Micah Smurthwaite, ShowScoop – which is currently accepting invite requests – is comparable to a Yelp for concerts, and is a network where users can rate and review artists, concerts and music festivals they have seen or attended.

Weve all been to shows where we were disappointed in a live performance, or surprised how good an artist is live, said Smurthwaite. ShowScoop taps into the wisdom of crowds and you can see quantitatively how an artist performs across a spectrum of categories. We use review sites for so many purchasing decisions; why arent we using review websites for concerts?

At Coachella, the ShowScoop team distributed pairs of branded blue-and-white sunglasses and packs of sunscreen to eager music fans.

If you came to Coachella and forgot sunglasses or sunscreen, it would ruin your weekend. We wanted to hook people up with what is most valuable in the desert, said Smurthwaite.

The response to the free merchandise was overwhelmingly positive, with 5,000 pairs of sunglasses given out to festival attendees trying to survive the heat. By the end of the festival’s third day, the glasses were worn throughout the venue, impossible to miss with their bright colors and the ShowScoop logo proudly emblazoned on the side.

In addition, ShowScoop’s promotional efforts initiated a substantial social media presence. With over 750 Facebook Likes generated since the beginning of the festival, ShowScoop’s social media influence has reached more than 15,000 people, according to Facebook analytics. Along with Facebook, the website also launched platforms on Twitter and Instagram.

The power of social media is in making those connections and building a real network. Using each of these social platforms has created that instant network for ShowScoop, and hopefully our visibility compounds in the future, said Smurthwaite.

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ShowScoop is an online concert-going community based in San Diego, Calif. that allows users to keep track of and review concerts, artists and festivals they have attended, as well as create a music network to see their friends reviews.

Media Contact: Glenn Rowley

growley(at)showscoop(dot)com

435-216-2820

Website: http://www.showscoop.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/showscoopusa

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/#!/ShowScoop

A financial dashboard is a series of numbers that business owners monitor on a periodic basis to judge the financial health and the performance of their business. It also helps them to keep team members focused on achieving company goals.

According to Dave Lavinsky, President and co-founder of leading entrepreneurial firm Growthink, Inc., the financial dashboard is essential to make business owners aware of what is going on in their business so that appropriate improvements can be made.

You cannot improve what you cannot measure, Lavinsky says. You need to track your progress to make sure you are always getting closer to achieving your goals. Your financial dashboard allows you to achieve these two objectives.

Lavinsky highlights the use of metrics known as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as being the key to a financial dashboard.

KPIs allow business owners to measure key areas of performance. According to Lavinsky, important KPIs to monitor include:

Sales
New customers
Subscribers
Press mentions
Website visitors
Products manufactured
Cost of goods sold

To help entrepreneurs and business owners that have never maintained a financial dashboard to make use of performance metrics to enhance business success, Lavinsky as revealed his 5-step action plan:

Step 1: Determine which KPIs to include in the dashboard

The first step is to choose the Key Performance Indicators to track, says Lavinsky, whom at Growthink has helped thousands of entrepreneurs build successful businesses.

Lavinsky advices entrepreneurs to ask themselves two key questions:

1. What KPIs would help you manage your business?

2. What metrics would you like to improve?

Step 2: Decide how often to measure each of the KPIs

You need to view all of your KPIs on a regular, periodic basis, says Lavinsky. But some KPIs need to be viewed daily, and for others, weekly or monthly may be more applicable.

For example, a KPI for your company may be how many outbound calls your sales team makes. You may want to measure this daily or weekly (you probably don’t want to measure it only monthly, since if the numbers are too low, you want to correct the problem more quickly). Conversely, you may only need to measure your advertising expenses monthly.

Step 3: Determine what to measure each of the KPIs against

According to Lavinsky, business owners need to determine what they will measure each KPI against.

If today were May 12th and your monthly sales were $ 84,617, how could you tell if this was good or bad? That’s why you need other figure(s) with which to compare your KPIs.

Lavinsky suggests comparing these results (between May 1st and 12th) against figures such as:

Previous month’s results (e.g., April 1 – April 12)
Current month projections (e.g., your forecast for May 1 – May 12)
Last year’s results (May 1 – May 12 of the previous year)

Step 4: Choose the program in which to maintain the Financial Dashboard

According to Lavinsky, the simplest program to use is spreadsheet program, Microsoft Excel.

In Excel, you would simply list the KPIs in the first column and then the results in subsequent columns. In doing so, you might categorize the KPIs based on the frequency you update them, and make sure to show the relevant figures that you’re comparing each KPI against.

Lavinsky also suggests that Google Documents provides an effective alternative.

Google Documents offers a spreadsheet program hosted online that multiple users can view and update at a time. This makes it easier to update and view the KPIs (and not have to deal with multiple documents being passed around), he said.

As a third option, Lavinsky highlights the possibility of investing in customized software.

Such software can often use APIs (application programming interfaces) that automatically pull figures from certain places (e.g., it automatically pulls your payroll figures from your payroll software; automatically pulls your revenue figures from you accounting software; etc.). Doing so simplifies and automates the process of maintaining your Financial Dashboard.

Step 5: Determine who in the organization will maintain the Financial Dashboard

According to Lavinsky, The final step is to choose the person who will be responsible for creating and/or updating your financial dashboard. Because it cannot be you.

While the financial dashboard will be invaluable to your company, the work involved in maintaining it is data gathering; important work, but not the $ 500/hour+ work that you need to be doing as a business owner, such as coming up with new marketing ideas, working on ideas to improve performance on each KPI, systematizing your business, and training people.

Dave Lavinsky advises entrepreneurs and business owners to follow his 5 step financial dashboard action plan in order to allow methodical and successful business growth.

About Growthink

Growthink, Inc. is a leading provider of entrepreneurial consulting services. Growthink has also developed several training products and tools for entrepreneurs, including a business plan template, marketing plan template, and strategic plan template. To learn more about Growthinks products and services, call 800-506-5728.

Many people who start their own successful companies are intelligent, have field experience and an entrepreneur spirit to get things done. However, when it comes to accounting, and in particular payroll software, they often stumble. The new ezPaycheck 2012 Payroll Software from Halfpricesoft is release to help small businesses and non-profits handle the paychecks easily and smoothly.

The updates of the new edition include:

The new website design makes it easier for potential clients to learn more about WebSupportTeam.com’s subscription based tech help services. The home page now sports an eye-catching infographic representing the company’s position in the value chain of its typical customer – the online business owner.

The infographic visually conveys the essence of the company’s services and the desired end-benefit to customers – growing their business and increasing their profits.

“The launch of the new website represents our vision and commitment to the growing tech needs of online entrepreneurs and internet based businesses. WebSupportTeam.com was created with a vision to provide affordable online technology services to startups and small businesses that operate in the digital marketing space, says Jay Vikaz, CEO of WebSupportTeam.com

The website features a subscription based model in which customers “pay” for the technical services they need using “credits” that are digitally loaded into their accounts every month. While keeping the costs low, the subscription model also ensures that customers can get critical help whenever they need it within a fixed budget while keeping surprise expenses down.

Digital Marketers and online business owners have been using the site to outsource technical work on their websites, blogs and social media channels since it first launched in 2008.

Offering an entire gamut of services ranging from simple website updates to complete revamping of sites to integrating payment processing and shopping carts, the company provides key technology help that is critical to the operation of online businesses.

The new website features easy access to information and services and demonstrates the industry leadership that customers have come to expect from WebSupportTeam.com. It will help improve effectiveness of the site while boosting sales and profitability.

The goal of the new website is to educate and inform visitors about our services quickly and more effectively. We also aim to provide an enhanced user experience for our customers and keep them informed on the latest news about our offerings as well as relevant industry news that might impact them,” says Jay Vikaz. From a marketing standpoint, this new design is an important part of increasing our brand recognition. I am excited to see what kind of results these new improvements will bring.

The new site provides an improved user experience with an intuitive navigation and brand new content. The website also includes a new blog to communicate valuable insights and industry news relevant to internet marketing and online business.

For more information on the company’s services and to check out the new design visit – http://www.WebSupportTeam.com

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About WebSupportTeam.com:

WebSupportTeam.com is the pioneer in providing subscription based, outsourced, technical help to Online Entrepreneurs including Information Marketers, Internet Marketers and Solopreneurs.

The company handles a broad range of technical services covering websites, blogs, social media, shopping carts, online payments, email campaigns, newsletters, databases, online video, webstores and mobile sites.

The Low-cost subscription model gives internet business owners access to quick and reliable support so that they can focus on their business while leaving the tech chores to a team of technology professionals. More information is available at http://www.WebSupportTeam.com.

Cloud-based construction project management software company Procore Technologies, Inc. is announcing the availability of Procore for iPad. The Procore for iPad app is available as a free download for users of Procore’s popular construction project management application.

Procore for iPad joins the companys existing mobile apps, Procore for iPhone and Procore for Android. Procore for iPad brings some of the most popular features of Procore’s cloud-based software application to construction project management teams at the jobsite, or wherever there is Internet access.

Procore consists of several user-friendly project management tools, including Contract and Change Order Management, RFI Creation and Tracking, Daily Log Management, Project Scheduling, Document Management, Project Bidding, Construction Project Scheduling, Punch List Status Tracking, Photo Archiving and Project Submittal Management. With these tools, clients can manage contracts, create accurate schedules, schedule meetings, store documents, close RFIs faster, track project correspondence, monitor insurance coverage, track hours worked, collect and track bids, and organize submittals.

According to Procore CEO, Craig Tooey Courtemanche, We listened to what our customers wanted most in an iPad app for construction project management, and then we designed and built that app. Procore for iPad manages project punch lists, provides access to project documents, and organizes project photos — all from the job site or any other location with Internet access.”

A license for Procore’s Construction Project Management software is required in order to use Procore for iPad. Procore offers free product demonstrations and webinars to members of the media and construction management professionals. To schedule a live online demonstration of Procore for iPad and the Procore cloud-based construction project management software visit http://procore.com/contact_procore_construction_project_managment_software.html.

About Procore

More than 500 clients manage thousands of construction projects globally using Procores cloud-based construction project management software. Over 100,000 registered Procore users manage all types of construction projects, including industrial plants, office buildings, apartment buildings, university facilities, retail centers and more.

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SMALLab Learning LLC, a leader in embodied learning, and eInstruction Singapore, the preferred partner for teaching and training solutions, have recently announced that SMALLab Learning products will be available in Singapore.

With eInstruction Singapore, SMALLab Learning will be able to provide cutting-edge learning environments, software and services to schools in the Southeast Asian city-state. We believe that eInstruction is a proven leader in delivering exceptional classroom technology and customer service, says Cyndi Boyd, SMALLab Learning Account Manager. Singapore is a world leader in education, consistently maintaining a top 5 ranking in international measures of science learning, notes Mina Johnson-Glenberg, Co-founder and Chief Learning Officer of SMALLab Learning.

SMALLab Learning offers two environments, SMALLab and Flow, with a diverse and continually growing library of embodied learning scenarios that cover a broad range of topics across all grade levels including physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, English language arts, and the performing arts. SMALLab Learning maintains an open-source software development kit that allows students, teachers, and 3rd party developers to create new scenarios.

Flow brings embodied learning to any existing Interactive Whiteboard or projection surface using Microsofts Kinect motion-capture camera technology. Flow is designed to get students playfully engaged – and physically moving as they learn. Students use their hands and bodies to interact with dynamic learning content in real 3D space. They work collaboratively to create and to manipulate images, sounds, text, and graphics.

SMALLab uses 12 motion-capture cameras to track students movements as they learn in an immersive, interactive space. For example, in the Constant Velocity Scenario, physics students can hear the sounds of their actions getting faster, see graphs that change in real time, and feel how their bodies move through the space.

If you are interested in SMALLab products and services in Singapore, contact enquiry(at)einstruction(dot)com(dot)sg. Outside of Singapore, contact sales(at)smallablearning(dot)com.

About SMALLab Learning

SMALLab Learning is advancing embodied learning in schools, museums, libraries, and the home. Embodied learning is kinesthetic, collaborative, and multimodal, enabling students to learn in new ways that integrate physical action with digital media. The company offers a suite of products that have been demonstrated effective. SMALLab Learning LLC emerges from over six years of research conducted at the Arizona State University School of Arts, Media and Engineering in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts with funding from the National Science Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Gates Foundation, Intel Research, and the Kauffman Foundation. For more information, please visit http://smallablearning.com/research.

About eInstruction Singapore

eInstruction Singapore has been providing clients with cutting-edge solutions and highly acclaimed services, training, professional development seminars and consultancy since 2003. The company is driven by one passion: to help Educational Institutions, Corporations and Government Organizations achieve more results with less effort by leveraging cutting-edge learning and training solutions. eInstruction Singapore gives their clients more for less and works with the best companies in each respective market.

What is Embodied Learning?

Embodied learning is an emerging field that blends human computer interaction with learning sciences. Cognitive scientists have discovered compelling evidence that most language and cognition is grounded in a bodily experience. This suggests that embodied, physical activities can lead to more effective learning. Embodied learning has the potential to transform K-12 learning in schools, museums, and community centers.

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