The Lifestage Marketing Summit has been cancelled.
Please email kvazquez@iirusa.com if you would like to be informed about plans for the event in 2011.
In the meantime, join us at the Youth & Family Marketing Mega Event!

Media Partners of The Life Stage Marketing Summit

To become a sponsor of this event please contact:

Hinde Liepmannsohn
Marketing Manager
P: 646-895-7307
E: hinde@iirusa.com

Alternatively you may fill out our media partnership form.

  • Sponsors


    • Chadwick Martin Bailey

      At Chadwick Martin Bailey we combine business expertise, research acumen and a problem solving mentality to provide market research and consulting services that help the most successful companies and best known brands in the world strengthen their positions, identify opportunities, overcome challenges, and drive customer loyalty.

      Working with Chadwick Martin Bailey you get the experience and consistency of a stable organization that cares deeply about making our clients look good.  That means you won’t have a team that changes regularly and you’ll get access to senior executives who are experts at listening and consulting on key business issues.    

      We help our clients solve their biggest business challenges and  increase their overall success, specializing in four primary areas:
      •    Brand, Communications and Social Media
      •    Customer Experience, Loyalty and Loyalty Programs
      •    Segmentation and Market Development
      •    Product and Service Development

      http://www.cmbinfo.com

    • Decipher

      Decipher specializes in online survey programming, data collection, data processing & reporting and custom technology development. Utilizing Web-based applications Decipher integrates state of the art technology with traditional research techniques. Decipher's survey and data reporting tools enable users to automate post field production, significantly increasing the accuracy and quality of research reporting.

    • Geppetto Group

      The Geppetto Group, an integrated marketing agency focused on youth and the youth mindset, provides consumer insight-driven business solutions to clients’ youth-focused and youth-inspired businesses. Experts on youth and families (moms and dads), The Geppetto Group provides marketing solutions via integrated programs consisting of advertising, promotions, digital, as well as branding, new product development, strategic planning and research, character and content development.
      http://www.geppettogroup.com

    • Maddock Douglas

      Maddock Douglas, established in 1991, provides Agency of Innovation™ services, which help clients take their products “from mind to market.” Using their proprietary Global Expert Network of over 6,000 entrepreneurs, professionals and specialists from 40+ countries they help firms break down the barriers to innovation. Their proprietary 3-2-1 Launch! new product and service development process has created a company backed by the experience, people and expertise required to manage the most critical aspects of the innovation process. Maddock Douglas’ client list includes 20 out of the top 100 global brands* and 10 out of the Fortune 50 companies.
      *From Business Week’s list of top 100 brands

       
      http://www.maddockdouglas.com

    • Smarty Pants

      Smarty Pants® provides game-changing insights and ideas to youth and family marketers. The team of best-in-class moderators, researchers and strategists conducts innovative qualitative and quantitative research, leads brand positioning initiatives and develops winning new products for kids, tweens, teens and parents. Smarty Pants’ client partners include giants like Nickelodeon, Wrigley, American Eagle, Kraft, Microsoft and Electronic Arts.
      http://www.asksmartypants.com

    • Youthbeat

      As a valuable resource for marketers, the YouthBeat syndicated report covers the world of kids, tweens and teens ages 6-18 – their shifting shopping behaviors, preferences, attitudes and interests. It also explores the contrasting and parallel views of their parents! Drawing from more than 8,000 monthly interviews, topics include electronics, spending, entertainment, social behavior, money, food and more!
      http://www.youthbeat.com
  • Media Partners


    • Brand Channel

      Brandchannel is dedicated to providing the world's leading online exchange about branding. Provoking the dialogue on brands, our free resources include original articles, a continuous news blog and weekly debates, industry expert white papers and global listings of jobs, agencies, and conferences for branding professionals. Join a community of practitioners, thought leaders, and brand enthusiasts from over 120 countries and visit www.brandchannel.com to expand your view.
      brandchannel. always branding. always on.

      http://www.brandchannel.com

    • Experiential Marketing Forum (EMF)

      The Experiential Marketing Forum is an international community of professionals, students and people who share ideas and keep abreast of the newest trends and exciting things happening in the world of media. Feel free to invite all of your co-workers and friends to join this great think tank and share ideas that benefit marketers and their customers on a global level. Experiential marketing gives customers an opportunity to engage and interact with brands, products, and services in sensory ways that provide the icing on the cake of providing information. When done right, it's the most powerful tool out there to win brand loyalty. Please invite your friends, students and co-workers to sign up and experience the EMF for themselves. We have lots of brilliant minds in this group. We're looking forward to tapping into yours!
      http://www.experientialforum.com

    • Fashion Trendsetter

      Fashion Trendsetter is an online fashion and color forecasting, trend reporting and news e-zine which serves up-to-date fashion information from the major trade fairs, trend reports and fashion forecasts.

      Dedicated to be the number one resource for the "Fashion and Color Trends", Fashion Trendsetter has a competitive advantage with its free of charge service among other trend offices. Focused on publishing the best color and fashion trend sources on the internet, our aim is to inspire our readers with our color and trend directions exclusively prepared for each season.

      Fashion Trendsetter is also a fascinating arena for new designers to showcase their creative designs of contemporary fashion and jewelries. Each month over 400,000 people read.

      http://www.fashiontrendsetter.com

    • TheHub


    • Marketing.fm

      Marketing.fm is a leading Marketing & Advertising blog. The site offers industry news, developments, commentary, and the latest innovations in the world of marketing. Through articles and our weekly Podcast Marketing.fm, is a one stop source for trends and information. Marketing.FM provides insight within the evolving landscape of the Marketing, Media & Advertising industries.

      The site and podcast were founded in late 2005 by Eric Friedman and Lee Jones who both currently work within interactive advertising. While employed at Grey & MediaCom, Eric and Lee found common ground in discussions of new media and innovative marketing strategy. Marketing.FM now ranks among the leading Marketing & Advertising Blogs on the Internet.

      In addition to Marketing.FM, Eric & Lee co-founded the Marketing & Advertising Network, open to all bloggers, whose members include: Steve Rubel's MicroPursuasion, David Armano's blog "Creative, Logic, & Emotion", ANA Marketing Maestros. The readership is around 55,000 and currently has over 50 members.

      http://www.marketing.fm

    • Playthings magazine

      Playthings Magazine is the Toy Business Authority with a rich and vivid tradition of editorial coverage. Since 1903, Playthings Magazine has been a vital business partner to retailers and manufacturer's and is considered by many to be the "Bible of the Toy Industry." Playthings.com and Playthings EXTRA weekly e-newsletter provide an additional reach. Here you can find breaking news, announcements and events relating to the toy industry. Visit our website at: www.playthings.com and sign up today to receive our free weekly newsletter, Playthings EXTRA.
      http://www.playthings.com

    • POPON

      The Point of Purchase Online Network has become one of the fastest growing internet based resources in the Packaging, Display, Retail and Printing Industries. Guided by our vision to remain an unbiased information super-highway, POPON continues to make major strides by leveraging the power of collaboration and offering unparalleled insight to professionals like you. Please take a moment to visit popon.net and explore the wealth of information at your fingertips.
      http://www.popon.net

    • PromotionLINK

      RSL Communications helps sales people get leads. We publish PromotionLINK, an advertiser-supported newsletter that announces upcoming promotion opportunities and BrandBASE, the only database focused exclusively on the CPG industry, containing brand management contacts with unprecedented depth. Visit us at www.promotionlink.com and www.brandbase.com.

      http://www.promotionlink.com

    • Reveries

      Reveries is an online magazine centered on the insights, ideas and energies that drive the future of marketing. Written by, for and about the best and brightest marketing people in the world, Reveries is as intelligent, inquisitive and innovative as you are.

      http://www.reveries.com