Ad Tech Visits San Francisco Next Week

Ad Tech, touted as the largest gathering of Digital Marketers in the world will be in San Francisco at the Moscone Center April 11-13, 2011 this year. Each year for the last couple of years Event City has covered Ad Tech from a general sense of the show. This year, as we launch we will look at Ad Tech through the eyes of you our loyal readers and members. Looking for advantages, opportunities and general information that could benefit you and your business endeavors.
We hope to find a great deal of business opportunities for you. Ad Tech takes place all over the world in these locations:

BEIJING, LONDON, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, SHANGHAI, SINGAPORE, SYDNEY and TOKYO

Some tidbits about Ad Tech:

Bringing together digital marketers and advertisers for more than 14 years and reaching buyers and sellers with 10 annual events across the globe.

Ad Tech’s exhibition hall affords participating vendors unparalleled opportunities to reach brand advertisers, agencies, publishers and key members of the trade media.

The exhibit hall itself features technologies and software and services employed in the world of digital marketing today, including:
Advertising Networks, Mobile, Ad Servers, Portals, Affiliates, Publishers, Creative Services, Research, Email Marketing, Search Engine Marketers, Rich Media, Search Engine Optimization, Media Planning and Buying, Software, Metrics/Analytics, Viral Marketing

One of the companies involved in this world is OpenX, the world’s leading independent provider of digital ad technology, enables businesses to maximize their revenue by combining ad serving technology with one of the top ad exchanges. Major publishers like Groupon, Excite Japan, and France Telecom/Orange have selected OpenX to power their advertising businesses. OpenX ad serving products are used by 200,000 websites in 100 countries and serve over 350 billion ads monthly. OpenX Market reaches over 400 million monthly unique users globally.

Look for more information on OpenX and other superior companies to help you move into the world of digital marketing.

By Nolan Apostle & Danny Hewlett
Contributing Editor/Producer
Photographer/Reporter
Event City Premier Magazine
Events & Creative Industry Blogazines

Invisible black light paint

It’s here!!!! Invisible UV Light (black light) paint.  We recently saw a demonstration of this product at a convention for the Special Events & Halloween industries. Sure, Black Lights are nothing new, some even consider them “Old School“, but wait till you see what this stuff can do!  The Invisible Black Light paint sprays or brushes on an invisible color coat of what seems to be just a clear paint, completely unrecognizable to the naked or “unassisted” eye; you absolutely cannot see a thing – NO Color.  Turn on your ultraviolet/black light, and this stuff comes to life!

If that’s too much to comprehend you can also apply it to your skin, face arms you name it. It is airbrush compatible too!  This is surely one of my favorite products so far, and I am really looking forward to decorating my house this halloween.  My kids are going to freak out!  Stay tuned for some pictures of the pad and others. Until then click on this link to buy some of your own and thanks for visiting!

Jeff@eventcity.net

Visit the Event City Cool Products Website for this and more unique merchandise for the Events & Creative Industries. If you are have any products that you would like to have us represent that you believe would sell well to the Events & Creative Industries membership, please send your inquiries to our New Products Manager.  To learn more about who the Event City industries are visit our Phase One Launch info page to grab a sneak peak at the details.

Event City Network to Offer WIRLBALL – Lighted Caps and SOFTWARE

Event City Products and the Marketplace Channel, Event City Emporium, which is currently in Alpha Test at their COOL PRODUCTS Site will feature the Wirlball and the Electro Caps as new products being introduced in the USA.

You can now sign up for the Company’s Beta Test at their main site – EVENT CITY.NET which will commence soon, or even contact them directly via their New WEB PHONE featured on their Creative Magazine.

“We hope to offer many different solutions for our Members, to help them learn more about technology, and to allow them to become more efficient and successful in their everyday business affairs”, exclaims Nolan Apostle, Founder & CEO of the Event City Network.

The company will commence their Beta launch in the Summer of 2008 and besides launching their Website Portal for the Events & Creative Industries, they also expect to offer a strong Software product for businesses who are serious about Planning Parties, Events, Meetings, Conferences, even Special Functions to Major Shows.

The company’s software will work partially as a back-end for the Event City Network, it will also be a powerful tool for planners who do everything from small events, meetings, or private parties all the way up the ladder to major Tradeshow Producers, Concert Promoters, Special Event Planners, even Festival Managers and Movie Industry Personnel. The initial software offer will most likely be a licensing deal which Event City Members can purchase with certain features and benefits depending on their objectives. Members will also receive a discount on purchase of the software product.

“We look forward to launching new products for our Members, it is exciting to be able to introduce them to new and unique merchandise they will use for their projects and to create a better overall ROI”, says Jeff Patino, Product Manager of the Halloween and Special Effects division. The company will also announce very soon some Strategic Alliances, special deals and promotions that are in the works.

New Technology Series Announced-Beginners Java Programming TechTalk

Nolan Apostle – Talent, Producer and Contributing Editor
Event City Live, Event City TV & Event City Creative

PROGRAMMING In JAVA – How To’s

This week is the Java One Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. It is of course not a Hospitality Expo about the Coffee industry, but more about the technology created by SUN Microsystems which is in many different applications and just about everywhere on the web. Oh yeah, and we’ll throw in a little bit of caffeine just for some kicks!

At Event City our Publishers, Editors, Managers, the “powers that be”, have decided to begin a series of articles and reports for all that is Technology, and how it spans into YOUR industry.

WHY INTERNET ADVERTISING?

Nolan Apostle – Talent, Producer and Contributing Editor
Event City Live, Event City TV & Event City Creative

Why not? Sure that’s the easy way out. Ask a question give a simple answer. For the last year or so since we have talked to many of our Alpha and Beta testers about being more successful on the Internet we have heard this question time and time again. Why Advertise on the Internet? Why spend any amount of time investing in the Internet besides a website? It’s too confusing. It’s too difficult. Hackers will just steal what we do anyway! How can we earn revenues when there are experts out there doing just that? We will attempt to answer all those questions and much more as we visit Ad Tech San Francisco at Moscone Center over the next few days. This is a fascinating subject and all of the technologies behind these solutions are truly brilliant!

First things first though. If you are involved in any of the Event City’s industries, the Events & Creative Industries you definitely should be attending Ad Tech. As we cover this three day show in San Francisco, we already realize the magnitude of it’s presence here in San Francisco alone. Social Networking a huge buzz word in general and at the show is seems to be a perfect fit for the Social Butterflies of the City By the Bay. Well as we come to realize there is so much more to “Social Networking” than one might perceive.

Ad dollars are just a part of what Ad Tech is all about. Sure the Goods are where the Gold is, or Cash is King (or is that Cache is King) but is that always true, especially in this day and age? I’m not too certain anymore. Tiny startups to major players like Google, Yahoo, Nestle and Kodak (Yep, even Nestle’s Chocolates and Kodak Film company) are here, and you can bet they are not just Chocolates and no more film for the once gigantic firms. So what are two companies like these doing here? Who incidentally fall into the realm of the Event City’s “Events & Creative Industries“?

Come on down and find out. Or if you can’t make it to Ad Tech San Francisco, please visit their website and learn about Ad Tech’s world tour, probably coming to a city near you. So if you are one of those who think that the Advertising and Marketing world on the Internet is not very important, you better think again; and that’s no threat, it’s reality. Come to Ad Tech and learn, that’s where I will be. Here are some highlights of this great show.

Attendees will converge on ad:tech San Francisco (http://www.ad-tech.com/sf/) April 15-17 at the Moscone Center to attend panel sessions, workshops and keynotes during three action-packed days of learning from today’s digital marketing industry game-changers. Attendees will take away the tools and techniques they need to compete in a changing marketing world, and gain first-hand insight into emerging opportunities with online video, social networks, mobile marketing, digital out-of-home advertising and more.

Hear from four of the hottest stars of online video, including Kevin Rose (pictured) of Diggnation, Ask a Ninja’s Kent Nichols, Jeff Macpherson of Tiki Bar TV and Martin Sargent of Revision3. View the live taping and hear and explore how you can leverage programs like these to expand your own audience.

That’s the key to what Ad Tech can offer. How you can learn to leverage programs like those above, and so much more to expand your own audience, no matter who that audience is. The Special Event, Meeting Planning, Hospitality, Travel, Art, Entertainment, Music, Motion Pictures, Food & Beverage are all industries that can leverage these programs and expand audiences and reap the benefits.

I look forward to attending this show and covering it for all of you, my associates on the battlegrounds of the Events & Creative Industries- the EVENT CITY NETWORK!

NEW PLANET DISCOVERED @ HCP SHOW Las Vegas

Nolan Apostle – Talent, Producer and Contributing Editor
Event City Live, Event City TV & Event City Creative

WHAT IS THIS?

Some say it is the new planet recently discovered in our solar system. I don’t think it is large enough to be a planet. I think this guy standing next to it is wondering the same thing at the Halloween Costume and Party Expo this last week.

Oh the heck with formalities, just visit the EVENT CITY CREATIVE MAGAZINE for all the details, and how your company can be one of the first on our planet to own one of these real cool HUMAN ROLLY POLLYS!! <– Hey there ya go, a Human Rolly Polly, I like that.

Would like to purchase one? 

The Webcaster Gun @ Eventcity Emporium

The Webcaster Gun a scaled down version of what the pros who produce Haunts and of course Hollywood use. Make your house an extraordinary stop on this years trick or treating map! My partner and I did a Haunted House for our kids school , and we had a very expensive webbing gun, I mean expensive! This expensive gun doesn’t hold up to the Webcaster Gun.

Had we the option of purchasing a great performing web gun at a more affordable price we would have been so there! We hope you enjoy exploring the possibilities of the Webcaster Gun at your next Haunted house . Want one click here!

Webcaster flash video

For more info contact the Event City Emporium, or you can purchase online at the Event City CoolProducts Store.

Silicon Masks @ Transworld Haunt Show by CFX

These masks are incredibly realistic, created by CFX Composite Effects  these masks are so good, they could one day replace proesthetic makeup use in Haunt attractions across the country.

After I witnessed this demo I was sold. The mask is so lifelike take notice of the sculptor who is also the model being interviewed as he chews gum….

….the realism is amazing! It’s not everyday you get to see a demon chewing gum.

For product info please contact the Event City Emporium.

Jeff@eventcity.net

Smashing Jack Gearing Up for Halloween at Event City Emporium

Smashing Jack – Event City Halloween Mascot, Contributing Writer
Event City Network, Event City BlogaZine and Event City Creative

Well as you may noticed here at the Event City Blogazine and now at the Event City Creative Magazine we have been gradually introducing more products for your perusal, and more and more product information along with our Tradeshow, Convention, Special Event and interview coverage; we have promised to bring you some of the most amazing coverage over time for the Events & Creative Industries, which include some of the most unique products you will ever see anywhere- and yes we mean ANYWHERE!  So can you guess where we are going with this?

If you can’t let me give you a clue. These products and many more will soon be made available in the Beta Test version of the Event City Marketplace Channel – the Event City Emporium. This will be a LIVE Beta Test, which basically means everything will be available for you to view, purchase and receive via our Event City Store. 

This is gonna be so cool, I get really excited around this time of year anyway, just think how excited I am about this!! I the Smashing One look forward to helping you make your Halloween, as scary as you want it to be whether you are a Dad hanging out with your son on your first Haunt, or a professional Event Planner, Movie Maker or Haunt Master ready to dig into this years Mega bath of blood and guts!

I hope to hear from you soon. I would like to hear from all of you to tell me what kind of products you would like to see at the Event City Emporium. Not just Halloween stuff (although they are my favorite you know) but everything you can imagine that relate to the Events & Creative Industries. So please leave a coment or 2 or 3 or 4 or….

 ….anyway, you get the idea! 

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!

Elvira Mistress of the Dark . Oh yeah , and me too!

Jeff Patino – Talent, Broadcast Crew & Writer
Event City Live, Event City TV & Event City Creative

Day Two of the Halloween Costume and Party Show at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. What a great show it is!

One of the highlights of the HCP Transworld Halloween Costume and Party show was having the chance to meet one of my favorite late night Horror hosts , none other than the the hostess with the mostess Elvira Mistress of the Dark! She was very nice , and very funny , and she’s still got the looksthat kill.

She arrived equipped with her own Roman centurian guard, also her personal assistant. We had a great time at this show lots of fun , and even more work….

Event City would like to thank Elvira Mistress of the Dark for her time and friendly presence at Halloween Costume and Party Show 2008, not to mention the really cool autographed photo!