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The WolffPack is the key to tapping into the tween social media community. Using social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace, these super-fans build Nat and Alex’s fan base by spreading the word about the band to their many online friends. WolffPack was the brainchild of Yovia, a social media marketing firm. Since they began working with Yovia to promote their band in June of 2008, Nat and Alex’s online presence has expanded by 548%. In a six-month time period, the duo’s various websites gained over 14 million page-views, with their personal homepage attracting 40,000 fans and 6500 YouTube followers.

“WolffPack was a natural progression from Nat and Alex’s success on the other social media sites” said Yovia spokesman Jalali Hartman, “It’s a way to bring together the connectors and influencers in this community.”
Nat Wolff was recently nominated for Best Actor for the Kids’ Choice Awards, an annual event airing on Nickelodeon on March 28. Kids’ Choice Award winners are selected by fans, who vote online for their favorite nominees. The Kids’ Choice Awards are the perfect test for the WolffPack—their first task will be to spread the word about Nat’s nomination and watch the votes pour in.

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“Everyone can do just one thing each day to save the planet,” said spokesperson Jalali Hartman. “It doesn’t seem like much on the individual level, but those small things add up to big help for the environment.”

The photos, videos and tips submitted by visitors between February 21 and April 22 will be featured on the 1 Thing for Green website, www.1thingforgreen.org. Visitors to the site can set up member profiles, participate in online discussions about eco-friendly topics, and learn new ways to “go green.” Individuals can also join the 1 Thing for Green cause on Facebook, sign up to follow the daily updates on Twitter, and view videos on the  1 Thing for Green Youtube channel.

Sponsors for 1 Thing for Green include earth-friendly groups who want to make a difference and encourage others to do the same. They include entertainers such as Nat and Alex Wolff from The Naked Brothers Band, companies such as Green Mountain Coffee, and services such as The Privacy Council. During the 60 Days to Earth Day initiative, sponsors will offer special discounts and rewards to 1 Thing for Green members while helping to spread the word about the ways that small actions can help the environment.

Companies interested in sponsoring 1 Thing for Green can visit the sponsorship website, http://yovia.com/sponsors/1thing4green.html.

Other special 1 Thing for Green events, including photo/video contests for members, are in the planning stages and will be announced at a later date. Right now, as 1 Thing for Green prepares for the next 60 days, the most important task is encouraging people to become part of the movement and share their small ideas for big “green” change.

“Anyone who thinks that they can’t make a difference needs to join 1 Thing for Green,” Hartman said. “As Ryunosuke Satoro said, ‘Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.’”

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Yovia, an Internet marketing firm, is celebrating its move to Mayport Road by hosting a kick-off party focusing on the revitalization of the area.

Local business leaders and representatives from the city, schools, and the U.S. Navy are coming together to enjoy refreshments and exchange ideas about revitalizing Mayport Road.

Yovia’s founder and CEO, Jalali Hartman, moved the company to Mayport Road shortly before the New Year. Hartman, who lives with his family in a neighborhood off of Mayport Road, has a strong affiliation to the area and believes in its success. Hartman is a pioneer in the field of Internet marketing, rejecting traditional marketing techniques such as pop-up ads and SPAM messages. “We want to connect with people,” Hartman said, “not irritate them.” Instead, Yovia uses online communities of real people to spread the word about brands and messages that are important to them.

Hartman’s work with online communities inspired him to do something similar for Mayport Road. “Working with online communities, I’ve seen the power of social networks to effect major positive change,” says Hartman, “I thought, why can’t this work for Mayport Road? In this economy, none of us can do it alone.”

Yovia’s revitalization event will occur on Thursday, February 5, from 6:30 to 9:00pm at their office at 2593 Mayport Rd, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233. For more information or to RSVP to this event, please contact Emily Paterson. epaterson@yovia.com (904) 242-2669

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Junk mail exacts a heavy environmental toll, killing trees and filling landfills. Junk mail destroys roughly 100 million trees per year, and about 44% of junk mail is thrown away without being opened.
This initiative is being sponsored by leaders in social media to demonstrate the power of strong social movement to impact change. As marketers, these companies sought to take the lead in the movement toward reducing unwanted emails, phone calls and junk mail.

Perfspot

PerfSpot was created to provide the perfect web portal for people to share their favorite things on the web. The Internet is such a massive web of information that sometimes it can be overwhelming. PerfSpot is the place where you make the internet YOURS - your Perf pics, your Perf news, your Perf sites.
http://www.perfspot.com

The Privacy Council

The Privacy Council offers a low-cost removal and monitoring service for those who wish to select the emails, mail and phone calls they wish to receive. Help save 1 million trees:         http://www.privacycouncil.org

Yovia

Yovia is a community of people who spread the word about things that matter. Yovia was founded to enable real discussion that impacts change, creates jobs and provides a new messaging outlet for advertisers, politicians and musicians.
http://www.yovia.com

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CEO and founder Jalali Hartman will initiate the campaign with a contest called “Who’s the Top Blogger at BlogWorld?” Participants may submit relevant blog content to be rated by their peers at the show. “The winners will receive payment, recognition, and guaranteed traffic to their blogs,” said Hartman. “The top 5 will be considered for ongoing Yovia Contributing Editors.”

Yovia uses a system of networks, websites, and blogs to create dialogue between Internet users and the companies, communities, and causes that they support every day. In the process, a win-win scenario is created: consumers are able to help shape the products and causes they care about, and companies get feedback from their most important assets—their consumers.

Bloggers may apply at http://www.yovia.com

For more information or to submit blogging content, contact Tiffany.

tiffany@yovia.com (904) 242-2669

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An estimated 2.2 million American homes went into foreclosure in 2008, with one in 10 of all borrowers either delinquent or in foreclosure, according to the Mortgage Banker’s Association. The government’s Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan offers a ray of hope to homeowners sinking under high interest rates, but even after the plan goes into effect on March 4 there are few places where borrowers can go for solutions, and almost no automated systems in place to handle the huge influx of expected applicants.

ManageYourMortgage.org acts as a lifeline for homeowners who need a way to negotiate with lenders or navigate the complex refinancing procedure. The company also assists banks and lenders by streamlining and automating the refinance application process. “Banks are already swamped with requests for refinancing,” said Jalali Hartman, co-founder of ManageYourMortgage.org. “After the government’s plan goes into effect, they are going to be completely overwhelmed.”

Most banks have no automated process in place to help homeowners who want to refinance. The current system, in which a borrower sits down with a bank’s loan officer to explore options, is already unsustainable. There are simply not enough loan officers available to meet with the demand for information and assistance. And homeowners need assistance now.

Homeowners who can no longer afford their mortgages face a daunting task. On top of the threat of losing their houses, borrowers have to grapple with overwhelmed lenders providing little assistance and a rise in mortgage fraud. “What borrowers need,” said Hartman, “is someone who will tell them what they need to do to modify their mortgage, someone to help them communicate with the lender. What lenders need is an automated process to help them sort through the flood of refinance requests. ManageYourMortgage.org does both.”

For more information or to apply for assistance with your loan, visit www.ManageYourMortgage.org.

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The sum of your social sphere (physical and virtual) is worth something. In fact, it’s worth quite a bit, depending on who you are.

The reason why is simple. Not only are you a catalyst into the rest of your personal connections, you influence commerce.

Whether it is politics, entertainment or merchandise, you and your friends decide what is important.

Take part in an exciting new Crowdvertising Movement. This is not about spam, its just the opposite. Call it what you want, we are the future.

Actually, wait, YOU are the future.

Join 85,233 people who are already Yovia members.

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