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		<title>Still blogging? FYI: It&#8217;s old news</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tim Barker ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 02/28/2010 There was a time when Sarah Truckey had a close relationship with her blog. The St. Louis-based freelance writer visited it every couple of days, sharing stories and thoughts with anyone willing to read them. But today, the intervals between visits are growing longer as Truckey, 25, increasingly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gtrconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3592719&amp;post=137&amp;subd=gtrconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can texting by teens reach a danger level?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Aisha Sultan ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 01/25/2010 Emily Tedford, 13, is having dinner with her parents at a Brazilian restaurant, and 20 of her closest friends know she has ordered the grilled pineapple and banana. It&#8217;s just one of hundreds of text messages she&#8217;ll send tonight. Emily, an A student in St. Charles, sends nearly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gtrconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3592719&amp;post=132&amp;subd=gtrconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take Care When Targeting Teens Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do teens constitute an audience for marketers when they&#8217;re visiting social sites? Oct 5, 2009 - Mark Dolliver, Adweek NEW YORK Teenagers are a mystery to most adults. New technology and media are another mystery to many adults. Combine these mysteries and you have ample opportunity for adult misperception of how teenagers use and feel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gtrconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3592719&amp;post=126&amp;subd=gtrconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding those elusive teens</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 25th, 2009 by brand-e.biz By Steve Mullins. Teen feeling. Ambassatechs have become the bridge between companies trying to figure out the next big thing and parents seeking to determine which new piece of technology to buy, according to the gTrend Teen Report from US-based GTR Consulting. Ambassatechs? They’re those trendsetting young consumers whose judgment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gtrconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3592719&amp;post=122&amp;subd=gtrconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teens cope with a world always changing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tim Barker ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 10/05/2009 While technology plays some role in virtually every person&#8217;s life in this country, today&#8217;s teenagers face a world far different from that of previous generations. They live in a time when the only true constant is change. That forces them to learn to adapt quickly to new devices [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gtrconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3592719&amp;post=120&amp;subd=gtrconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ambassatechs: gTrend Teen Report Preview No. 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tech-savvy teens have become the bridge between two worlds that absolutely need each other today: Companies trying to figure out the next big thing and parents seeking to determine which new piece of technology to buy.  The gTrend Teen Report describes this new breed of teens as Ambassatechs, those trendsetting young consumers whose judgment and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gtrconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3592719&amp;post=118&amp;subd=gtrconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Neo-Frugalists: gTrend Teen Report – Preview No. 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For teens, having less to spend is a shocking new experience.  But with fewer available jobs and smaller allowances from cash-strapped parents, teens are confronting a new economic reality.  So how do young consumers still buy the latest Techno-bling?  They get frugal and turn it into sport.  In the new gTrend Teen Report, Neo-Frugalism has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gtrconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3592719&amp;post=115&amp;subd=gtrconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Textual Feeling: gTrend Teen Report – Preview No. 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teens remain as elusive and contradictory as ever.  Nothing expresses that more emphatically than the new teen social dynamic known as “Textual Feeling.” Identified in the new gTrend Teen Report, “Textual Feeling” is phenomenon in which teens share their deepest emotions via technology for all to see.  Because technology is an essential part of who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gtrconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3592719&amp;post=113&amp;subd=gtrconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chill Challenged: gTrend Teen Report Preview #1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking through To Chill-Challenged Teens What does it take to reach the teen market today? The question can’t be adequately answered until it’s understood that teens consider technology a fundamental part of their lives, not a nice-to-have accessory.  Having been immersed in technology almost since birth, teens are unable to relax without it. They are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gtrconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3592719&amp;post=110&amp;subd=gtrconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Classrooms go high-tech to engage students</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By MEGAN K. SCOTT Associated Press Writer Posted: July 16, 2009 NEW YORK — Unlike many teachers, Beth Simon hasn&#8217;t banned her college students from using their cell phones or the Internet during class. Instead, the computer science professor encourages them to text message responses to her questions and research information on the Web while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gtrconsulting.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3592719&amp;post=109&amp;subd=gtrconsulting&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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