Jenny's Walk 2011

Consuul is proud to once again be sponsoring Jenny’s Walk, happening May 1, 2011 at San Diego State University.

Please visit www.jennyswalk.com to get more information, get involved, and make a donation.

Jenny Poliakoff, a founding volunteer at the Friendship Circle, died tragically May 6, 2007. She became involved with The Friendship Circle organization during her senior year in high school, diving immediately into the work, and quickly becoming the ideal teen partner. She loved the children, always greeting them with a warm friendly smile and a cheerful disposition. A bright and articulate young woman, Jenny was eager and delighted to help anyone in need. Jenny noticed any child standing off to the side at a Friendship Circle event and made sure to get them involved. The joy Jenny took from just being with the children was obvious to all. She looked forward to learning at the training sessions and encouraged others to attend and participate as well. Jenny was genuinely loved and touched by all who knew her.

Walkathon Date: May 1, 2011

A 5K 'Friendship Walkathon' culminating with a 'Friendship Festival to benefit children with special needs and their families.

CONTACT INFO:

Nate Poliakoff - Event Coordinator
(619)980-5254
info@jennyswalk.com

The Friendship Circle
16934 Chabad way
Poway, CA 92064

San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182

UCSD Sun God 2011

The days are quickly getting longer and warmer here in sunny San Diego. With that comes days at the beach, pool parties, and maybe best of all - the UCSD Sun God Festival! Consuul has been busy printing the event shirts and other merchandise, and we are excited to

get out there and see everyone rocking it! Most of us are music lovers, and UCSD is going to deliver with an exciting lineup that we’re sure will offer something for everyone. Rising hip-hop superstar Wiz Khalifa will be closing the night, sharing the Main stage with seasoned rockers Jimmy Eat World, Mike Posner and Crystal Castles. JFK of MSTRKRFT will be spinning on the Dance Stage, and don't miss the comedy & performance acts at the Midway. And guess what - there are more exciting acts to come for all three stages, so stay tuned!

Tickets for student guests, grad students, staff, faculty, and alumni went on sale April 11th. Be sure to check out the Tickets page for more info on these and the free undergrad student wristbands.
Check out Sun God Week for some of the activities happening off RIMAC Field on the week of the festival. There are more events in the works, so check back in the coming weeks to see what else is happening from May 9th-May 13th.

For the latest updates, 'like' the Sun God Festival on Facebook, and follow on Twitter at @asceucsd.

Greenfest 2011

Consuul is proud to be once again working with Greenfest to promote sustainability at SDSU and the rest of San Diego. From April 18th - 22nd, there will be an abundance of events and activities on the SDSU campus in conjunction with Earth Day. Check out the schedule at as.sdsu.edu/greenfest; the calendar includes a Consuul fashion show, art shows, film screenings, a carnival, and live performances by Steve Aoki and Lupe Fiasco!

Associated Students of SDSU is committed to promoting sustainable practices by setting an example for the entire campus to emulate, and by providing the SDSU community with events and programs that serve the mission of becoming a more "green" campus. As a part of this mission, GreenFest was created to bring awareness to the entire SDSU student body and surrounding San Diego community and celebrate sustainability and Aztec Pride.

Consuul can't wait for this year's GreenFest and to show our support! Check out the video below to see scenes from the 2010 GreenFest!

Consuul Clothing featured in Glamour & Glow!

Glamour and Glow In The Garden of Vogue

The World's Largest Black Light Fashion, Music, and Art Expression featuring the first ever

Avatar Glow Forest

Saturday March 19th, 2011, Producers West Coast Club Life bring Glamour and Glow to 4th and B Event Center showcasing an enormous array of fashion, music, art and horticulture, all illuminated under black lights. Glamour and Glow, a bi-annual event, is performance driven and visually stimulating. Models showcase the hottest designer fashion clothing, including Consuul, while displaying body art and theatrical fiber optic hair extensions. The event offers special guest celebrities, DJ's and visually stimulating circus acts performing wild acrobatic feats. Also showcased are striking 3-D visual props, sculptures and paintings. All guests are encouraged to wear their finest white attire and participate in being body painted.

This year, Glamour and Glow presents for the first time, the "Avatar Glow Forest", with various species of plants and water features in a highly unique and stunning UV reactive environment. Strategic displays throughout the venue encourage guests to interact with the garden artistry displays. The goal is to provide a spectacular one of a kind experience, while also educating guests of the need to understand, respect and preserve the environment in which we live.

Glamour and Glow opens at 9PM and runs until 2AM. Come join Consuul as we showcase some of our loudest pieces in one of the most unique events of the year! View more details below:

Purchase your tickets here: http://westcoastclublife.com/Glamou

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Check out the Glamour & Glow Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y54N9GPn6oI

Consuul Joins LeTip International

Consuul is proud to recognized by LeTip International, the world's largest professional business leads organization. Since 1978, LeTip programs have helped over 50,000 members, throughout the United States and Canada, build business success through personal referrals.

LeTip International's structure set the standard in the word-of-mouth referral industry. Members are known for their professionalism, dedication, and loyalty to one another, and to the LeTip Program.

LeTip Chapters meet weekly to exchange qualified leads, build solid business relationships, develop strong presentation skills and become proficient networkers. Only one representative of any given profession is accepted into a chapter, and members are chosen for their occupational expertise. We are excited to be part of such a prestigious group, and look forward to networking in 2011!

http://letip.com/index.php

The advantages of using promotional products.

Have you ever wondered why promotional products are used as a form of advertising? The fact is consumers avoid advertising so companies have to figure out creative ways to reach their clients without annoying them. The advantages of using promotional products are as follows:

1. Selectivity: the product distributed directly to target customers;
2. Flexibility: the product can be distributed through several different means;
3. Frequency: items are usually kept for a long period of time; which in turn drives repeated exposure;
4. Cost: items are affordable compared to other forms of advertising (repeated exposure drives down cost per impression);
5. Goodwill: people like to receive gifts and many gifts are functional;
6. High Recall: with promotional products there is a high recall of the advertiser’s name and message;
7. Supplementing other media: low cost and repeat exposure- message can reinforce appeal or information provided through other forms

Check out what we did for one of our clients!

Client: iTAN (www.itansolariums.com)

Problem: I-tan came to us needing a promotional shirt that their employees could wear and that represented the benefits of vitamin D in tanning. They were interested in a high quality fashion forward t-shirt that was more fitted and that represented the high quality brand that iTan has established.

Solution: Since iTAN needed an employee t-shirt one of the considerations that had to be accounted for is that the shirt would be washed many times; iTAN needed a shirt that would be long lasting and a shirt in which ink would never crack or peel. We recommended that iTAN use an American Apparel t-shirt with discharge ink so that the employees could wear a fitted t-shirt that was soft to touch and would look better with every wash.

Analysis: The shirts that iTAN used were a great success! The shirts still look great after months of use and their customers now associate vitamin D with the experience of tanning. Since the success of these shirts we have done multiple different promotional products for them!

We have many promotional products that can work for your company in many different ways, contact us to figure out the best fit for your company! Visit www.consuul.com for more information!

Fashion Trade Show MAGIC Opens Its Doors to 30 Top Bloggers

Fashion and the Internet have been on a collision course since the medium's inception. But it wasn't until late last year that the two have really found their groove. For proof, you need only look at the sheer volume of new fashion sites that have launched since the third fiscal quarter of 2010. Even Anna Wintour, it seems, lifted her ban on the word "blog" in the hallowed pages of Vogue.

So it only makes sense that this year, for the first time, MAGIC, the annual preeminent fashion trade show in Las Vegas, opened it's doors to 30 of the Internet's top bloggers to cover the event. The notion being: harness the youth's taste and reach and the event markets itself.

Two years ago, I said that one day I would be doing what I'm doing now with WWDMagic. Having this idea come to fruition is both humbling and overwhelming at the same time," said Macala Wright, Editor-in-Chief of FashionablyMarketingMe.com, who partnered with WWDMagic,Teen Vogue and the Internet's fashion blogger elite for the 3 day event this week.

Among the notable things the bloggers will be doing are "style-offs". Think of these as Iron Chef or Top Chef competitions but instead of food, blogger stylists will be creating outfits with a given set of clothing items and apparel.

We did this for many reasons, but personally for me," says Wright, "you see a lot of the same people in the media all the time. And there are a lot of brilliant voices online that are waiting to be heard. So my hopes are to connect those people, get them working together and meeting each other, and who knows, maybe we'll make the next wave of online influencers that change the way we do things online."

The content from the blogger lounge was all aggregated in real-time and published on big screens at the show, but you could also follow it at www.WWDMagic.tumblr.com.