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Digital and Mobile Offerings According to emarketer (January 2012), U.S. online ad spending is set to exceed print, and U.S. mobile ad spending is soaring past expectations. They credit Google s mobile search and advertising business, the appeal of new display inventory on tablet and smartphone devices, and the growing roster of mobile ad networks. With U.S. online ad spending up 23% to just over $31 billion last year, emarketer projects that U.S. mobile ad spending alone will grow 80% to $2.61 billion in 2012. Other media reports that users are embracing mobile advertising. GAP YEAR PROGRAMS NORTH CAROLINA OUTWARD BOUND North Carolina Outward Bound has been providing life-changing and transformative wilderness courses for teens, colleg Carolina Mountains, North Carolina Oute Banks, the Florida Everglades National Park and Ten Thousand Islands National Challenge, adventure, and teamwork combined create an ideal platform for teaching leadership in the Outward Bound setting. Program (s): FloridaName: Rya Robinson Phone: (800) 841-0186 Email: rrobinson@ncobs.org Address: 2582 Riceville Road, Asheville, NC 28805 Website: www.ncobs.org REQUEST MORE INFORMATION January 2012: According to ZDNet, citing IBM Benchmark research, during the holiday season, 14.6% of all online sessions on retailer sites were initiated from mobile devices, which is more than double the 5.6% reported for the same period in 2010. May 2011: MediaPost cited Mojiva s Mobile Audience Guide in an article called Mobile Users Are Ad Clickers which said that 60% of mobile users click on mobile ads at least once a week and of those, 19% click on a mobile ads several times a day. From InsightExpress in the same post: Over 84% of users said that normal banner ads, video ads, ads that let me interact with them, or animated banner ads are forms of marketing that would catch their attention. WHY consider a GAP YEAR? Look inside for our GAP YEAR FAIRS CALENDAR GUIDE TO 2013 GAP YEAR PROGRAMS YOUTH FOR UNDERSTANDING (YFU) USA YFU USA is a non-profit international educational organization with programs in 64 countries. For 60 years, YFU has exemplified excellence in international youth exchange worldwide. YFU USA brings 2,000 students to the U.S. and sends 500 U.S. teens overseas each year. Program (s): Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Uruguay, Venezuela Phone: (800) TEENAGE (833-6243) Email: admissions@yfu.org Address: 6400 Goldsboro Road, Suite 100, Bethesda, MD 20817 Website: www.yfu-usa.org REQUEST MORE INFORMATION 62 THE TEENLIFE GUIDE TO GAP YEAR PROGRAMS Adventure/Trips CARPE DIEM EDUCATION Teens having a blast with VISITOZ: WORK IN AUSTRALIA. See listing on page 29, special promotion ad page 34. Carpe Diem Education s gap year programs are designed to safely challenge every student through service, travel, community, and cultural exchange. Students not only gain personal insight, but are also challenged to be better self-leaders and global citizens. Program (s): Australia, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Hopi Nation, India, Laos, Navajo Nation, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam Name: Ethan Knight Phone: (503) 285-1800 Email: info@carpediemeducation.org Address: P.O. Box 17427, Portland, OR 97217 Website: www.carpediemeducation.org REQUEST MORE INFORMATION A TEENLIFE MEDIA PUBLICATION Today s publisher must be poised to maximize digital and mobile advertising. Here s an overview of advertising opportunities in Texterity s digital and app editions. www.teenlife.com 617.277.5120 website phone 2 2

VOL. 1, ISSUE 1 Digital Magazine Advertising Eight kinds of advertising space are available within Texterity s standard digital edition. Cover Sponsorship Right side following publication cover Full page built to magazine specs File Formats High Resolution PDF Features Can link to internal pages, external sites Good use As a welcome page, to flag new content Other Supports multimedia Blow-In File Formats Features Good use Other Overlays page(s) of choice Maximum 500w x 300h pixels JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF Can select page position, link to URL To intercept reader and force purchase Supports multimedia Web Content (iframe) Blow-In Overlays page(s) of choice Suggested maximum 500w x 300h pixels File Formats HTML (prepared embed code), web URL Features Display upon opening page (default) or accessed via hot area on page Good use PollDaddy polls, your own Web-hosted content Other Does not support external linking (unless link is included in iframed content) or scaling with zoom + Are You a Helicopter Parent? DIVORCE Parents, teens, and experts weigh in. PUBLISHED BY TeenLife.com Blow-In Blow-In SUBSCRIBE NOW teenlife.com/mag IT S FREE! 10 TIPS FOR TEENS ON THE ROAD TO FINANCIAL SUCCESS LOOK INSIDE Cover Sponsorship www.teenlife.com 617.277.5120 website phone 3 3

Digital Magazine Advertising Leaderboard Ad Above the digital issue, within the interface File Formats Features Good use Other Industry standard 728w x 90h pixels JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF Can add JavaScript ad tag, link to URL To promote product, commerce, resources, events Supports multimedia Leaderboard Ad Button Drawer Ad Bottom of left navigation panel Maximum 180w x 150h pixels File Formats JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF Features Can add JavaScript ad tag, link to URL Good use To sell subscriptions, promote social sharing Other Supports multimedia Belly Band File Formats Features Good use Other Overlays page(s) of choice Maximum 800w x 175h pixels JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF Can select page position, link to URL Last issue, renewals, event reminders Supports multimedia Button Drawer Ad did you know? Over A LIFeTIme, INDIvIDUALs WITH A BACHeLOr s DeGree make 84% more money THAN THOse WITH ONLY A HIGH school DIPLOmA. The Georgetown University Center on Education and The Workforce Working couples talk to one another an average of only 12 minutes a day. BY 2015, THe millennial GeNerATION WILL make UP ONe-THIrD OF THe electorate. Young Democrats of America 2010 6 LIFE with teens summer 2012 NYU Child Study Center Belly Band 1 in 3 teens sends more than 100 text messages a day, or 3,000 texts a month. The Pew Research Center s Internet & American Life Project of teenagers say they hide their online activity from their parents. McAfee 2010 warning for parents: boozy bears gummy candy soaked in alcohol By Dr. Thomas Tallman, Director, Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Medicine at Cleveland Clinic. There are teenagers who Obviously, if you are seeing search for an undetectable gummy candies suddenly appear mind-altering experience. or disappear and alcohol is missing, you may have cause to worry. some have found a new way to get an alcohol buzz However, if you are waiting for without arousing suspicion telltale signs, you will miss your marinating gummy bear opportunity. Don t wait for grades candy in vodka. The candy to slip and don t ignore altered absorbs the vodka and becomes an alcohol snack. Teens kids whether they are seeing this moods. sit down and ask your eat them in order to keep a behavior among their peers. Tell mild buzz going throughout your kids that eating alcohol-laden the day with the thought of candy promotes alcohol addiction. avoiding detection. But the Have a frank discussion and hope teen, believing the fallacy that for an honest reply. You may find vodka is odorless and undetectable, is not fooling anyone. altered mood. an underlying reason for a desired Some content reprinted with permission from your Teen magazine. favorite finds lighten your load! With a unique technology support system, the Airbak Campus Backpack combines extensive back cushioning with a special inflatable pillow for additional padding. Its technology support system magically reduces the weight of a student s heavy load. www.airbak.com go retro! YUBZ provides today s parents and teens with a safe, functional, and chic retro Handset that is effective in reducing exposure to radio frequency waves caused by cell phones. They have plenty of fun colors and new funky designs too! www.yubz.com summer 2012 LIFE with teens 7 Opportunities for advertising messages are also available within the e-mail alert and on the navigation bar. Please inquire. www.teenlife.com 617.277.5120 website phone 4 4

Interactive Media Interactive modules for digital editions and apps Place advertising on any module for new sales revenue and increased advertising results. Texterity has teamed up with The Wonderfactory, a sharp New York City design and brand experience shop, to create a series of cross-platform interactive modules. The fi rst modules available include slideshows, 360 animation and Twitter hashtag feeds. Banner Ad Interactive modules can be used to enhance editorial or advertising content. Each module can accommodate an advertisement (banner ad) and/or a sponsorship image (logo). The sponsorship logo is available only when a banner ad is used. The exception is the Twitter module which supports just a banner ad at the bottom. Placement of the banner ad and logo are fixed and not customizable. Interactive modules work crossplatform, and therefore can be used in digital editions and magazine apps. Banner File Formats Provide Note Logo File Formats Note Bottom of module 302w x 38h pixels Static PNG, JPEG, GIF URL for banner ad when it is tapped The ad will open to a screen within the app. Upon closing the screen, the user will still be in the app. Top of module 73w x 39h pixels Static PNG, JPEG, GIF Logo will be preceded by the words Powered By. Logo Banner Ad www.teenlife.com 617.277.5120 website phone 5 5

Audio/Video Use video to create a captive audience. Videos are set up to appear on all platforms (digital edition and app). Video on the iphone and Android smartphones plays in full screen mode; video on the ipad and Kindle Fire plays on the page where it is placed or in full screen mode. Select page number, request preferred position & Length Maximum 100MB, 480px wide minimum (recommended), 4 minutes maximum (unless using third party hosting) Video Formats MPEG (.mpg,.mp4), Windows Media (.wmv), Flash Video (.flv,.f4v), QuickTime (.mov), AVI (.avi), YouTube (embed URL) is digital edition only Audio Formats.mp3,.wav Note Audio files will display via the same player framework as video files Video Settings Scaling: Should the video be set to a fixed size, or should it scale with the page? (default: fixed size) Autoplay: Should the video play automatically, or is a click required to play? (default: automatic) Close Button: Should the user be able to close the video? (default: yes) Hidden: Hide video when the page displays, access via a hot area on the page? (default: no) Please note that smartphones have smaller screens. For the iphone and Android phones, video is automatically set to a fixed size, a click is required to play, and there is a close button. 60 THE TEENLIFE GUIDE TO GAP YEAR PROGRAMS Video Gap Year Programs Gap Year Programs challenge students through study, service, travel, and cultural exchange. Although every Gap Year Program is different, each promotes self-exploration and personal growth, which often leads to clearer direction for college studies. They can be academic or special interest, but most importantly, gap year programs teach through experience rather than in a typical classroom setting. From experiencing different cultures, studying community development, or diving into environmental issues to learning how to be entrepreneurial, understanding religion, or excelling in sports, music, or fine arts, there are literally hundreds of structured gap year programs worldwide! GAP YEAR PROGRAMS Academic ASPIRE BY API: GAP YEAR ABROAD PROGRAMS Aspire by API provides comprehensive gap year abroad programs for recent high school grads. Their language and cultural immersion programs provide students with opportunities to learn and develop global skills in an exciting, enriching, and safe setting. (s): France, Ireland, Spain Name: Courtney Link, Director of Admissions Phone: (512) 600-8921 Email: courtney@aspirebyapi.com Address: 301 Camp Craft Road, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78746 Website: www.aspirebyapi.com REQUEST MORE INFORMATION CENTER FOR STUDY ABROAD (CSA) Since 1990, CSA has offered low-cost academic programs worldwide that are open to all students. It s easy to register with quick confirmation. Students can earn college credit, and have flexibility with housing, travel, and payments. Payment accepted upon arrival, or in advance. (s): Asia, Australia, Central America, New Zealand Name: Alima K. Virtue, Program Director Phone: (206) 583-8191 Email: studycsa@aol.com Address: 325 Washington Avenue South, #93, Kent, WA 98032 Website: www.centerforstudyabroad.com REQUEST MORE INFORMATION Teens having a blast with VISITOZ: WORK IN AUSTRALIA. See listing on page 29, special promotion ad page 34. Teens having a blast with VISITOZ: WORK IN AUSTRALIA. See listing on page 29,. REQUEST MORE INFORMATION ON VISIT OZ: WORK IN AUSTRALIA THE TEENLIFE GUIDE TO GAP YEAR PROGRAMS 61 www.teenlife.com 617.277.5120 website phone 6 6

Audio/Video Design PDF/Page Setup Initial image: For Web: What appears at 3 seconds. For ipad: First frame Play arrow: Texterity will add Close button: Texterity will add Position: Request preferred position as overlay, or add video placeholder to PDF. Note that smartphones display video as full screen once tapped to play. Adding a video placeholder is recommended if the video is supposed to look like it s part of the page design. The placeholder will appear for users who are offline on phone apps or the mobile webreader, rather than a blank page area. If you are allowing space on the page for video, it should be smaller than the video to ensure correct look when media displays. For video/audio accessed via a hot screen on the page, include the hot area as part of your page design (no placeholder). 2012 GUIDE TO PERFORMING & VISUAL ARTS COLLEGES Video IN PARTNERSHIP WITH: Important Videos for magazine issues with apps cannot have hot links. Flash animation (.swf) format is not supported. Videos will not be available for offline viewing. Video Video FREE WWW.TEENLIFE.COM A TEENLIFE MEDIA PUBLICATION www.teenlife.com 617.277.5120 website phone 7 7

Mobile App Advertising Advertising within mobile apps is new to many and yet it is one of the most promising venues on the horizon. Smartphone ownership doubled in 2011 and 1 in 3 US consumers now own a tablet. According to the November 2011 study, The Mobile Magazine Reader, released by the MPA (The Association of Magazine Media) and Affi nity Research fi rm, 73% of tablet and e-reader owners with magazine-branded apps engage with magazine ads. With regard to magazine-branded apps: 90% of users are consuming just as much if not more magazine content 86% want to share articles or issues 59% want the ability to buy products and services directly from ads 70% want to be able to purchase directly from editorial features + Are You a Helicopter Parent? DIVORCE Parents, teens, and experts weigh in. SUBSCRIBE NOW teenlife.com/mag IT S FREE! Two kinds of advertising space are available within mobile apps. Like digital editions, remember that images and text in the app edition can also be hot linked to websites, request forms, and ecommerce pages. PUBLISHED BY TeenLife.com VOL. 1, ISSUE 1 Banner Ad 10 TIPS FOR TEENS ON THE ROAD TO FINANCIAL SUCCESS LOOK INSIDE www.teenlife.com 617.277.5120 website phone 8 8

Mobile App Advertising Launch Images Generic After a user clicks the icon to launch an app, the launch image displays while the app loads. The same specs apply to a generic launch image as to a sponsored one. Sponsored A sponsored launch image is a second, similar image that contains a sponsor logo or message. The functionality is the same for iphone, ipad and Android, although the image will display in different sizes. Launch Ad Displays on the device while the app loads iphone: 320w x 480h pixels ipad: 768w x 1024h pixels Android: 320w x 480h pixels Kindle Fire: 768w x 1024h pixels File Format PNG Design * Plan for the upper 20 pixels to be overlapped by the device status bar * Allow a 45h x 260w neutral area at the bottom Good use Image advertising, brand recognition, public relations www.teenlife.com 617.277.5120 website phone 9 9

Mobile App Advertising Banners Ads Banner ads may be included in the app at launch time or added during the production process. Publishers can sell this space to multiple advertisers, to a single sponsor, or use it to display house ads. Banners can be linked to a website, email address, or to an app in the App Store. Small File Format Medium File Format Large File Format iphone: Home screen, RSS articles, Search results, Magazine article text, Bookmarks Android: Home screen, RSS articles, Search results, Magazine article text, Bookmarks 320w x 50h pixels PNG ipad: RSS articles, Search results, Magazine article text, Bookmarks, Library screen Kindle Fire: RSS articles, Search results, Magazine article text, Bookmarks, Library screen 728w x 90h pixels PNG ipad: Library screen, RSS articles, Magazine article text Kindle Fire: Library screen, RSS articles, Magazine article text 960w x 90h pixels PNG WHY consider a GAP YEAR? Look inside for our GAP YEAR FAIRS CALENDAR GUIDE TO A TEENLIFE MEDIA PUBLICATION 2013 GAP YEAR PROGRAMS Banner Ad THE MAGAZINE FOR PARENTS WITH TEENS PUBLISHED BY TeenLife.com VOL. 1, ISSUE 2 Banner Ad FALL 2012 SUBSCRIBE NOW teenlife.com/mag IT S FREE! PROTECTING YOUR CHILD FROM CYBERBULLYING Parents & Teens The Social Media Gap TIPS TO FINANCING COLLEGE + Please note: digital edition blow-ins can be adapted for apps. Just provide the content as a properly sized banner ad. Ads appear on all available issues, not to linked to a specific issue. Ads may be submitted as images or as a link to a hosted image. Clicks on Texterity-hosted ads will be tracked. Served ads will not be tracked. www.teenlife.com 617.277.5120 website phone 10 10

The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC and ABC Interactive) issued an important Executive Summary in November, 2011, having polled U.S. and Canadian newspapers, consumer magazines, and business publications during the past two years. This study confirm that digital and mobile solutions are a must have for publishers and that advertising within these formats will become increasingly important: 85% of survey respondents currently have mobile content for smartphones, e-readers, or tablet devices, up from 76% last year. 83% of consumer magazines and 79% of business magazines have mobile initiatives in place 61% of respondents have an iphone app; 54% have an ipad app Two-thirds of respondents said publishers need to focus on two equally important revenue streams advertising and subscriptions Publishers cite these mobile ad opportunities as most valuable: 67% search; 65% store locators; 64% banners; 62% sponsorships; 62% videos Most publishers believe that mobile will augment print instead of replacing it In the next two years, 57% of U.S. respondents and 22% of Canadian respondents expect that mobile ad revenue will increase Let us deliver the digital and mobile audience to you. For more information, please contact: NAME, EMAIL, PHONE, URL Your Logo website phone 11 www.teenlife.com 617.277.5120 11