AdCast: Episode XIV

Hello folks, another great month has come and gone in Tampa Bay, and along with it another great edition of Ad 2 Tampa Bay's AdCast. This month's show, broadcast live from Tampa Bay Brewing Company, was very sporty, which is pretty appropriate for this time of the year. That's not to mention the area – big happenings all around in the Tampa Bay sports scene.

• We kicked things off with the "homies" as usual. This time it was Cris Vatalaro and Mai Tran coming on to talk about two of Ad 2's biggest annual events, the Student Media Tour and AdBash. I'm not over-exaggerating when I say that both were extremely successful this year, both for entertainment value and for raising funds for our Public Service client, Wheels for Success. There's also a nice little highlight reel of AdBash, prepped by Mike Compton and the folks at Tampa Digital Studios: VIEW NOW

• Next on the show we started off our sports theme with America's favorite past-time. Brian Killingsworth, Director of Marketing and Promotion with the newly re-branded Tampa Bay Rays, was on the show with us. Brian told all about the re-branding efforts, which pretty much spread to every aspect of the team and its interaction with the city. Cheers for all the great community involvement coming out of that organization, and best of luck with the new image. VIEW NOW

• Time to talk about the Lightning and Storm! We don't have a weather center at AdCast, so that can only mean one thing - We're talking about more Tampa Bay sports. Brad Lott is the VP of Sales and Marketing for the Tampa Bay Lightning, and he brought us up to speed on all the defenders of the St. Pete Times Forum. VIEW NOW

• In a world where college bowl games seem to creep out of forgotten corners of the couch, we're lucky to have one of the best and longest-lasting of these events here in Tampa Bay. Mike Shulze is the Director of Communications + Sponsorships for the Outback Bowl. He gave us the play-by-play on everything from how its promoted to even revealing one of this year's teams live on the air - That's right, you heard it here FIRST. VIEW NOW

• The Society for Marketing Professional Services. What does it all mean? As we found out, it's an organization that focuses on training, networking, and community involvement for those in the fields of construction and engineering. Members Tara Ryan and JR Kozera were live on the air to tell us more about all the great things they do as an organization. VIEW NOW

• What are you doing for the holidays? Let us give you the run-down. Ad 2's very own Cris Vatalaro went to the trouble of researching, inspecting, deliberating to bring us the biggest and best in upcoming events in Tampa Bay. She even drug in Dan Gorda from 13 Ugly Men to tell us about their next extravagant event this New Years Eve. VIEW NOW

• And of course, there's our tbt* Rising Star segment. Every week, they crown a lucky individual in Tampa Bay and give them a proper feature in their lovely publication. We went through this month's winners, and brought one on the show. Sharon Nobles is a realtor with Wingate & Associates, but that's not all. Find out everything she's got going on, right here. VIEW NOW

Thanks to everyone that keeps watching the show... all the faithful that stayed with us through my worst wardrobe follies and love us just the same. And I can't stop raving out our great sponsors - La Casa "Delicious" Dolce, tbt* (something worth reading!) and of course the blood, sweat, and tears of Tampa Digital Studios and their elite production force. Oh and Tampa Bay Brewing Company. You guys rock, and so does your beer.

And in closing, it just wouldn't be the same if I didn't keep you to it:
Make Good Choices.