Oktoberfest Tampa 2010 video

(by MetroMix Tampa Bay!)

This video definitely captures the essence of our event! Thank you to Jacqui and her MetroMix team for supporting Oktoberfest Tampa 2010!

Oktoberfest has officially started!!

O'zapft is - The Octoberfest has started in Munich!

If you love Oktoberfest, then you've probably already started drinking to celebrate this wonderful German tradition! Mayor Christian Ude tapped the keg successfully in 2 swings! (Practice makes perfect, huh!) Read the rest of the article on the official Munich Oktoberfest website
http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/article/About+the+Oktoberfest/About+the+Oktoberfest/O%27zapft+is+-+The+Octoberfest+has+started/2018/

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Oktoberfest Munich is also considering this one of their first years stepping up into the digital, 21st century with their own iPhone mobile app, 3 live webcams, and social media integration with Facebook and Twitter.

This will be the first year you could walk into the Theresienwiese and check in to a beer tent on your phone! How convenient is that!
http://www.huliq.com/10178/oktoberfest-munich-2010-goes-social-media-friendly

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How much does beer cost at Oktoberfest Munich this year?
A "Mass", one litre of beer, will cost between 8,30 € and 8,60 € this year.


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Beer Tokens

In Munich, mostly companies hand out beer tokens ("Biermarken" in German) to their guests, which can then be exchanged for beer in the respective tents. If you want to buy beer tokens, please contact the tent-owners directly.

Oktoberfest Tampa 2010 will be set similar to this practice where you will exchange tickets for beer!
Official event website, buy your tickets now!

OktoberfestTampa.com

Brought to you by:

Polycreative -- & -- The Heights Waterfront

Oktoberfest Tampa

On the waterfront, Top of the Riverwalk!

Wilkommen Damnen u. Herren!

We are proud to announce our 1st Annual
Oktoberfest Tampa!

Location:
The Heights Waterfront
1910 N. Ola Ave
Tampa, FL 33602


Event Dates:
Fri, Oct. 15, 3:00pm - 11:00pm
Sat, Oct. 16, 11:00am - 11:00pm
Sun, Oct. 17, 11:00am - 9:00pm


Event Description:Oktoberfest Tampa is a traditional celebration of the yearly event that takes place in Munich Germany on the Theriesenwiese. The Oktoberfest Tampa will feature Tampa’s largest Beer Hall, which will be decorated with themes of beer tents (aka: "Festzelts") that Munich Oktoberfest offers. We will also have live Polka music, traditional German food, festival friendly competitions (beer stein holding, keg tossing, barrel rolling, MR. & MRS. Oktoberfest and more!) fun prizes, a large outdoor and waterfront beer garden, boat cruises on the river and lots of dirndls and lederhosen!!

Parking is FREE. Transportation to the event will be supported by water taxi and Green Fleet Courtesy cabs in the downtown, Davis/Harbor Island, Channelside, SoHo and Ybor locations.

Ticket Prices:
$10 General Admission
$5 Designated Driver


General Admission for this event will be FREE for men and women of the Armed Forces w/ ID.

www.OktoberfestTampa.com

This Oktoberfest is brought to you by:

The Heights Waterfront
www.TheHeightsWaterfront.com

Polycreative
www.polycreative.com

Tampa Film: State of the Industry

There has been a lot of progress in the State of Florida in the last few years on bringing the awareness back of the importance of the film industry in our state.
In 2006, Polycreative hosted the first industry roundtable in Tampa, where we discussed not only the importance of adding the Digital Media queue, but also how to bring down the qualifying expenditure down from $300,000 - a lot of small production houses don't see budgets that big, and therefore could never apply to receive any incentives.

This year, we hit a milestone! Not only is the qualifying expenditure down to $100,000, but we're not talking about a $5 million incentive program anymore (which was easily gobbled up by a handful of projects). We're talking about $242 million dollar program!



Effective July 1, 2010:

2010/2011 Florida Film & Entertainment Industry Financial Incentive Program

Overview:

* $242 million in transferable tax credits over 5 years
* $53.5 million transferable tax credits authorized for the 2010/2011 fiscal year
* 20% - 30% transferable tax credit

- 20% Base Percentage
- 5% Off Season Bonus
- 5% Family Friendly Bonus (G Rated programming)

We are thrilled that this program was passed with no major opposition in either the State Senate or the House of Representatives.

Happy Filming!!!

For complete information on the incentive program, application submission, qualifying etc, please visit the Governor's Office of Film & Entertainment website: http://filminflorida.com/ifi/incentives.asp

Happy Social Media Day!!

Worldwide Social Media Day - A Message From Pete Cashmore from Pete Cashmore .

Here's the link for the group in Tampa Bay that's getting together at the Tampa Bay Brewing Company tonight!!

http://www.meetup.com/Mashable/7601/

The latest buzz on Polycreative!

04/23/2010

Clearwater, FL - Polycreative, LLC, a leading interactive design and development company, has recently been named the Agency of Record for Kevin Harrington latest business ventures including his own brand www.KevinHarrington.TV, the Inventors Business Center www.InventorsBC.com, and their new show Access Gayle, www.AccessGayle.com. Polycreative will provide services that cover design and development from every angle on a digital level.

Kevin Harrington, the Infomercial King and star of ABC's Shark Tank, recently started the Inventors Business Center with new CEO, Steve Rogai in a 12,000 sq.ft studio in Clearwater, FL. Kevin has picked Gayle Guyardo who was a local Tampa Bay WFLA-8 news anchor for seventeen years to host Access Gayle.

Access Gayle is a brand new style of DRTV programming coined a "newsmercial", which features five minute product segments with Gayle Guyardo.

Polycreative also provides web development, mobile and web based ecommerce and branding services to Kevin Harrington, the Inventors Business Center and product brands on a consulting basis.

PR/mediacontact for Polycreative:
Nicol Winkler
nicol@polycreative.com
www.polycreative.com

Looking forward to "Caged Dreams" tonight at Muvico in Centro Ybor! It should be fun! Pre-Party at Teatro from 8-9. GIFF rocks!

"Access Gayle" and IBC Launch video!!

(In this video: Adam Lenfest, Nicol Winkler of Polycreative)


Polycreative has been busy developing web properties while also launching the IBC Studios with Kevin Harrington!!

Kevin Harrington, from ABC's "Shark Tank" launched a new Inventors Business Center and is already launching a new show called "Access Gayle" with local news star Gayle Guyardo!

"H" John Mejia from The Good Life Tampa Bay produced this very exciting 6 minute piece from our Inventors Business Center launch with Kevin Harrington recently!! February 26, 2010 marked the official last day for Gayle Guyardo on the morning news with WFLA - 8, but it also marked the incredible beginning of her new show "Access Gayle" !! Access Gayle is being produced in the new IBC studios with Kevin Harrington & Wendy LaTorre, and airs on Tampa Bay ABC / channel 28 Saturday mornings from 9:53 am - 9:58 am and Sunday mornings 8:53 am - 8:58 am .

This piece features interviews and red carpet footage with Kevin Harrington, Gayle Guyardo, and many more!!

Polycreative would like to thank the St. Pete/Clearwater Film Commissioner, Jennifer Parramore for coming to support Polycreative and Kevin Harrington in their new venture!

More info on Kevin Harrington: www.KevinHarrington.TV

More info on the IBC: www.InventorsBC.com

Photography for Roger West Creative & Code

We always enjoy doing photography for our fun friends at Roger West !!

They have been busy little monkey's lately winning Addy's, writing Whitepapers and hiring new staff....so it's only natural that they needed some new, professional photography for their business!

Polycreative enjoys being the preferred photographer for Roger West & we hope you all agree that the photos speak for themselves!!

Michael Westafer,
President & CEO

Kelli Kreighbaum,
Associate Art Director

Polycreative photography
By: Adam Michael Lenfest

Client: Roger West Creative & Code
Date: February 2010

A Moment of Thanks......

"If it touches a pixel, I highly recommend Nicol for great results!"

Last summer, Polycreative worked with Jennifer Frazier, a local Creative Director as the online media specialists on an aggressive Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital advertising campaign. Helen Ellis wanted to promote their newly remodeled Women's Center to moms and potential moms strictly within their area of Tampa Bay, while also finding a way to measure their results!!

Here is a quick comment from Jennifer on her experience working with Polycreative !!

"Navigating the murky waters of social media was somewhat scary for me, until I met Nicol Winkler at Polycreative. She helped me invigorate an effort for a hospital birthing center with smart social media planning, Google AdWord strategies, and did all the placement and reporting for us. All along the way, she educated me on the process and the power of social media, for which I will always be grateful. If it touches a pixel, I highly recommend Nicol for great results!"

~ Jennifer Frazier

Jennifer Frazier is the owner of The Writing Stable (www.thewritingstable.com)

Ybor Life

New Year's Eve Parade 2009/2010

Ybor City, FL

Photography by: Adam Michael Lenfest

Film tax credit makes dollars & sense!!

We want to take a quick second and give a shout out to Lindsey Norris Guthrie, Tampa's Film Commission Manager, who shared this great video with us that the Massachusetts Film Office put together to promote the positive impact feature film projects have within a community. This video shows not only the local business boost communities get from hosting feature films, but also the investment these film projects take in the communities they work within.

We will be working with Lindsey throughout 2010 to continually promote that same message for the film industry here in the Gulf Coast!

For more information on the Tampa Film Commission: www.visittampabay.com
For more information on the St. Pete/Clearwater Film Commission: www.floridasbeachfilm.com


Enjoy the video!!