Toy Industry
Toy Industry Employment:
- Getting Your Hiring Strategy Together - Bob Concannon
- Moving Along In the Toy Industry - Celia Bechtel
- So you want to make (or sell, or market) toys. Now what? - David E. Fitzgibbons, CPC
Toy Inventors:
- 10 Tips for Inventors - Tamara Monosoff, Ed.D; Founder & CEO, Mom Inventors, Inc.
- Working with an Independent Toy Designer or Inventor - Georgianna Krieger, Toy Inventor/Designer
- What Makes a Great Game? - Connie Gee of University Games
- On Music For Young Children - Bobby Susser
- Commitment - Paul A. Lapidus, IDSA
- Take Your Toy Concept To the Next Level - Eric Frydler
- Tips for Toy Inventors - Fred Kroll
- 10 Commnadments for Success - Richard C. Levy
- Outsourcing: Five Good Reasons Why It's Your First Place to Turn - , President of KidSmart
Toy Marketing
- Increasing Success And Publicity Without Any Expenses? - Daniel Wiechert of Disegno
- Ihre Geschenke brauchen eine besondere Verpackung! - Daniel Wiechert of Disegno
- The ABC's of Licensing Your Product - of Foley & Lardner LLP
- Six Tips to Better Toy Packaging - Mark Gallagher of Black Coffee Design, Inc.
- Why Public Relations Doesn't Just Happen - Diane T. Creston of Creston & Associates
- How To Maximize the Potential For Press Coverage - , President of Andrea Blain Public Relations Inc.
- Smart Commercials, The Challenge Of Context And The Difference Between Promotion And Advertising - Steve Zuckerman of CreativeCombustion.TV
- Your Toy Website: A 4-Step Primer to Building a Better Site - Monica Hsu of OrangeYouGlad.com
Other Articles
- Everyone Needs Playtime, Even Professionals - Bernie DeKoven, "Dr. Fun" of DeepFun.com
Companies and Services
- NewFuntiers - a professional invention, design and development company.
- Toy Inventions Evaluation - Eric Frydler
Books
- Toy Wars - G. Wayne Miller. A great book about the toy industry.
Publications
- The Bloom Report - News for the toy and related industries
- Playthings - The business of play
- Toy Directory - A magazine for the toy, hobby, gift industry
- YoYo Times - A world of fun on a string newsletter