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Serious Celebrations “Tremendous Asset” In Yet Another Successful Event

JFAM Media Strategy Awards: Huge Success!!!
		
NEW YORK, NY (February 2, 2007) – Serious Celebrations was instrumental in helping to organize the annual 2007 JFAM Media Strategy Awards.  Over 130 financial marketing leaders joined to celebrate strategic excellence in financial media on February 1, 2007 at Barolo in the SoHo area of New York City.
		
“Once again, Serious Celebrations was a tremendous asset in the organization of this important financial marketing event,” said Bill Wreaks, Chief Analyst of The Journal of Financial Advertising & Marketing and producer of the event. “We can’t entrust an event of this magnitude to just any event company—and Serious Celebrations has proven itself to us time and time again,” said Wreaks.

The JFAM Media Strategy Awards is owned and organized by The Journal of Financial Advertising & Marketing.  The Financial Times is the Founding and Presenting Sponsor of the award. Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions and The New Yorker are Winners’ Circle Sponsors.  Winners announced at the event were Citibank Direct, E*TRADE Financial, TIAA-CREF, Visa, ING Direct, Ameriprise Financial, Charles Schwab & Co., Credit Suisse and AXA Equitable.  See attachment for specifics on The JFAM Media Strategy Awards.

About The Journal of Financial Advertising and Marketing (JFAM)

The Journal of Financial Advertising and Marketing is the flagship publication of The JFAM Network, a network of over 600 financial marketing professionals worldwide.  JFAM is published quarterly by Wreaks Media Group (www.financialadvertising.com <http://www.financialadvertising.com/> ), which provides content and consulting to the financial services industry. Clients include Bloomberg Media, Conde Nast, Dow Jones, The Deal, Financial Times, Investor’s Business Daily, Microsoft Corporation, MSN, New York Times, New Yorker, Nihon Keizai Shimbum, Yahoo! and the Wall Street Journal Interactive.

The Journal of Financial Advertising & Marketing also produces numerous thought leadership events in financial services marketing each year, including The JFAM Financial Marketing Summit: EAST in Manchester, Vermont, The JFAM Financial Marketing Summit: WEST in Santa Fe, New Mexico and JFAM: Live! In New York City.

The Wreaks Media Group also publishes the annual The JFAM Guide to Financial Media to be released in March of 2007.

JFAM parent, Wreaks Media Group is affiliated with The Gramercy Institute and is led by Bill Wreaks, former managing director for media at the Doremus unit of Omnicom Worldwide.

About Serious Celebrations

Serious Celebrations is a dynamic event management company that bases its services on foundations of trust, integrity and professionalism.  Serious Celebrations works as an advocate for its clients and focuses on end-to-end communications to insure that all event objectives are met.  Serious Celebrations understands the intricate details that come together to create a smooth successful event and provides an array of services including luncheons, summits, seminars, golf outings, holiday parties, roundtables and award shows.  Serious Celebrations mission is to deliver real and measurable value to clients through strategic event planning and execution.

Contact: 212-203-6842; mleibovitz@seriouscelebrations.com

For more information, visit the Company’s website, www.seriouscelebrations.com