Senior citizens are on the move, downsizing to smaller homes, apartments and assisted living facilities across the country, from New Jersey to California, and every where in between.

One senior move specialist, Tony Baumer, owner of the New Jersey moving firm, BD Movers, Manahawkin, New Jersey, and a board member for the New Jersey Warehouse and Movers Association, says about 50 percent of the residential moves currently on the housing market are seniors moving to downsized living quarters.

“Reducing the amount of furnishings and personal items can be a daunting task, but with the proper preparation and moving firm, a senior move can be completed in a timely, stress-free fashion,” works with clients to ensure the move and down sizing is smooth for the older set.

BD Movers offers senior citizens advice and complete references from handy men, to charities, even CPA’s and elder lawyers.

A senior move can be daunting, but with the correct planning and strategy, downsizing is another step in the life process, adds Baumer.

Senior Move Advice: The Basics of Senior Downsizing

Create senior downsizing task list one to three months in advance.

Get the family involved in the senior move. If you need help, consider hiring a senior move manager.

• Designate items that will be moved, sold or given away. Decide on the item the senior will want to keep, and will fit into the new senior home.
• Be prepared to provide list of inventory to mover, including any legal documentation, regarding power of attorney, etc. if applicable. For instance – if the children are handling the senior moving details, they should show they have authority to do so.
• Sell what you can at auction, online or a yard sale. Some items may have value that can help defray senior moving expenses.
• Donate the rest to reputable charity. Keep receipts for senior tax purposes. If the furniture is still in good condition, a senior’s sofa or dining room table may be a godsend to a family that needs furniture.
• A senior move is not a “self move”. A senior move takes the efforts of many people, family and professionals, to make it go smoothly.
• To save on cost, pack as much as the senior and their family can do themselves. A mover will provide this service, but packing items is the simplest way to save cost for the senior move.
• If the senior moving is in their 80’s, and their children are in their 60’s, carrying heavy furniture should be designated as a senior moving service. Use the movers for heavy items and let family members move lamps and pictures.

For more information on senior moving advice and other moving tips for residential and business, visit BD Movers at http://www.BDMovers.com, or the senior page at http://www.bdmovers.com/seniors-moving-nj.php.

Follow BD Movers on Twitter.com @njmovingguy or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/bdmovers.

For more information, call BD Movers at 800-310-0912.

As Social Media opportunities arise, the general public still struggles to understand all their options and embrace the newest tools. It is difficult to test and discuss the newer technologies when the application of the program is cloudy and gray. Bob Gollwitzer, owner of ProMobile Productions, LLC, and veteran action sports producer of 20 years, understands the dilemma and has taken the charge to help bring some clarity to the possibilities. Where there is Facebook and Twitter, we offer to tell a story with engaging content and a forward-thinking message. Where there is YouTube and the iPad, we offer to capture the heart and soul of the individual. Bob’s last foray into this area resulted in the design and development of THPTV.com and Youniquevideo.com, both video-driven portals to capture, engage, and provide a call to action.

ProMobile Productions, LLC, (PMP) was created on the foundation of professionally produced video. Pro-Inline Productions, PMP’s parent company, began coordinating and filming action sports events like inline skating and extreme games in the early 1980’s. Pro-Inline Productions served as the independent production company behind such well known events as “The Ultimate Inline Challenge” at Universal Studios, ESPN’s “X-Games” and NBC Sports “Gravity Games.” The vision was simple – capture the story on video: the moment, the excitement, the passion. Preserve those frames in time, and allow the participants to re-live their moments again and again. Producing the events not only enabled Bob, also owner of Pro-Inline Productions, Inc., to storyboard each take, but he was able to capture B-roll footage and secondary clips and outtakes. In the end Bob had enough quality film to share a powerful story and re-purpose the many aspects of the event through vignettes and “teaser” reels.

The objectives always were to produce the best video for the traditional mediums (e.g., T.V., on-line ads, product promotion, and video testimonials). Taking this business model one step further, we have married quality video production with mobile viewing. We utilize the available mediums to share the video on cell phones, iPhones, and web-based video players. Add in a powerful sporting event in a historic locale and we have DADVAIL.TV.

DADVAIL.TV provides customized content for the Dad Vail Regatta fans, streaming the video on the web, in one central location. PMP provides on-site production and editing – next to the rowers, water in our faces, in the stands. As Social Media has enabled storytelling to the masses, now anyone can share, promote, and create an awareness of their idea. We have honed our services to maximize Social Media Marketing for the sole purpose of gaining a following with specific interest in the product, service, and event. This advantage is critical to the effective optimization of the story to be told; we create the interest, we find those interested, and we set, meet, and exceed the expectations. It is not the traditional advertising model; to the contrary, we provide the consumer with what they have been looking for, in an unobtrusive way. Enter DADVAIL.TV.

Youniquevideo.com premiered at Philadelphia’s Dad Vail Regatta and Stotesbury Cup Regatta in May 2009. We were on-site with the rowers, interviewing them, and listening to what the needs would be for 2010. DADVAIL.TV is the answer to 2010’s Dad Vail Regatta. The site launched two weeks ago, and it provides us the ability to link event data, customized programming, and video footage of the event. This is the culmination of on-site video capture, mobile editing, and global distribution. We utilized multiple cameras to capture every possible angle, and the videographers were staggered throughout the event course. Full coverage of the Dad Vail was a reality this year, and it is DADVAIL.TV.

Our Mobile Production Unit (MPU) will allow for video highlights via hard-wired cameras creating live feeds to be viewed during the event. We will engage the crowd and fans to peak the interest level and maintain everyone’s focus on the rowers and the schools representing the regattas. The keystone to our success is our MPU (very similar to large network TV trucks, but utilizing all digital HD equipment with MAC DADDY Final Cut Pro HD for post production) and the on-site headquarters it provides. Not only can we coordinate the video capture and programming with greater ease, we can manage all facets of the production by having adequate IT Staff available to handle the on-the-fly improvisation sometimes necessary at outdoor sporting events. Being at the heart of the action offers us the advantage of quicker team communication and problem resolution.

DADVAIL.TV’s future includes numerous other outdoor sporting events in 2010 and 2011. In addition to rowing events, like the Dad Vail Regatta, our plan includes events involving runners and cyclists. From marathons to triathlons, for-profit to non-profit events, ProMobile Productions, LLC, has positioned itself to be the primary provider of broadcast-quality video for sporting events nationwide, with one main difference…video as it happens, when it happens. PMP will take video storytelling to the next level, encouraging it to evolve as the fluid vehicle it was always intended to be. As times change and technology adapts, ProMobile Productions is the destination for Your Unique Video.

Contact Information:
ProMobile Productions, LLC; Bob Gollwitzer, Executive Producer
Cell: 610-223-7884; E-mail: bgollwitzer@gmail.com, promobileproductions@gmail.com.

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