Author archive for Event Marketer
Event Peeps Podcast: Passion Projects—I Built a Nonprofit
In this episode of Event Peeps, we explore the passion projects event marketers are working on outside of their hectic schedules. Our guest Talib Abdullahi, national events coordinator at Tito’s Handmade Vodka, launched a nonprofit in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd to keep up the momentum of the movement and the fight for...
Embracing Experiential Commerce: Five Brands to Watch
The pandemic changed the way brands think about and do business with consumers, and it also changed the way marketing organizations create and execute campaigns. Smart marketers have reimagined the traditional marketing funnel as an “orbit” with a new, transaction-based model as its driving force: “Experiential Commerce.” And within the brand orbit, an evolution of...
Creativity on a Compressed Timeline
The impact – and upsides – of producing events in a time-strapped post-pandemic market Leading event design agency VDA together with Event Marketer convened a roundtable of senior brand marketers to discuss the impact of today’s crunched timelines, and how they’re fostering creativity–and productivity–when event plans are moving targets. What they discovered is that, despite...
Engaging Along the Customer Journey: Why a Digital Foundation Matters
Fully integrated campaigns are the way of the future, and those that are too focused on developing dual paths as part of a “hybrid” strategy are losing sight of the big picture. In the new “Experiential Commerce” model, digital is the foundation that unlocks access to audiences and extends campaigns into a variety of touch...