Author archive for Kenneth Briodagh

March 3, 2011

Hyundai Launches Sponsorship to Promote Veloster

Hyundai has partnered with the Rhys Millen Red Bull Rallycross team, which will race the brand’s new performance model, Veloster, in the 2011 U.S. Rallycross Championship and perhaps the Summer X Games. At the six planned races this year, the on-site activations will focus on the performance tuned production vehicles, Genesis Coupe and Veloster, and...

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March 3, 2011

Sprint Experience Revs up Fans at Daytona 500

Wireless provider Sprint, the title sponsor of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, engaged potential and existing customers at the Daytona 500 on Feb. 20 with race-related products and driver interviews in a 100,000-square-foot open-air activation space called the Sprint Experience. Inside, fans were treated to driver meet-and-greets and easy access to functioning show cars and...

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February 25, 2011

Charlie the Tuna Celebrates in Times Square

Charlie the Tuna on Feb. 11 celebrated his 50th birthday as the spokes-tuna for StarKist with games, giveaways and photo ops for consumers in New York’s Times Square. Jillian Harris, designer on ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” and “The Bachelorette,” co-hosted the festivities, which took place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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February 24, 2011

How GM Brought a Camaro to Social Media

It has become a de facto rule of the road to incorporate social media in all live activations, and at the auto show, some of the brands made a point of integrating Facebook, Twitter and the others in a well-thought out, strategic way instead of just tacking it on.

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February 24, 2011

How Ford and Toyota Took Sims to the Next Level

There were two simulators at the show—one from Ford and one from Toyota—and while they were very similar, one was better. Ford put up the Fiesta Rally car and Toyota went with an FJ Cruiser, but both had off-road courses, and both sat the driver in a rig that rolled on an x, y and...

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