Author archive for Kaylee Hultgren
An Esports Journey: Q&A with Hershey Company’s Head of Media Charlie Chappell
For a CPG brand like Hershey, whose target market is essentially everyone over the age of 12 in the United States, it’s important to keep tabs on where younger generations are consuming their media. So, in an effort to connect with those audiences, the company turned to Twitch and its 15 million daily active users,...
Fortnite’s First-Ever World Cup Event Activates Esports for the Whole Family
As the Fortnite Fan Festival began to wind down on the afternoon of July 28, a crowd of approximately 18,000 began to file into New York’s Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, Queens, for the first-ever Fortnite World Cup solo competition. One hundred highly skilled players, whittled down from an eye-popping 40 million participants across 10...
Inclusive Events: How Brands are Addressing the Needs of All Attendees
Marketers are taking a more holistic approach to build inclusive environments and actively listen to their audience As businesses continue to incorporate diversity and inclusion strategies into their corporate missions, inclusivity will continue to become more important in the world of events. Successful events will be those that create experiences that welcome and represent all...
Emotes, Ballers and Pickaxes: Our Editor Glides into the Fortnite World Cup
It’s no secret that Gen Xers like myself, who never quite took to the video game world as a kid, require a tutorial or two (or 10) detailing the inner workings of the myriad esports titles captivating younger generations today. So, when it came time to cover the first-ever Fortnite World Cup at Arthur Ashe...