Author archive for Rachel Boucher
CBS and IZOD Go Live with a Primetime Matchup Event for College Football Fans
Sports fans are hungry for experiences beyond linear TV, and so are advertisers. To engage viewers and give IZOD a boost beyond the traditional media program for football, CBS Experiences created a live fan experience surrounding CBS Sports HQ, the network’s digital sports platform on CBS Interactive. The day-long event, dubbed the CBS Sports HQ...
Five Staffer Types Refreshing the Role of Brand Ambassador
Smart event marketers know that brand ambassadors can make or break an event experience. Whether they are tasked with leading a sampling activation, describing the nuances of a product or service, or there to entertain with an engaging interaction, the brand ambassador role is an evolving and important one. We pulled up five recent events...
Music Festival Activations: Inside Kia and SiriusXM’s Human Car Wash
If there’s one consistent theme at summer music festivals, it’s sweat. So, to ameliorate that pain point for EDM festival attendees, SiriusXM teamed up with Kia on a human car wash. (…Working at the car wash, yeah…) The Kia Soul Station Powered by SiriusXM activated in May at Sunset Music Festival in Tampa, FL; in...
LG Demonstrates How ‘Ballers’ Entertain with its Craft Ice House Pop-up
Tapping into its consumer passion points surrounding home entertainment, LG invited influencers to imagine themselves as “baller” hosts in a multi-room pop-up that supported the roll-out in retail stores of the latest line of its refrigerator innovation, the InstaView Door-in-Door with Craft Ice. The new refrigerator offers a dual ice maker that creates spherical craft...