B-to-C Events
The 2019 Ex Awards: Inside the Best Experiential Marketing Campaigns of the Year
One of the most exciting parts of creating our annual Ex Awards feature each year is reading through the nominees’ applications and getting a glimpse of the creative processes behind the best campaigns of the year—the steep marketing challenges, the tough objectives, the resulting ideas and the execution. Hard to believe these logistics-defying, multi-layered programs...
Grand Ex 2019: HBO, Giant Spoon and the Experiential Campaign of the Year
How HBO’s ambitious SXSWestworld campaign leveraged hyper personalization and content at scale to captivate festivalgoers—and an entire industry Loyal fans of the HBO series “Westworld” might have thought twice about the roundtrip ticket to Sweetwater. The fictional town is home, after all, to more than a few gunfights, ambushes and bloody massacres that are...
Green 2.0: How Brands Are Immersing Consumers in Modern Environmental Causes
Four ways brands are reimagining what it means to ‘go green’ We used to think about “going green” by way of recycling or using less paper. Those actions are still important and in play, no doubt. But more and more, marketers are developing creative engagements that are immersing consumers in modern environmental issues and in...
Launch Events: Moxy Experiments with ASMR to Deliver a Sensory Playhouse
Just shy of five years old, Marriott International’s Moxy brand is still relatively new, but an April 9 launch event for its Chelsea property in the heart of New York City’s floral district proved the playful hotel chain has blossomed. With an “Avant-Garden” theme woven throughout, Moxy leveraged its grand opening to activate a one-night...