B-to-C Events
‘Shark Week’ Experiential: Upcycled Shark Installations, Cleanups and Jaw-Chomping
Discovery’s “Shark Week” program celebrated its 30th anniversary as the must-watch TV event of the summer, July 22-29. Strategies for driving tune-in to the programming have run the experiential gamut over the years, from a Fin Fest shark-themed festival in L.A. to guerrilla-style stunts involving half-bitten surf boards dropped on Australian beaches. This year, Discovery...
Five Keys to a Successful Sleepover Activation
Tips, tricks and techniques for “getting into bed” with consumers Imagine winning tickets to watch your team compete in the Super Bowl. Or being submerged in a submarine with scientific researchers you watch on television religiously. Or winning a dinner at your favorite restaurant for you and three of your closest friends. All that...
MINI Creates ‘Mini Extensions’ on an Annual Fundraiser with a Tour, Sponsorship
In the experiential marketing world, summer is mobile tour season. And while many brands are hitting the open road on journeys across the country, MINI in June took a decidedly hyper-local approach to a mobile tour as part of a cause-marketing program benefiting New York City’s Sing For Hope and its annual fundraiser for arts...
Comic-Con Photo Tour: 12 Brand Experiences That Made Us Geek Out
When Comic-Con International launched in 1970, it was a modest 300-person gathering of sci-fi and comic book fans. Flash-forward to today and the event has evolved into a sprawling four-day affair dedicated to the popular arts in all of their forms, attracting 130,000-plus passionate fans of movies, TV, comic books, video games and beyond from...