B-to-C Events

Bayer Advanced is back on the road, activating at NASCAR fan zones in seven markets to spread awareness about its DuraZone weed and grass control products. The brand promoted the new line last year with a tour that traveled to home improvement stores across the country.

Lexus tapped into the glamour and excitement of pre-Oscar Hollywood by hosting a party at the Directors’ Guild of America in Los Angeles on Feb. 21 where it previewed two short films it produced in collaboration with Harvey Weinstein and The Weinstein Company.

Nutrition brand Maxitone, maker of protein shakes and bars for women, activated a temporary brand environment at the Westfield London shopping center atrium from Feb. 1 to 17 to support its Thank You Protein campaign.

One of the biggest issues impacting the operational cost structure of the event marketing industry has nothing to do with marketing budgets. Nope. It’s not the fast-paced worlds of social media or technology, either. It’s not even the changing cost of gasoline or the high price of travel.

The biggest threat to your event marketing portfolio’s bottom line may just be a quiet storm brewing around your people—the hired event staffers and helping hands you contract for days and sometimes weeks to be the faces of your brands in the field.

It is a piece of plastic with a string of numbers and an expiration date stamped across the bottom.