Technology
From Shanghai With Love: The First-Ever CES Asia
Intel’s Victor Torregroza, Program Manager-Brand & Reputation Marketing, Sends You a Taste of the Action A few weeks ago, I attended the debut of CES Asia at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC). It was my first time in Shanghai and I was excited to experience the newest incarnation of CES. CES Asia took...
Testing Out Disney World’s RFID MagicBand
It was a tough job, but somebody had to do it. This February, my family and I traveled to Orlando to spend two days at Disney World. Our mission: Test out the new MagicBand—the RFID-enabled bracelets that promise park goers a “more carefree” visit. RFID bands are not new to this industry, of course, but with its...
Toyota Beacons Offer Insights Into Visitor Behavior
For years marketers have relied on video, surveys and anecdotal data to gauge in-booth engagement on the show floor. At the New York International Auto Show April 1-12, Toyota leveraged beacons—small, silent trackers that captured attendance, dwell time, inbound and outbound traffic flows and engagement at specific zones. While beacons are expert at helping to...
Viral Video Q&A: The Rules of ‘Contagious Content’
The digital era demands a new way of thinking about brand and content marketing. Our exclusive Q&A with viral video experts Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz You might know Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz as the “Coke and Mentos guys,” those lab coat-wearing stars of one of the first viral videos to hit the internet....