Posts tagged with ‘virtual event’
Leading Event Marketers Predict How the Industry—and Event Formats—Will Evolve
If there is anyone equipped to reimagine how people will gather in the wake of a pandemic, it’s an event marketer. Across the industry, the wheels are already turning. The return of conferences and experiential activations, in whatever form they take, will require new strategies, evolved KPIs, precision operations and logistics, and fierce collaboration with...
f’real Targets Gen Z with a Digital Event, Influencer Partnerships and a TikTok Challenge
On the heels of a brand relaunch, “blend-it-yourself” beverage brand f’real on June 24 debuted its first integrated marketing campaign to capture the attention of its Gen Z target. The Choose Your Own Alternate F’reality (#FrealAF) program included a virtual reality experience, a live digital event, a TikTok challenge and influencer partnerships, all designed to...
How Brands Delivered Pride Campaigns Amid the Pandemic
In 2019, Pride Month was brimming with sponsorship activations, installations, education and revelry. But all was quiet on the experiential front during June this year. Call it a sign of the times. With parades and other in-person Pride events and experiences canceled in the wake of COVID-19, brands had little room to deliver meaningful campaigns....
Content and Gameplay Collide in OMEN’s Virtual Esports Event
Combining esports, music, fashion and skating, HP’s Omen partnered with contemporary fashion and streetwear platform Hypebeast to host the first Omen Underground on June 24, a virtual livestream event that explored how gaming has “transcended its historic boundaries into the wider world of contemporary culture.” The event featured a live dj set, a Hypetalks panel...