B-to-C Events

Happy Halloween, marketers. While candy brands are having a field day today, plenty of other categories are getting in on the fun, too, leveraging the holiday to pull off stunts, contests and product launches. Last year, the industry saw Skittles activate a tiny house sampling structure, Reese’s activate vending machines that allowed trick-or-treaters to trade […]

There’s nothing like a typo on a billboard to grab attention. To introduce itself to consumers as an alternative option within the crowded cell phone service marketplace, Visible, a low-cost service that utilizes Verizon’s network, ran several billboards throughout its headquarters city of Denver. The message read loud and clear: “Unlimited massages, minutes and data […]

Smart event marketers know that brand ambassadors can make or break an event experience.  Whether they are tasked with leading a sampling activation, describing the nuances of a product or service, or there to entertain with an engaging interaction, the brand ambassador role is an evolving and important one. We pulled up five recent events […]

In its first-ever overnight activation, FX recreated the summer camp setting of “American Horror Story: 1984,” the series’ ninth season and homage to ’80s slasher-horror films, on a 110-acre property deep in the canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains. Dubbed “Camp Redwood,” the immersive theater-based experience took place, naturally, on Friday the 13th, a few […]

Ladies, we’re a week out from Women in Events Week, our nationwide, multi-day program designed to connect, inspire and acknowledge women in event marketing. Are you ready? If you’re new to our program, the story began a decade ago when Event Marketer launched its Women in Events Special Report, an annual feature that over the […]