B-to-C Events

As part of its strategy to connect with millennials, HP powered up interactive experiences that got music- and art-loving Coachella attendees hands-on with its technology. From an 11,000-square-foot dome called “The Antarctic” to additional activations in the HP Lounge, attendees tinkered with HP’s inking capabilities to create custom bandanas and toyed with light designs in […]

American Express, in the fourth and final of its All for Dub Nation Watch Parties this season, put its merchant partners—rather than cardmembers—front and center at a gathering on San Francisco’s Pier 35 on The Embarcadero to cheer on the Golden State Warriors as they defeated the New Orleans Pelicans. As official card of the […]

Experiential marketing is going backward and forward at the same time.

May 3rd-5th was the annual EM Summit produced by Event Marketer.  Hype attended and was a sponsor of the event, so I thought I would share some of my learnings. Every year Event Marketer puts on the ultimate training conference on the ultimate marketing discipline: Experiential Marketing. It is an opportunity to soak in a year’s worth of insights and ideas in a just a few short days. Hype joined more than 2,000 marketers from around the world as emerging trends were predicted and dissected, best practices were explained and some of the biggest case studies were shared. Continue reading for some of our favorite take-a-ways from the conference.

It doesn’t get much better than catching some rays on the beach, but “weirdly awesome” candy brand Trolli, from March 10-24, got spring breakers to swap sunbathing for sampling on its Weirdly Slothsome Slurpee Truck Tour. The multi-pronged activation strategy marked the launch of the brand’s Sour Brite Sloth gummies, along with the new Trolli-inspired […]