B-to-C Events

What it is what it ain't who's making it— and how you can get some? The Event Marketer special report on word-of-mouth marketing. It bubbles up around the watercooler. It whips from one end of the playground to the other at lightening speed. It gets dished over coffee gushed about among friends and spread like wildfire over the Internet. It of course is word of mouth—impassioned recommendations about everything from the SNL skit you had to see to the shampoo you have to try. It’s electric baby.

Skyy is so convinced its new 100 percent real fruit Infusions vodkas are the best-tasting flavored vodkas on the market that its inviting customers to try out the competition. Skyy Infusions’ Go Natural campaign—the biggest launch in the brand’s 16-year history—kicks off its mobile tour on April 1 in San Francisco. The touring vehicle a branded Airstream with a fully-staffed bar and patio on the roof will host on and off-premise taste tests samplings bartender education events and trade functions in cities where regulations allow.

Disney’s Spaceship Earth ride at Epcot has relaunched thanks to a new sponsor—Siemens the German conglomerate. The grand opening of the updated attraction took place earlier this month.

With so many schools spread across the country getting your brand in front of college students can be a challenge. For many there’s no better place to make marketing magic than on the beer can-lined shores of exotic destinations such as Fort Lauderdale FL and South Padre Island TX.