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  • Q&A: Auto and Financial Categories Pose Opportunities for Brands in Esports

    Brands activating for an esports crowd take note: competitive players—and the fans who adore them—are no longer relegated to the age-old stereotype. You know, the one in which a lone player holes up in his basement for hours on end, hopped up on caffeine, speaking to no one. Esports fans have diversified beyond this cliché, […]

  • How One-on-One Interactions Drove Engineer.ai’s Conference Strategy

    Toronto-based Collision attracts over 25,000 of the world’s largest buyers and sellers of technology each year, making it a prime setting for tech brands to share the perks of their products with a captive audience. For Engineer.ai, a startup that helps entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life through customized software, North America’s fastest-growing tech conference, […]

  • How Samsung’s Unpacked Event Engaged Viewers Live and Virtually

    There is a lot at stake with product launch events and, perhaps, a little more so for the biannual Samsung Unpacked. A few fun facts: This year, there were more than 1.5-times the audience that the Oscars pull in viewing the Samsung Unpacked live-stream as it unfolded. That’s 44 million people tuning in virtually throughout […]

  • Four Steal-Worthy Strategies for an Art-Driven Marketing Event

    Art, in all of its forms, can be a powerful engagement tool. It evokes emotion, inspires creativity and often educates observers in one way or another. Event marketers have been cleverly incorporating art-based engagements into their events for years, but a recent crop of brands, from hotels to banks, is turning art itself into the […]

  • Virgin Launches a New Route with Cultural Experiences and Sir Richard Branson

      Launching a new flight route is a big deal for an airline, and marketing the different reasons why the destinations matter and should be linked is an important part of the process. In launching its new route from Los Angeles to Manchester, England, Virgin Atlantic hosted the LAxMAN influencer event that featured influencers in […]