Event Marketer

Attendees of the Experiential Marketing Summit are a hearty bunch, so it’s no surprise that Tuesday night’s Ex Awards Gala celebrations didn’t stop conferencegoers from waking up bright eyed and bushy tailed for day two of the show. At 6:30 a.m., a 5K networking run across Vegas’ best run routes, and the first-ever Women in […]

Las Vegas may seem like conference central, but Sin City didn’t know what hit it as 1,700 intrepid event marketers descended on Caesars Palace for the one and only Experiential Marketing Summit on May 14. Day one kicked off with—what else—experiences. At 8:30, attendees got a taste of the Zappos brand experience at the company’s […]

One of the most exciting parts of creating our annual Ex Awards feature each year is reading through the nominees’ applications and getting a glimpse of the creative processes behind the best campaigns of the year—the steep marketing challenges, the tough objectives, the resulting ideas and the execution. Hard to believe these logistics-defying, multi-layered programs […]

Event marketers often find themselves “checking the box” on social media and amplification, rather than elevating this important piece of the program with a strategic mindset. In a digital world that’s noisier than ever, and with the next generation of consumer and attendee savvier and more skeptical than ever, marketing teams must shift away from […]

Brands are increasing their experiential budgets as they see the value of live events and are better able to prove event ROI. Sixty-seven percent of b-to-b brand-side marketers anticipate a growth in budget in the next 18 months, a 17 percent increase from 2018. With esteemed clients such as Hilton, Samsung, Google and MillerCoors, Agency […]