Event Marketer

Oracle Team USA may have made a historic comeback in the America’s Cup race this September, but it wasn’t the only impressive feat of engineering taking place in San Francisco Bay. Fans of the race could for the first time enjoy the event from America’s Cup Park, a fan festival located at Piers 27/29 along […]

Event staffers today come in every stripe and skill set and it’s up to you to pick the right one for the job. Do you need them to tweet, post and Instagram from the fair, festival or trade show floor? And if so, how big should their personal social networks be? Do they need to talk product features and benefits like an expert, or do you actually need a real expert to talk to your attendees?

It isn’t easy to stand out in the competitive luxury automobile market, even if you are the ultimate driving machine. It’s even more challenging to keep current owners of your luxury vehicle excited about what they already drive when there are so many other options out there.

To build buzz and drive viewership for its new show, “VEEP,” which stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, HBO took motorcades to three big markets in full vice-presidential style. Each motorcade consisted of two police motorcycles and a black SUV with hood flags flying acting as escort to a branded, wrapped tour bus that visited The Grove shopping mall in Los Angeles, Planet Hollywood in Times Square, NYU Student Center and Bryant Park in New York City and Georgetown in Washington D.C. on April 17.

 To create buzz for its launch of the PEN E-PM1 camera leading up to the busiest shopping season of the year, Olympus gave away 1,000 $500 cameras to consumers on the street and on a JetBlue flight. The brand kicked off its two-week Pen Ready Project on Sept. 19 at its headquarters in Harrisburg, PA, followed by stunts in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco and Toronto.