Event Marketer

By Lisa Goell Sinicki


Selling sponsorships into your b-to-b events is no longer an option—it’s a necessity. “Without sponsorships we’d drive up our cost our attendees’ cost or both ” says Lynn Connelly director of sponsorships at Office Depot.

EM’s Executive Roundtable gets candid and on-the-record about the current state of the event landscape and where the industry is really going

The doors were closed. The coffee was poured. The conversation began.

Kimberly-Clark this month launched its broadest non-traditional campaign ever to support the Cottonelle brand. The effort called Be Kind to Your Behind includes a mobile tour dubbed the Cottonelle Comfort Haven and a sweepstakes as part of an integrated campaign that also includes web marketing Internet advertising bus and train station ads and FSIs as well as traditional TV and print advertising.

Outdoor equipment company Coleman is helping New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg achieve his goal of planting one million new trees in New York over the next 10 years and in the process is hoping that consumers will perceive the brand as more than just equipment for campers.

“We are all about encouraging people to get outdoors ” Ann Walden director of p.r. told Buzz. “Not everybody can go camping so we’re encouraging backpacking tailgating neighborhood parties going to the park. We want our name associated with a variety of outdoor events.”
 

VH1 is giving consumers a venue to chat—away from the water cooler—about its reality programming including “Scott Baio is 46... and Pregnant ” “Rock of Love 2 ” with Bret Michaels and “Flavor of Love 3.”

The concept: a booth placed in high traffic areas where consumers can watch clips from the series and then record a 15-second video response. The brand will choose the most unique videos to be aired on the channel and other videos will be available to watch on a microsite.