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B-to-C EventsNuns Invade SXSW 2023 in a Guerrilla Marketing Stunt for Peacock’s AI Drama ‘Mrs. Davis’
Plastered up and down the streets of Austin, TX, during SXSW—on light posts, walls and columns—were hundreds of red and pink posters featuring a defiant-looking nun in a blue habit. The posters, ranging from small to giant prints, asked, “Have you seen this nun?” and invited passersby to “Accept this quest from Mrs. Davis” and […]
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B-to-C EventsThree Professors Weigh in on How Experiential Marketing Degree Programs are Taking Shape
Ask any event marketer how they landed in this industry and most will say they kind of “fell into” it. Degree programs focused specifically on the experiential marketing discipline haven’t existed, with many universities only offering one-off classes on the subject.
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B-to-C EventsOnline Activewear Brand POPFLEX Launches its First-ever Pop-up Shop Experience
In the absence of storefronts and capturing passersby, e-commerce brands rely heavily on social media influencers. But keeping a social media community engaged and loyal in this competitive space is driving online retailers like activewear brand POPFLEX to explore experiential marketing. POPFLEX’s first-ever pop-up, Cloud Playground, in December hosted invited influencers (with followers ranging from […]
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Trade ShowsTech Trends from CES 2023: Metaverse Showrooms, Robots and Simulators
CES is a hot bed of consumer technology, of course. But it’s also a bellwether of what’s to come in experiential technology across the event marketing landscape. This year’s show, Jan. 5-8, produced a range of high-tech booth engagements designed to create a little drama on the ground IRL and then drive attendees into virtual […]
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B-to-B EventsCES 2023 Recap: 18 Brand Experiences from Across the Show Floor
More than 115,000 people touched down in Las Vegas for CES 2023, Jan. 5-8, the show’s official full return to in-person since 2019 following last year’s near cancellation due to the COVID-19 Omicron variant. A healthy population of exhibitors touched down, too. This year’s show featured over 3,200 exhibitors and nearly 2.2 million net square […]