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B-to-C Events
Omen by HP Shifts its Focus from Competitive to Casual Gamers at TwitchCon
After several years of marketing primarily to competitive gamers, Omen by HP has shifted its focus to include casual gamers. To showcase this point of view for the first time in the U.S., HP created the Omen Gaming Lab Test activation at TwitchCon in San Diego, Sept. 27-29. The 3,025-square-foot space featured seven different challenges […]
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B-to-C Events
How Hershey’s Navigated its First Year in Esports Events
Hershey’s, one of the world’s most well-known brands and non-endemic players in esports, broke down its first year of marketing in the space at the Esports Business Summit in September. From developing a knowledge-base of the space to forming relationships with talent, Charlie Chappell, head of integrated marketing for Hershey’s, offered insights on how newbie […]
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B-to-C Events
Bare Snacks’ SoCal Orchard Sampling Pop-up Highlights Real Ingredients
Consumers in Southern California don’t typically get to experience fall foliage and the fun that goes along with it, like jumping into piles of raked leaves and apple picking in orchards. So, to bring a bit of fall to SoCal families while promoting its apple chips to health-conscious consumers, Bare Snacks activated a beachside apple […]
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B-to-C Events
How a Billboard Typo and Viral Marketing Helped Visible Intro its Brand
There’s nothing like a typo on a billboard to grab attention. To introduce itself to consumers as an alternative option within the crowded cell phone service marketplace, Visible, a low-cost service that utilizes Verizon’s network, ran several billboards throughout its headquarters city of Denver. The message read loud and clear: “Unlimited massages, minutes and data […]
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B-to-C Events
‘American Horror Story’ Superfans Go Camping, ’80s-Slasher-Film-Style
In its first-ever overnight activation, FX recreated the summer camp setting of “American Horror Story: 1984,” the series’ ninth season and homage to ’80s slasher-horror films, on a 110-acre property deep in the canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains. Dubbed “Camp Redwood,” the immersive theater-based experience took place, naturally, on Friday the 13th, a few […]




