Archives: Case Study

Samsung’s Anycall cellular arm reached out to Cheil for a program in Korea that leveraged the popularity of The Matrix Reloaded to help hype a new Camcorder phone. Phase 1 began in the street and spread from there. Guerilla teams in full Matrix ensembles reenacted the flick’s opening scene in the street, offered up free oil […]

Dennis Publishing’s Stuff took Fila from the pages of its magazine into the streets of the Big Easy with a customized London-style double-decker parked smack dab in the middle of the Voodoo Music Experience. The goal: Get the bands—including The Roots, 50 Cent, George Clinton, Cypress Hill, and The White Stripes—to hang in the bus, then […]

To bring its online capabilities to life, AOL embarked on a whirlwind tour of Cleveland, Philadelphia and Seattle, hitting 145 events in just under three months. The campaign was built around a mini “house” with three vignettes—a child’s room, entertainment center and kitchen. Trained staff demonstrated the service, customer service personnel fielded questions, and, for […]

One of the industry’s original low-media/high-events brands entered the world of music sponsorships with a big bang. SoBe busted out of the gate with a tunes deal used to bump sales and awareness for its Adrenaline Rush energy drink. Tying onto the 31-city Ozzfest was a bold move, and SoBe held on tight along the way […]

Other sponsors have attempted the New York City Marathon over the years, but none have come close to activating the largest one-day sporting event on Earth—attended by 2.5 million people and broadcast to 275 million viewers in 116 territories—like ING did last fall. The financial-services company, together with GMR Marketing, activated its first ING New York […]