Media Events
Inside AARP’s Four Content Sharing Strategies
Events and AARP’s media properties go hand-in-hand. As Jason Weinstein, director of national events at AARP, including the association’s annual Life@50+ event and expo, puts it, “We have a dotted-line relationship to our friends at the magazine shop.” Although the events group operates semi-independently of AARP The Magazine, AARP Bulletin and aarp.org, it shares a...
An Insider Look at Fast Company’s Magazine Event Strategy
Fast Company is well versed in the value of the live magazine event as a way to bring its pages to life—the publication’s event schedule kicks off in March with the Fast Company Grill at South by Southwest Interactive, continues in May with its L.A. Creativity Counter-Conference and ends in November with its upcoming 20th...
Crocs’ Funway Runway Digital Configurator Makes A Splash
Crocs on June 23 held a press event in New York City to promote its Funway Runway configurator, a social experience built on Twitter that allows fans of the brand to make a personalized fashion video and then share it with friends on social media. Consumers use the configurator to choose a model, their outfit,...
Las Vegas: Sports Illustrated Aligns With Two Marquee Events
Activations in Las Vegas surrounding two marquee events—the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight and the NFL draft—brought together athletes, editors and Sports Illustrated swimsuit models as part of a cross-channel marketing strategy by the magazine that extends beyond selling pages and banners and into live media. The events were handled in-house by Sports Illustrated Experience (#SIExperience), the magazine’s...