B-to-B Events

As part of a strategy to reinforce its “ION Delivers” campaign, the network erected a pop-up mobile mailroom during TV’s Upfront Week 2012 on the streets of New York City outside of advertising agency offices.

Every conversation in the event marketing industry eventually comes around to technology. You want to know what tools are out there to make your jobs easier, make your programs more successful and most crucially, make your target consumers love you the most. We have heard your clarion calls for help and now, with this monthly series, EM’s own Ken Briodagh will collect and codify the hottest, newest, most interesting, best (and sometimes worst) technological doohickeys available to you.

The world of b-to-b marketing is getting a much-needed upgrade thanks to a few enterprising brands that are recognizing that the same people who “conduct business” on the trade show floor are also consumers who enjoy a little fun and excitement, too. As a result, some exhibitors are taking cues from consumer events to enliven their shows and increase the effectiveness of their b-to-b programs.

The South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive, Film and Music Festival, hosted each year in Austin, Texas, is one of the biggest and most sought-after live marketing opportunities all year, thanks largely to the 50,000 attendees who are members of a hip, trend-seeking and mostly well-funded demographic.

It was only fitting that TEDx would make its way to Harlem, a community in upper Manhattan that has a rich history of ideas and innovation that started in the 1920s with the Harlem Renaissance. During that period, Harlem’s community became a hotbed for theater, literature, art and music that has since become an indelible part of America’s cultural identity. And today, Harlem is seeing a rebirth once again with the renovation of entire blocks of multi-million-dollar brownstones and the constant presence of former President Bill Clinton whose William J.