B-to-B Events
Five Best Practices for Creating High-touch, Experiential C-Suite Events
Relationships have never been more important for businesses and the marketers supporting them. Creating access points for key customers, and bringing them behind the curtain for real talk, R&D, and connection, is a strategy Google Cloud has honed with its Customer Advisory Board program and the group’s high-touch annual board meeting. C-suite experiences are growing...
Expedia Transforms its Multiday Ambassador Summit into a Creator-first Oasis in Palm Springs
Travel content creators are racking up millions of views on city itinerary guides, hidden gem recommendations and flying hacks, and Expedia Group is tapping into their audiences by building a community of brand partners who regularly develop social media content promoting its travel properties and booking products. Embracing the creators as a key element of...
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Aura Readings
In the age of thoughtful takeaways and vibe checks, consumers are lining up to have their “energy” captured, visualized, and interpreted at events. Let’s take a reading on how personalized color assignments, once relegated to wellness fairs and spiritual subcultures, are generating personalized, shareable and slightly mystical engagement at events. But first, the Why. Unlike...
Engagement: How to Make a ‘Soft’ Event Marketing Performance Metric ‘Serious’
Event marketers are often accused of dealing in “soft” marketing metrics. Indeed, sometimes the magic of the moments created at live events are tough to quantify. “We’ve all been there,” says Jon Wolff, senior global events manager, solutions and services group at Lenovo. “You pull off an incredible event, the energy was electric, attendees were...