Cause Marketing
-
B-to-C Events
HBO and the Red Cross ask ‘Game of Thrones’ Fans to Bleed for the Throne at SXSW
Having landed safely at SXSW in Austin, EM is ready to cruise the creative brand activations and report back on the standouts. So, what better way to kick off our coverage than with one of the most buzzworthy activations of the fest? Ahead of the eighth and final season of “Game of Thrones,” HBO partnered […]
-
B-to-C Events
How Brands Responded to the Government Shutdown
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know that hundreds of thousands of federal workers went unpaid during the recent government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history, lasting from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019. It dealt a blow to the economy, and affected some of our national parks, but just like many other contentious scenarios […]
-
B-to-C Events
Bacardi’s Festival Sponsorship Features Cocktail Education, Cause Marketing and Caribbean Vibes
Bacardi brought its “Live Passionately” mantra to the Life is Beautiful Music & Art Festival for a second year with a medley of experiences that paid homage to the brand’s Caribbean heritage and underscored its ties to music. Returning to downtown Las Vegas Sept. 21-23, the brand delivered cocktail education, purpose-driven art and some good […]
-
B-to-C Events
Cause Marketing: When Kids Were Fined for Lemonade Stands, Country Time Stirred Up a Hyper-Local Campaign
Country Time Lemonade noticed a pain point among its consumers over the summer: Kids across the country were getting busted for setting up lemonade stands. Yup, you read that right. The time-honored tradition, often one of the first ways children learn about entrepreneurship and business, actually violates local laws in some municipalities that require a […]
-
B-to-C Events
How Events are Ushering in the Next Era of Cause Marketing
Legendary college basketball coach John Wooden once said, “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” But the truth is, the pervasiveness of social media means that in this day and age—everyone is watching.




