Festivals & Fan Cons
Tocquigny Takes Food Porn To The Next Level
Tacos, tequila and food porn. Only at South by Southwest could all three be combined aboard a flamboyant three-day bus tour in the name of experiential marketing. And that’s exactly what happened at the interactive portion of this year’s festival, where the Austin-based digital marketing agency Tocquigny (rhymes with bikini) enhanced its popular Taco Tour...
Mophie Enlists St. Bernards for a SXSW Social Stunt
Mophie leveraged the help of the iconic St. Bernard dog to generate some pretty adorable brand awareness with a social stunt at South by Southwest in Austin, March 13-15. Partnering with the St. Bernard Rescue Foundation and a team of St. Bernards, a breed from the Swiss Alps originally bred for rescue, the mobile battery...
Nike Plugs Into NBA All-Star Weekend
For the NBA All-Star Weekend Feb. 12-15, Nike produced three activations that engaged consumers and VIPs in the art of Nike and #ZoomCity. The first activation was a pop-up store at the corner of Bowery and Great Jones streets in Manhattan with an LED-surface exterior that in one display rotation looked like a signature Nike...
Inside SXSW’s New iBeacon Strategy. Hint: They Were Everywhere
South by Southwest, and its conference and festivals spanning music, film and interactivity, is known for pushing boundaries and introducing trends. Especially when it comes to technology. At this year’s SXSW technology was, in a sense, omnipresent as organizers conducted what they called the largest deployment of iBeacons yet at an event. More than 1,000...